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TATA Mate

Yerba mate sold as plant-based energy. The work had to hold together across glass and aluminium, across four flavours, and still be readable from the far side of a chiller cabinet.

ClientTATA Yerba Mate
SectorBeverage
Year2022
StudioNova Creative
Yerba mate gourd and bombilla with the words 'plant based energy'
TATA Mate logotype in white on black
Three TATA Mate glass bottles with yellow, blue and orange labels
Four TATA Mate bottle flavours side by side on grey
Two TATA Mate cans: red organic yerba mate and yellow with a leaf pattern
Two TATA Mate cans: gold organic yerba mate and yellow 'clean energy'
TATA Mate label dieline, option 1, coral 'Sunrise Chill'
TATA Mate label dieline, option 2, orange 'Golden Sweet'

The promise on the front

Plant based energy.

What we did

One system, two formats, four flavours.

The mark is set as TÄTÄ over mate — the diaeresis doing the work of a logo so the name survives being printed small on a can seam.

Flavour is carried by colour before it is carried by words: Sunrise Chill, Golden Twist, and the ayurvedic blend with ginger, lemon and peppermint. The Spanish line — flor de saúco, limón, jengibre y vainilla — sits under it at a size you only read once the can is in your hand.

Two packaging routes were taken to artwork so the client could see both against a real shelf rather than in isolation.

  • Wordmark and botanical device
  • Bottle range artwork
  • Can range artwork
  • Flavour colour system
  • Two full packaging routes
  • Retail-ready production files

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