We’ve all been there. You have a cup of hot coffee in a paper to-go cup with a lid, but when you go to take a sip the contraption betrays your trust and you spill hot liquid on yourself. Design is ...

Architect Louise Harpman believes that her collection of disposable coffee lids is the world’s largest. And given that it’s co-owned by one of the few people as enthusiastic about coffee lids as she ...

Architects Louise Harpman and Scott Specht both began collecting plastic coffee cup lids in the 1980s, but only became aware of each other’s interest in the subject when they met as grad students at ...