Award Winning Packaging Design for Starbucks Sumatra

This single-origin coffee traditionally features the a rendering of the revered Sumatran tiger. And since this piece is typically a stand-alone limited-time offering, I had complete freedom to create the piece in any way my wanted.

I love the look of Risograph prints, as well as silkscreening, so I decided to experiment and take that approach. Therefore, I used lithography by way of loose overlapping colors, to provide depth and emotion to the commercial product, thinking of it more as a band poster or Riso art print.

The company had never printed packaging this way before, and they were excited to see the "magic third colors" that came forward with the overlaps. It was a major production risk, but because of the bravery and skill of the print masters involved, it came out beautifully.