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Cara a Cara

An agave spirit balancing tradition and innovation to care for the environment and the people.

Cara a Cara was born at the height of the global pandemic; a time when we re-examined how to care for one another to celebrate life with our smiles hiding behind masks.

“Face to Face”; a name to remind us of what we most cherish and an invitation come face to face with our innate capacity to do good, and do well.

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Cara a Cara is the story of a group of an unlikely combination of people who followed an instinct and created something beautiful.

A Mexican couple living abroad and longing for home.

A dry distillery in the hands of a hard working family.

Imagination hard at work and simple solutions to reactivate a family's patrimony creating an agave spirit worthy of every last drop.

Double distilled with rainwater.

Small Batch. Artisanal. Experimental.

Handcrafted in San Dionisio Oaxaca.

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There are three typographic selections. The confrontation of the two main ones facing each other. At the center, a typographic composition that balances the other two.

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To honor the artisanal production process we added hand painted illustrations using a combination of water and charcoal from burnt maguey.

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The two silhouettes in the label represent the physical delineation of the roads that border the distillery while also depicting two face silhouettes facing each other.

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The packaging had to be practical and cost effective. The substance we accomplished in the graphic execution was enough to deliver what we hoped for: abundant truth and hard work in a bottle that everyone can cherish. "Nature and Soul, always gazing into one another, as long as we remain face to face, we will enhance life."

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Llena de tierra es el alma

Sustancia abundante

Donde la oscuridad revela lo que la luz oculta

Montes que llegan al cielo

Mares que tocan los fondos

Cantos de ave y rugidos del beedxje

Sabia eternidad

Naturaleza y alma

Por siempre nos miramos

Una cara frente a la otra

Adornamos la vida

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Team

Diego Leyva

Creative Direction & Art Direction

Natalia Becerra

Storytelling & Illustration

María Galindo

Storytelling

AGBA

Branding Photography

Rick Rosales

Animation

Ali Alcantara

Videographer