Snooze: Craveable Convenience Campaign



In a team, I worked as a designer to generate a speculative brand campaign for Snooze, An A.M. Eatery, a beloved Denver-based breakfast eatery. Snooze was founded by brothers Adam and Jon Schlegel in 2006. The brothers wanted to reinvent the bland breakfast concept, offering an energetic and welcoming environment with tasty food to suit all palates, from spicy to sweet. The aim of this campaign was to extend the company’s merchandise and boost visibility by catering to busy, on-the-go customers with convenient solutions.

This campaign promotes Snooze’s commitment to adapt to its customers’ various lifestyles, offering more accessible ways for customers to enjoy Snooze products through expanding into grocery stores, motion advertisements, and branded takeaway products. I was responsible for creating a new set of patterns to be featured on reusable ceramic mugs and a line of purchasable coffee products.



Sketches of Coffee Cans
Sketches of Ceramic Coffee Cups
Sketch of Coffee Pod Box and Coffee Pods

Brainstorming

During the initial phases of the project, my team and I created high-fidelity concept sketches of possible packaging in Procreate. I wanted to highlight the iconic atom graphic in Snooze’s asset package and pay homage to their 1950s diner brand aesthetic. My original idea was to create a line of coffee cans to be sold on location and within local grocery stores. This idea later changed to kraft paper coffee bags to work within Snooze’s sustainability ethos. 


Color Palette
Primary Typeface
Primary Typeface Styles
Secondary and Tertiary Typefaces
Graphics & Icons
Primary Patterns 
Secondary Patterns

Style Guide

Using existing artifacts from Snooze’s brand folder, we created a brand identity system to use for this campaign. This system helped us create a cohesive identity across our individual touchpoints. 







Hounds Tooth Pattern
Bloom Pattern
Atomic Quilt Pattern
Television Pattern

Final Deliverables

For the Craveable Convenience campaign, I created four Modernist-inspired patterns for a series of ceramic cups. Hounds Tooth, Television, Atomic Quilt, and Bloom each draw on mid-century design language from geometric grids to abstracted organic forms. These new graphics stay true to the campaign's designated color palette by using the full color spectrum to highlight Snooze’s brand personality. Screen-printed in a soft matte finish on natural ceramic, the patterns add a tactile, collectible quality to the brand experience.






House Blend Coffee Whole Beans Label
House Blend Coffee Ground Beans Label
House Blend Coffee Eco Pods Label
Storage Information

Coffee Product Line

For the Craveable Convenience campaign, I developed a new line of coffee products featuring three distinct labels for variations of Snooze’s signature roast. Each label is color-coded according to the product type, using a consistent palette. In Adobe Illustrator, I designed a Modernist-inspired coffee bean graphic, which I applied across all labels to ensure visual cohesion. To help customers quickly distinguish the product formats, I varied the orientation of the bean pattern, signaling whether it was a pod or loose bean, and if the bean was whole or ground.


Eco Pods Box Flat High Fidelity Design
Whole Beans and Ground Beans High Fidelity Design


This intuitive system allows customers to identify products at a glance. I paired the graphic elements with the Balboa Plus Filled and In-Line typefaces to ensure strong brand consistency across all materials. Tasting notes and origin information are organized clearly on each label for easy reading. To support food safety practices, I created a dedicated Storage Information Label for the back of the Whole Bean and Ground Bean bags. For the pod box, this information is integrated into the available space on the back and side panels. Designed to work seamlessly across flexible kraft paper bags and boxes, the labels maintain a cohesive brand presence throughout the entire product line.

Craveable Convenience Snooze Eco Pods Mockup
Craveable Convenience Snooze Dark Roast Mockup
Craveable Convenience Ceramic Mug Mockup 


Discussion

Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, I contributed to a deep-dive brand audit of Snooze, A.M. Eatery. We evaluated their visual language, competitive landscape, and customer experience across physical and digital touchpoints. The audit revealed key opportunities for Snooze to leverage their loved brand in stores and to meet customers halfway in their busy, day-to-day lives. We worked to stay true to the brand expression while amplifying the playful, retro-inspired energy that defines the Snooze experience.

Throughout the Craveable Convenience campaign, I leveraged Adobe Illustrator to develop the Modernist-inspired patterns and label systems, from initial vector sketches to final print-ready artwork. In Photoshop, I created realistic mockups to test how the designs would appear on ceramic cups, kraft paper packaging, and retail displays. This integrated approach ensured that every touchpoint worked harmoniously as a cohesive brand experience. The result is a product line that feels both thoughtfully crafted and instantly recognizable, ready to connect with customers in their everyday routines.

This project was prepared as part of CU Denver’s FINE 4400 Design Studio III curriculum in the spring of 2025.