Leslie Buck

A simple design lasts decades and becomes an icon of NYC. Designer of the cup, Leslie Buck, died this week at age 87 but his famous "Anthora" paper coffee cup design will live on. New York Times has a story about the man right here.

I first gained some incite into the classic cup when I was staying at my aunt's house in LA about 5 years ago. She had lived in NYC for awhile and had a ceramic version of the Anthora cup. After that it was crazy how the cup, that I never would have noticed before, started popping up all over. Ex: Denzel Washington is drinking out of one in Inside Man, and almost any movie that takes place in NYC has a shot of the cup somewhere, for authenticity.

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