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Chemex Coffeemaker
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<p>The Chemex Coffeemaker is a manual <a href="/facts/Pour-over_coffee/yG1jpo5l">pour-over</a> style glass <a href="/facts/Coffeemaker/8PwCovmD">coffeemaker</a>, invented by <a href="/facts/Peter_Schlumbohm/CWYRxMtR">Peter Schlumbohm</a> in 1941, manufactured by the Chemex Corporation in <a href="/facts/Chicopee,_Massachusetts/mkCu2CQ5">Chicopee, Massachusetts</a>. </p><p>In 1958, designers at the <a href="/facts/Illinois_Institute_of_Technology/0ndIXaKQ">Illinois Institute of Technology</a> selected the Chemex Coffeemaker as "one of the best-designed products of modern times." It is included in the collection of the <a href="/facts/Museum_of_Modern_Art/75lxKjfj">Museum of Modern Art</a> in New York City. It has been featured in the novel <a href="/facts/From_Russia_with_Love_(novel)/dgR5EaVS"><i>From Russia with Love</i></a>, in a scene where James Bond eats breakfast, the film <a href="/facts/Harper_(film)/2GtzMcC4"><i>Harper</i></a> starring Paul Newman, <i><a href="/facts/The_Mary_Tyler_Moore_Show/I181je84">The Mary Tyler Moore Show</a></i>, and Ira Levin's <i><a href="/facts/Rosemary%27s_Baby_(novel)/wa6YRjV9">Rosemary's Baby</a></i>, as well as its <a href="/facts/Rosemary%27s_Baby_(film)/FA15PWq8">film adaptation</a>. </p>