The Meraki Espresso Machine received an iF DESIGN AWARD 2025 Gold distinction in the Kitchen Appliances category. The official award record recognizes the product’s design, with the Gold statement highlighting its craftsmanship and the relationship between form, function, ergonomics and user experience.
The recognition concerns how the machine brings its elements together for home use: its physical presence on a kitchen counter, the materials and detailing, and the experience of operating it.
A Gold Distinction in Kitchen Appliances
The official iF award entry for the Meraki Espresso Machine lists the project under Product Design and Kitchen Appliances for 2025. Merakitech Limited is named as both the client/manufacturer and the design organization.
The entry records a 2024 launch date. That date describes the project listed for the award; it should not be confused with the release date of a later product version or with current availability in a particular market.
What the Gold Jury Recognized
The jury’s statement emphasizes a home coffee machine with a professional character, while considering its place on a kitchen countertop. It draws attention to craftsmanship, materials and the balance between appearance and practical operation.
“It demonstrates the core principles of product design”
The statement then identifies form, function, ergonomics and user experience as central to that assessment. These are useful ways to understand the award: the recognition addresses the product as a designed object used by people, rather than its appearance alone.
A design award is not a comparative espresso extraction test or a guarantee of a particular result in the cup. Coffee choice, recipe and preparation still matter.
The Design Behind the Recognition
Meraki’s own account of the machine’s layout and design philosophy describes grinding, extraction and steaming as a connected sequence. Integrating those tasks brings questions of space, access and operation into the same product.
That design context helps explain why ergonomics and user experience are relevant. A machine used every morning has to accommodate repeated actions: preparing coffee, positioning a cup, handling a milk pitcher and cleaning up afterward.
The award statement recognizes the overall design. Individual features and technical specifications should be checked against the relevant product version.
Project and Design Credits
- Award year: 2025.
- Distinction: iF Gold.
- Discipline and category: Product Design; Kitchen Appliances.
- Client/manufacturer and design organization: Merakitech Limited, Hong Kong.
- Design names listed by iF: Li Zongwei, Chen Xu and Lin Yuchao.
- Project launch year listed by iF: 2024.
From the Award Record to the Current Machine
The award is part of Meraki’s product design history, alongside the engineering development timeline. The official iF listing remains the source for the award designation and project credits.
For the machine currently offered, including its configuration and available versions, refer to the Meraki espresso machine specifications.
