Cloud Phin

Cloud Phin

2025

The Cloud Phin is an homage to the ritual of brewing Vietnamese cà phê using a traditional phin. Composed of a brewing chamber, gravity plate, lid, and drip tray, the phin filter brews coffee that is intensely flavorful and bold. Made entirely of stainless steel, the Cloud Phin is both a functional coffee brewing tool and a unique sculptural object. The embossed exterior features swirling clouds, dragon scales, and lotus leaves—motifs commonly found in Vietnamese art.

Each of the four pieces is produced in pure 316L stainless steel via direct metal laser sintering, an additive manufacturing technology that uses a high-power laser to selectively melt particulate metal layer by layer to produce a 3D object. Once printed, the parts are finished and polished by hand. Each piece has a unique texture and surface quality; no two pieces are exactly the same.