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Simoul Alva's speculative Nestlé campaign for a festival that 'fosters love and gratitude'

Simoul Alva is a designer we've long admired, and likely one of the most talented, and astonishingly hard-working grads we've ever encountered.

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Six colourful Nestlé product boxes for Miss U Month festival campaign, each with Hindi and English text and pastel colour blocking in blue, orange, red, yellow, green and light blue

So far, her graphic design career has taken her from her birthplace in Mumbai, India, to Paris, Abu Dhabi, Russia, and now to New York, interning on Michael Bierut’s team at Pentagram. That’s a lot for any career; it’s pretty staggering when you consider that all of that happened before she even graduated with her B.A.

One of the projects that caught our eye lately is her response to a brief to invent your own festival/special occasion using Nestle Products. The result is Miss U Month, which "helps people celebrate nostalgia and the idea of missing someone by sending customised care packages to the people they love for an entire month," she explains.

"The Nestlé family of products is one of the most iconic and memorable FMCG brands people grow up on in India. This festival fosters love, gratitude and encourages people to think of each other. It is designed to be personal, simple, evocative and memorable."

Alva worked across all conceptualisation, copy writing, design, illustration and creative direction for the campaign, and it resulted in her being awarded the Kyoorius Young Blood Award-In Book, which celebrates creative professionals 28 years and under. The designer is currently working at Think Tank Team. Samsung Research America, California, as a visual design intern.

Keep an eye on her: we predict very big things indeed.

Red poster for Miss U Month campaign featuring white text reading "Send & receive love this month" with colourful spheres and a red box illustration on coral background
Bright yellow poster for Miss U Month showing a stylised red number one with decorative elements and "Thank you" text, promoting a festival to celebrate people you miss
A bright yellow poster featuring a large red number one with colourful abstract shapes and the text "month" in white, promoting Nestlé's Miss U Month campaign to celebrate missing loved ones
Nestlé Miss U Month campaign poster on coral background featuring "Send & receive love this month" text with coloured spheres and a gift box, and "Invent your own festival/special occasion" tagline
Beige jute tote bag with blue rope handles printed with "i miss Sunday grocery shopping with u, pappi" and small Nestlé heart logo
Blue Nestlé care package box for Miss U Month festival campaign with white text reading "For the winter that is coming" and "Don't start watching without me!", flanked by green foliage sprigs
Light blue circular coaster with dark red border and text reading "My husband makes the best coffee" with a heart icon and Nestlé logo below
White t-shirt with orange text reading "Thanks for always feeding me, amma" and a small heart logo for Miss U Month festival campaign by Simoul Alva
Nestlé billboard advertisement for Miss U Month festival featuring pink and yellow sections with geometric shapes and text reading "1 month of missing
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