Wellington’s Emporio Coffee asked us to create artwork for their 8oz takeaway cups. The design was part of a series celebrating Crown Lynn, New Zealand’s iconic ceramics brand. Our job was to capture that heritage look while keeping the Emporio brand consistent and true to their style.

We weren’t printing the cups ourselves — Emporio had a specialist manufacturer lined up — but our role was to create the production-ready artwork. That meant carefully adapting a Crown Lynn pattern to work on a tapered coffee cup. Because the cup narrows towards the base, we had to pre-distort the design so that once wrapped and formed, it would appear perfectly proportioned. We also colour-matched the pattern directly from a ceramic sample to capture the authenticity and detail that Crown Lynn is known for.

Here’s what the team shared in their Google review:
“Emporio Coffee has been working with Colourcraft since 2016 when they became our neighbours in Walter Street. We often require a broad range of labelling and promotional material varying from large to small quantities. Ben and the team have always been incredibly helpful, friendly and professional. They are very accommodating and always make time to discuss our projects, create solutions and produce very high quality products. I would highly recommend Colourcraft.” – Simon Maguire, General Manager

That kind of feedback’s exactly why we do what we do.

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