Here are the finalists for the Sprudge Design Awards Outstanding Packaging, Seasonal or Limited Edition category. This award honors outstanding design for any seasonal or limited edition product, including holiday blends, limited edition seasonal offerings, or other featured small production designs.
Outstanding Packaging — Seasonal or Limited Edition Design Semi-Finalist Paper Bags
In April 2023, I was contracted by Vancouver, Washington based coffee roaster, KafieX, to build a one-of-a-kind coffee tasting experience to place in the hands of the team responsible for serving coffee at SpaceX headquarters. KafieX is owned by Seidy Selivanow (2023 U.S. Barista Championship semifinalist) and Matthew Selivanow (2023 U.S. Roasting Competition finalist). This power-duo have also collected innumerable Vancouver Cold Brew Competition, Golden Bean, and roasting awards while maintaining two high-volume cafes in Vancouver. Seidy and Matthew offered me the opportunity to exercise full creative freedom in designing a memorable and display box for the delivery of this special flight of unique, renowned, and hard-to-find coffees served in KafieX cafes. To showcase these special coffees, I illustrated a “Constellation of Flavors” with each of 9 coffees representing a planet in our solar system, encircling the centerpoint “sun” which contained an award-winning Cup of Excellence Mexico #2. Space age cupping bowls by Barista Hustle were included in this limited-edition, fully-recyclable package, along with a matte black Hario cupping spoon for the recipients to use in tasting. Each coffee was packed in a compostable pouch with a label matching its corresponding planet.
Designer: Liz Chai URL: https://chai.coffee/spacex-kafiex-coffee-cupping-package-design
Outstanding Packaging — Seasonal or Limited Edition Design Finalist
Onyx Coffee Lab presents the 2023 Coffee Advent Calendar – an annual experience cherished by thousands of specialty coffee lovers worldwide. Featuring 24 days of coffee, this collection explores origins, varieties, and processing methods, revealing the rich tapestry of coffee flavors. This limited edition collection is designed for the coffee curious, the connoisseurs, and anyone in between seeking a truly unique coffee experience.
This year’s packaging is elegant and designed to make an impression. Gold foil treatments are applied to beautiful seasonal illustrations on each side of the box’s exterior, and when the box opens, an accordion style collection box of 24 individually wrapped bags of coffee is revealed. Each coffee is marked from Day 1 to Day 24, and an beautifully designed information card is included to provide details about each coffee.
URL: https://onyxcoffeelab.com/products/2023-advent-calendar
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Outstanding Packaging — Seasonal or Limited Edition Design Finalist
Solberg & Hansen – Norways oldest and largest speciality coffee Roaster.
Since 1879 we have travelled the world in search of the best coffees. Every coffee bean tells its own story. About the families who cultivate them, the geography and contry where they originate, how they are hand-picked and dried, and how they are processed, roasted and brewed by passionate professionals who are striving for the best quality and taste. But how do we communicate this to Norwegians who may never have bought or tastet speciality coffee before?
The Marketing team has created a uniqe range of seasonal coffees to match Norways distinct seasons and aim to make the high quality coffees available for everyone in Norway to taste and learn. The design reflects Norway, from north to south, from west to east. From cold winter mornings to warm summer nights. Result: We reach a much wider target group with these recognizable coffee bags and in that way introduce specialty coffees to them who maybe never would consider buying. Every season launched, sales increase considerably and enable us to continue our work with farmers across the world and search for the best coffees.
URL: https://www.sh.no
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Outstanding Packaging — Seasonal or Limited Edition Design Finalist
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