Coffee Label Packaging Design
Happy New year! Kickstart your creative journey with our first design contest of 2025 on Packaging Label design. The contest is open to everyone and a fantastic way to add designs to your portfolio, have your work reviewed, featured on our YouTube channel and win prizes.
How to enter?
- Read the design brief here (also further down on this page)
- Submit your designs here before Friday 14th February 2025
- Join our YouTube livestream on Tuesday 18th February 2025 to see the winners*
Here is some more information about the contest:
The Brief:
Coffee packaging label
- Product Name: Aloha Sunrise Blend
Company Name: Hawaiian Bliss Coffee
Tagline: “From the Slopes of Paradise”
Hawaiian Bliss Coffee is a family-run coffee roaster specializing in premium 100% Kona coffee sourced from lush volcanic slopes of Hawaii.
They need a packaging label for their flagship product: "Aloha Sunrise Blend." This is a medium roast coffee celebrated for its smooth, nutty flavor with subtle notes of honey and tropical flowers.
Visual Style
Design a visually stunning coffee label that captures the tropical elegance of Hawaii and stands out on shelves while conveying the premium, artisanal quality of the coffee.
Size & Dimensions
Choose one you prefer
1. For a Standard Flat Coffee Bag -
4 inches wide x 6 inches tall (10.16 cm x 15.24 cm)
2. For a Stand-Up Pouch (Resealable Bag) -
4 inches wide x 5 inches tall (10.16 cm x 12.7 cm)
3. For a Wrap-Around Label (360° design)
10 inches wide x 4 inches tall (25.4 cm x 10.16 cm)
Target Audience
Affluent coffee enthusiasts (ages 25–50)
Deliverables:
You can submit up to 3 entries. Simply put all designs into one PDF (max 10 Mbytes). (details of how to submit included below.)
Deadline:
YouTube live Review:
Friday 14th February 2025*
Tuesday 18th February 2025, 2PM GMT*
*Updated Deadline: Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
The new deadline is 14th February. (Origins deadline was 7th February)
Design Contest Review will be on our YouTube channel on Tuesday 18th February . ( Original was 11th February)
Click here to access the Milanote board for some useful references to kick start your creative ideas.
The Prizes
1st Place
- 3 months Pro Membership subscription.
(worth $201) - Milanote Pro access
- Being featured on our YouTube channel and on our website.
2nd Place
- 2 months Pro Membership subscription.
(worth $134) - Being featured on our YouTube channel and on our website.
3rd Place
- 1 month Pro Membership subscription.
(worth $67)
- Being featured on our YouTube channel and on our website.
Contest sponsored by:
Milanote is an easy-to-use tool to organize your ideas and projects into visual boards. Our entire team at Yes I'm a Designer have been using Milanote to organize all of our projects since 2020.
This Contest is now closed
** Winners announced **
Thank you all for taking part in our Contest , We have had so many awesome submissions (over 50+ designs). If you have missed our review , you can rewatch it here
A huge congratulations goes out to our winners!
Saeeda Deen's designs perfectly blend visual storytelling, cultural elements, and modern aesthetics to create an engaging coffee packaging experience! Massive well done!
Ivana Vucetic’s design impressed us because it masterfully combines modern branding, cultural inspiration, and premium aesthetics to create a standout coffee packaging experience!
Samantha Dennerline’s design is cool, fresh, and full of personality, making it a well-deserved third-place winner!
Find out more about all our
past Open Design Contests here!
Disclaimer :
*During the live review, all participants receive general feedback on how to improve their work. Due to time restraints we may not be able to give individual attention to all submissions
Creatives participating in this contest retain full ownership of their work. The purpose of this contest is to help you become more creative and add some new work to your portfolio.