Coffee Design Awards at Specialty Coffee Expo

ENTRY DEADLINE: MARCH 3, 2025

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Competion Categories

The Coffee Design Awards Branding is about recognizing the brands, identities and visual environments that companies in coffee use to stand out. It’s about the logos, the style guides, the stationery, the posters, the flyers, the digital comms - anything and everything that's not the product itself or the space. Submissions should include logo files, style guides, and up to three high-res examples of the brand in-use on promotional assets, not including products or vessels.

Branding

The Coffee Design Awards Packaging identifies some of the most compelling coffee packaging designs that looks beyond brand adherence from the past year.

Packaging

The Coffee Design Awards Spaces showcases places for making, teaching, and serving coffee.

Spaces

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Specialty Coffee Expo 2024
Spaces Category Winner
Ministry of Roasters-Chiang Mai

Specialty Coffee Expo 2024
Branding Category Winner
Speckled Ax Wood Roasted Coffee

Competition Submission Terms & Conditions:

Entry must be new to the company and introduced into the marketplace no more than one year prior to the first day of the show, April 25, 2025.
We have assembled a panel of judges that includes professionals from the coffee and design industries. They will evaluate submissions under the following metrics: originality/function/sustainability.
Applicants are encouraged to include as much information about their submissions as possible, and must provide four high resolution photos (minimum 3MB) that will be displayed at the show in a square aspect ratio. This form includes additional spaces for photos to help the judges evaluate and we would strongly encourage you to include these where possible.
High-quality photos of each submission must be included - minimum of 3MB. Entries will be displayed via a digital screen at the Coffee Design Awards display using submission photos with a title card indicating key details. In the case of physical samples with Packaging, one to two items will be displayed on a shelf by the digital screen.
For entries into Packaging, applicants must ship a sample ahead of the show to be included in the exhibit and considered for judging. Shipping details will be provided. We strongly encourage you only to send empty packaging.
Applicants should include as much information as possible about their submission.
SCA reserves the right to reclassify or decline an entry. Please note that, if less than three entries are received in a specific category, categories may be combined, or an entry may be reclassified.
Coffee Design Awards are at the discretion of independent judges and show management.
Judging will take place onsite at the show.
All entrants will be displayed at the Coffee Design Award display on show site.
Please note: all submissions to Coffee Design Awards for Expo Houston will be placed on permanent display on the Design in Coffee platform.
Entry Deadline: March 3, 2025.

Judging Rubric

Judging is based on the following criteria:

Innovation - Does the design offer an appealing alternative in form, color, texture, function or material to others on the market?

Long-Lasting - Does the design surpass trends and respond to general consumer needs?

Congruency - Do choice of colors, materials or other design elements reflect the aims, philosophy or concept as stated in the form or on the packaging?

Clarity and Usability - Does the design communicate its message, purpose, or usage in a clear way through design or text? Is the usage of the product or space easy to understand, regardless of textual explanation?

Attention to Detail - Does the design exhibit attention to details in a way that corresponds with its overall concept?

Sustainability - Can be environmental and ecological but can also be achieved through equitable value distribution.

Overall - Does the design present an aesthetically pleasing, positive and creative experience?