Whether on your kitchen counter or sitting on a shelf, coffee packaging and books are both items that can be displayed if well-designed. For books, there’s even a specific word for taking photos of an aesthetically pleasing shelf of personal items—the shelfie, which has been used on social media since the early 2010s.
Is there an intersection of design trends in these two worlds as well? Looking at book covers and illustration trends in the publishing world, we can compare those trends to coffee design and see where the next trends could be going. Shared elements and similarities are all over these eye-catching formats, so grab your coffee and a good book and let’s dive in!