{"id":30329,"date":"2015-11-10T12:52:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T20:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=30329"},"modified":"2024-04-09T06:12:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:12:46","slug":"designers-talk-about-starbucksredcup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/designers-talk-about-starbucksredcup","title":{"rendered":"Designers Talk About The Infamous #StarbucksRedCup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you hear the latest? Starbucks has released their line of holiday cups, and <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2015\/11\/08\/news\/companies\/starbucks-red-cups-controversy\/\">people are ticked off about it<\/a>. It all started from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/joshua.feuerstein.5\/videos\/689569711145714\/\">video posted on Facebook by Joshua Feuerstein<\/a>. He feels that Starbucks is taking the Christmas out of the season by changing their cups and not allowing their employees to wish anyone a Merry Christmas. Obviously things went viral, and now everyone is talking about coffee cups like they&#8217;re the most important thing ever.<br \/>\nSigh.<br \/>\nNow you can make the argument, as Mr. Feuerstein did, that Starbucks is anti-Christmas, but this does seem to come down to a design decision made by the company. Which made us wonder: what do designers think about the issue? Well let&#8217;s find out, shall we?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apparently red cups are just too minimal for peeps to understand <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarbucksRedCup?src=hash\">#StarbucksRedCup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/designerproblems?src=hash\">#designerproblems<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Megan N Jackson (@mizgvus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mizgvus\/status\/663876819104481280\">November 10, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The true story about what happened with the Starbucks Christmas Cup this year&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarbucksRedCup?src=hash\">#StarbucksRedCup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DesignerHumor?src=hash\">#DesignerHumor<\/a> lol <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LzWxHWQhsW\">pic.twitter.com\/LzWxHWQhsW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Chris (@vadi__c) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vadi__c\/status\/663879493979738112\">November 10, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As a designer, I&#8217;m fond of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Starbucks\">@starbucks<\/a> new red cup design. So simple and classy. I wonder why people aren&#8217;t looking at them from this stance.<\/p>\n<p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Hannah LeBeau (@HannahLeBeau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HannahLeBeau\/status\/663900164910813184\">November 10, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Behind every <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarbucksRedCup?src=hash\">#StarbucksRedCup<\/a> is one hella smart designer.<\/p>\n<p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Marc Jenkinson (@MRCJNK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MRCJNK\/status\/663898184024985600\">November 10, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As a designer I appreciate the subtile gradient on these Christmas Cups <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarbucksRedCup?src=hash\">#StarbucksRedCup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mdvYYil1Tw\">pic.twitter.com\/mdvYYil1Tw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Nikki Bridle (@nikkibridle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nikkibridle\/status\/663422791002267648\">November 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&acirc;&euro;&trade;m a Christian &amp; am not offended that Starbucks is using a plain red cup, as a designer I support the minimal change&acirc;&euro;&brvbar;<\/p>\n<p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Matthew McGhan (@mattigan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattigan\/status\/663874476292050944\">November 10, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As a graphic designer, I think <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Starbucks\">@Starbucks<\/a> did a killer job with their red cup design. Also am a Catholic. Everyone get over this. IT&#8217;S A CUP<\/p>\n<p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Katie Lasak (@klasak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/klasak\/status\/663754855731695616\">November 9, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Its about simplicity &amp; not Christmas. This shows why you should be talking to the designer before making assumptions <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y2qLbO6qFr\">https:\/\/t.co\/y2qLbO6qFr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Laura Juranek (@ljuranek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ljuranek\/status\/663514263806451712\">November 9, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Somewhere a graphic designer is crying b\/c they didn&#8217;t get to put <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Starbucks?src=hash\">#Starbucks<\/a> red cup design on their resume this year.<\/p>\n<p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Jen Cameron (@jen_cam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jen_cam\/status\/663171597574909952\">November 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For the record &acirc;&euro;&ldquo; as a designer (and Christian) &acirc;&euro;&ldquo; I really like Starbucks&#8217; red cup design this year.<\/p>\n<p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Tyler DeFazio (@SirWolvenguard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SirWolvenguard\/status\/663419986573152256\">November 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/kevinwhipps.com\">Kevin Whipps<\/a> is a writer and editor based in Phoenix, Arizona. When he&#8217;s not working on one of the many writing projects in his queue, he&#8217;s designing stickers with his wife at <a href=\"http:\/\/whippsstickerco.com\">Whipps Sticker Co.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you hear the latest? Starbucks has released their line of holiday cups, and people are ticked off about it. It all started from a video posted on Facebook by Joshua Feuerstein. 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