Design of a Commemorative Cup for the National Coffee Association of Guatemala (Anacafé)

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Published: Jun 5, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v16i1.41436
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Maria Cecilia De León García
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

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In the first-year product design course of the Product Design and Innovation Program at the Universidad del Valle in Guatemala City, I set students the challenge of working collaboratively with enterprises, in 2024 we worked with Guaco Café, part of the National Coffee Association, to design and manufacture high-fidelity prototypes for a commemorative cup. This product needed to meet formal, functional, and aesthetic requirements in ceramic capable of holding 6 or 8 ounces of coffee, using plaster molds.

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De León García, M. C. (2025). Design of a Commemorative Cup for the National Coffee Association of Guatemala (Anacafé). International Journal of Designs for Learning, 16(1), 9–16. https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v16i1.41436
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Maria Cecilia De León García, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

María Cecilia de León García is an Industrial Designer and professor at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, where she directs the Bachelor's in Product Design and Innovation. Cecilia has been a consultant and designer for the Taiwan Technical Mission, a trainer for the Entrepreneurship Center of Guatemala City, and an advisor to young entrepreneurs at World Vision Guatemala. She also taught Industrial Design in Panama at the Caribbean University of Architecture and Design for over 15 years and has been a speaker at events related to innovation, entrepreneurship, and Design Thinking for companies and the United Nations in Guatemala.

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