Press Release
Onshore Roasters Branding by Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira honored for graphics, illustration and visual communication design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design category for Onshore Roasters Branding by Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira. The recognition forms part of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Onshore Roasters Branding
Onshore Roasters brand identity reflects the harmony of luxury, nature, and sustainability. The logo unites a coffee bean, sunbeams, and waves, embodying the ritual of a perfect morning at sea. A carefully chosen earthy palette and recycled paper packaging reinforce the commitment of the brand to elegance and eco conscious values. Inspired by the yachting lifestyle, the design balances simplicity and sophistication, creating a seamless connection between quality coffee and the open waters.
About Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira
Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira is a designer specialized in brand design since 2014. She focuses on providing high quality and boutique brand strategy, visual identity, packaging and web design services. Recognized as an award-winning designer, Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira delivers exceptional quality work that elevates brands to new heights. A 360° brand approach, developed by her, has enabled her to forge brands that resonate and captivate. She has a credible portfolio, with esteemed international clients such as Johnson & Johnson, Jeep, Snapchat, Hallmark, Ambev. With a decade of international experience, she prioritizes client satisfaction above all.
Award Record
This recognition makes Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira a winner of 5 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2022 - 2023 to 2024 - 2025 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Award
The A' Graphic Design Award is an international graphic design competition recognizing good graphic designs by best creative agencies and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to graphic designers, communication designers, graphic artists and illustrators from all countries. Entries typically include logos, posters, infographics, brochures, packaging designs and business cards. Awarded graphic designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/graphics
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/168645
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/168645
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!168645
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/340188
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://bit.ly/4hDtL5u
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Onshore Roasters Branding
- Function
- Branding
- Category
- Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Black, Sienna, Dark Slate Gray, Peru and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Cansu Dagbagli Ferreira
- Country
- France
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #168645
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Onshore Roasters brand identity captures the essence of luxury, sustainability, and simplicity. Designed for the yachting world, the refined logo seamlessly merges a coffee bean, sunbeams, and sea waves, symbolizing a morning ritual on the open waters. The packaging, crafted from recycled paper, reinforces the brand’s eco-conscious values, while a soothing, earthy color palette enhances the sense of purity and sophistication.
- Inspiration
- The brand draws inspiration from the serene beauty of mornings at sea, where the first light meets the horizon, and a perfect cup of coffee sets the tone for the day. The interplay of natural elements sun rays, sea waves, and a coffee bean guides the logo design, evoking a harmonious balance between indulgence and sustainability. Through minimalist elegance, Onshore Roasters encapsulates the art of slow living, transforming coffee into a refined experience for the luxury yacht lifestyle.
- Research
- Interviews with head management of luxury yachts were conducted to better understand the needs of consumers. Thanks to the qualitative interviews the confirmed the need and the idea was validated. Indeed, the luxury yacht owners are complaining of not being able to find good quality coffee constantly when they're on the sea.
- Challenge
- The challenge was finding a supplier for recyclable paper pouches that also keeps the freshness of the product.
- Realization and Technology
- The design thinking method of Diverge and Converge was used. All design was realized digitally as vector based assets with Adobe Creative Suite and then physical items such as coffee bean pouches were produced by 4 color printing technique.
- Operation and Interaction
- Onshore Roasters provides consistent quality coffee to premium yacht owners, wherever they're in the world.
- Project Duration and Location
- From September 2023 to March 2024 France
- Specifications
- The brand was applied on to various sizes of items including printed items and digital. Some examples are business cards, posters, web design and packaging designs. Packaging designs are 1 kg pouches and metal tins.
- Keywords
- coffee, yacht, sea, logo design, branding, packaging
