Starbucks Cup Design Call is in its third year.

Starbucks, one of the world's leading representatives of coffee culture, continues to expand its "Cup Design Call" competition, which focuses on artists and designers, with new categories in its third year. Organized with the consultancy of Studio Mercado, this year's competition, themed "Your Starbucks," opens up an interdisciplinary creative space ranging from illustration and doodles to local motifs and digital animation. Inviting young designers from all over Türkiye to reinterpret Starbucks' iconic white cups, applications for the 2026 Starbucks® Cup Design Call will continue until June 10, 2026.

StarbucksLaunched by [Company Name] to support local artists and reaching a wider audience each year, the “Cup Design Call” is inviting artists and designers from all over Türkiye to participate for the third year. The competition invites participants to transform Starbucks' iconic cup into a creative space for expression that reflects their personal stories, the cities they live in, their cultural references, and their unique perspectives.

Its scope is expanding with new subcategories.

The 2026 Starbucks® Cup Design Call competition will be held with the main theme "Your Starbucks". in the general category Participants can reflect their own Starbucks moments with original designs on Starbucks' iconic white cups. "Local Motifs" In this category, motifs and cultural riches drawing from Anatolia's visual memory meet Starbucks cups with an artistic touch. Focusing on analog production... “edding x Doodle Hand-Drawn” In this category, participants hand-draw Starbucks cup templates and transfer them to the digital environment. In the "2D & 3D Digital Animation" category added to the competition this year, participants can also tell their own stories in the digital world using the language of animation.

The 2026 Starbucks® Cup Design Call, which brings unique designs to Starbucks cups, features prominent figures from academia, illustration, advertising, and digital art on its jury. This year, the jury includes Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşem G. Başar, Head of the Department of Industrial Product Design at Yeditepe University Faculty of Architecture; Digital Artist Hakan Yılmaz; Advertiser and Art Director Özge Güven; Illustrator Sedat Girgin; Mercado Founding Partner Tuna Mert Topuz; and Creative Director Zeynep Tonguç.

Winning Designs in Starbucks Stores

The winners of the Main Category and the Local Motifs Category will receive a tablet and the opportunity to have their design printed on cups and displayed in select stores, while the winner of the Hand-Drawn Category will receive a tablet, the opportunity to have their design printed on cups and displayed in select stores, and an edding gift set. The winner of the 2D & 3D Digital Animation Category will receive a tablet and the opportunity to have their design displayed on a giant Starbucks cup.

Those who want to be a part of this design journey, which grows every year with the intense interest of art lovers, and turn their dreams into reality, can submit their applications. June 10, 2026 until starbucks.com.tr/cup-design-call This can be done via this address.