My Design ‘Summer Breeze’ is Brewing on Nescafé Azera Tins This Summer!

I’m excited to share that my design, Summer Breeze, has been selected as one of the four winning artworks for Nescafé Azera’s Limited Edition coffee tins for 2025! My design features on the Decaf Americano tin.

Photograph © Nestlé UK/ Nescafé Azera

The competition is in partnership with The King’s Trust who support my business. I took part in their Enterprise Course to help develop my business skills and turn my passion for illustration into a career.

The creative brief asked us to capture the essence of a perfect summer day and how iced coffee plays a part in that experience. I am personally not the best with summer heat! However I do love the sunshine, especially when there’s a breeze as well. It’s the same refreshing feeling you get from your first sip of iced coffee on a hot day.

The brief also required a limited colour palette so I chose a mix of sunny yellow and soft pastel blue to strike a balance between warmth and coolness. The yellow reflects radiant summer days while the blue brings in the crisp, chilled sensation of an iced coffee.

My design ‘Summer Breeze’

My illustrations tend to be whimsical and I am often inspired by fashion, especially millinery. Therefore I wanted to incorporate this into the design while keeping the iced coffee at the heart of it. In the design the coffee cup is worn as a headpiece which has overflowed and become the woman’s hair. This cascade of swirls symbolizes the blend of coffee and milk while also capturing the light, airy feel of a summer breeze. I added a little bird to represent birdsong which makes summer days feel even more up-lifting.

It’s surreal to see my design on shelves this summer and I can’t wait for you to spot it too. Let me know if you see it out in the wild!

P.S I must admit I haven’t really had much decaf coffee before but I can confirm this one tastes really lovely. I can’t even tell the difference between this and the regular one!