Lie back, grab some Pinap Juice, and spend some time by the water with a special Pokémon Center summer collection that’s perfect for low-key fun in the sun: Pokémon Lazy Summer. Get ready to hit the beach and rock your next picnic with special sets of plates and cups featuring a surfing Pikachu, jamming Ditto, snoozing Lechonk, and snacking Pawmi—you can also find these chill designs on postcard and pin sets that feature even more wholesome illustrations with retro vibes.
You’ll also need to lounge while you’re at the beach—so take note of the folding chair, cooler bag, and picnic blanket with similarly adorable designs filled with summer vibes. If you’re looking to take that summer style everywhere you go, you can also find a full apparel line featuring T-shirts, crop tops, hats, and hoodies. If summer by the pool is more your thing, look no further than a set of beach balls and pool floats featuring Jigglypuff, Slowpoke, Ditto, Spheal, and Piplup! There’s plenty more summer fun on the horizon, too, with tropical resort-themed shirts coming soon to add to a gloriously laid-back summer.
If you’re a longtime Pokémon fan, you may recognize the minimalist art style on these fantastically bright items—they’re adorned with illustrations by renowned Pokémon designer James Turner! As an artist who loves to portray “feel-good” vibes, Turner pushed to do just that with tropical colors, Pokémon in relaxing settings, and a dash of retro vibes—with the surfing Pikachu illustration being particularly radical, sunglasses and all.
We can’t forget about Ditto jamming to the beat with a boom box either! It can be difficult to choose your favorite anything, but Turner appreciates the Transform Pokémon for a variety of reasons.
“It’s always hard to pick a favorite Pokémon, since there are so many designs that I’m fond of, but today my answer is Ditto,” he said. “Ditto has a cute, simple design and the interesting ability of being able to take the form of other Pokémon. Ditto’s face on another Pokémon is always fun to see, and trying to find the disguised Ditto in a crowd of Pokémon is a fun game to play.”
It’s not just about style or beating the heat—Pokémon Lazy Summer is all about enjoying yourself and making new memories alongside the more whimsical nature of Pokémon. Be sure to have some lazy fun in the sun, Trainers!
