At first glance, Mattéo Tabutieaux’s design might come across as the latest Mezcal on the market, but this bottle is, in fact, a legendary hot sauce design. Mayan engravings inspire the logo on the front of the bottle, and the Mexican flag influences the color palette. While I first thought the bottle was supposed to emulate a mezcal bottle, the shape of the hot sauce container actually takes influence from maracas. Every detail of this bottle has clearly been well thought through, and it’s fun to see how a hot sauce bottle can become something so original and unique.

I created El Poco, a new brand of hot sauce with Mexican origins. I was inspired by the Mayan civilization to create its visual identity. The logotype is a wordmark made of letters organized in the way of Mayan representations and with bright color codes evoking Mexico. A “worn” effect, inspired by Mayan engravings, was applied to the logotype giving an authentic look.