3D Design & Animation
An Iconic mug, reimagined.
This project introduced a limited series of Nescafé’s classic Red Mug, featuring four exclusive designs celebrating the brand’s heritage and commitment to sustainability.
To support the storytelling, we built a fully hyperrealistic environment designed to capture the warmth and familiarity of a freshly brewed cup of Nescafé. The piece also required a seamless transition from live-action footage of a coffee plantation into a fully 3D sequence inside the mug, creating an immersive visual journey from origin to cup.
All assets were modeled, shaded, and rendered from scratch using a Cinema 4D and Redshift pipeline. This approach reduced production costs while maintaining high visual fidelity and added flexibility to the workflow, allowing artists with strong 2D skills to contribute through illustration and animation elements integrated into the final piece.
A Classic just got more iconic
Credits
Agency: Publicis Groupe South Africa
Creative Director: Justin Blyth
Lead 3D Animator/Art Director: Oscar Sobrino Guagnelli
Producers: Michelle Kruger, Sacha Aurik
3D Animation: Oscar Sobrino Guagnelli, Stefano Paron
Look Dev & Lighting: Oscar Sobrino Guagnelli
Compositing: Oscar Sobrino Guagnelli
Colorist: Amy Besate.
Lead Designer: Mirjam Verhoog.
2D Animation: Mirjam Verhoog, Irma Peniche, Oscar Sobrino Guagnelli