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The Story of My Starbucks-Themed Tissue Box Design

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at Emory chapter.

The fact of the matter is, tissue box designs, for the most part, are pretty boring. Sure, some may have a fun Disney character on it, but can’t that get tacky at times? A project for my graphic design class a few years ago required that we create our own tissue box design, mock it up, and put it to use. As I sat in class sipping my venti Starbucks iced coffee, I thought, why not make a Starbucks-themed tissue box?

Starbucks-themed tissue box
Sam Tanchel

It was super fun imitating all aspects of the Starbucks cup, and I had to be sure to include every little detail. In the end, I guess it looked so real, that one morning I wake up to an email from my graphic design teacher, saying that my tissue box was gone. We determined that one of two things could’ve happened: either someone stole it or threw it out.

Starbucks-themed tissue box
Sam Tanchel

The latter is probably more plausible—a janitorial staff member could’ve thought it was an empty cup with some used tissues in it. It’s cool to know that the design was realistic enough to be wanted/mistaken for a real Starbucks cup.

Starbucks-themed tissue box
Sam Tanchel

So, if you have a Starbucks-themed tissue box lying around your house, we all know it’s not yours.

Important things in life: iced coffee, nice eyebrows, friends, and brunch... not necessarily in that order