We recommended antique gold because it gave a classic look to the coin, and provided both improved contrast and clarity for the designs. Over the course of our revisions, we also provided the option for using an antique gold plating. For the plating, our client initially requested high polished gold plating. We used a brand-specific enamel red color fill in the center with the logo at the front of the coin. If it sounds simple, that’s because it is, but the devil’s in the details. After deciding on a shape, the coin was stamped (or die-struck) from brass with artwork centered on both sides and text around the outside of the coin’s faces. The shape we went for with Heatonist’s commission from the start was a traditional circular coin. However, due to overwhelming popularity, the first batch ended up growing to 3000 bottles, and we ended up needing to create 3000 challenge coins. Heatonist initially approached us to produce 2500 challenge coins, one for each of the 2500 bottles originally intended to ship out with the flavor’s first batch. We had a lot of creative liberty creating the design, but we really wanted a coin that could capture the intensity of the show’s hottest sauce while commemorating the first batch in a meaningful manner. The Last Dab Reduxx is an 11 on that scale.ĭesigning a Hot Ones coin was an exciting prospect for our art team, many of whom are fans of the show. To put it in perspective, the products at the Heatonist are scaled 1 to 10. We quickly learned that we had our work cut out for us. Chaimberg is a common feature on the show’s channel as their “Hot Sauce Sommelier,” often dispensing sauce knowledge regarding the ingredients in the sauces and how to best enjoy them.Īt Signature Coins, we were approached to develop a challenge coin that could visually match the heat and intensity of Heatonist’s latest rendition of the Hot One’s spiciest official hot sauce: The Last Dab Reduxx. The show is as much about the struggle to finish the wings as guest’s answers. On Hot Ones, celebrity guests ranging from Neil Degrasse Tyson to Wiz Khalifa are interviewed by the show’s host, Sean Evans, about their industry experience while trying to get through 10 exponentially spicier hot wings slathered in Heatonist hot sauces. Online shoppers can subscribe to a Hot Ones subscription box which sends a selection of sauces every month along with occasional bonus swag. The business was founded by “Hot Sauce Sommelier” Noah Chaimberg in Brooklyn, New York City, where it prides itself as a “Purveyor of Fine Hot Sauces.” Since 2013, the business has operated both a retail location and an online store where customers can purchase a variety of hot sauces including flavors from difficult to find sauce makers and the official hot sauces featured on Hot Ones. In this article, we’ll be discussing the background of our client, the design choices that went into their challenge coin, and how you might be able to score one for yourself.įirst, a little background on our client, Heatonist. The long and short of the matter is, we were ecstatic.Īs the first subject of “The Coin Check,” our new blog series covering the designs of our favorite challenge coins, Heatonist’s commission topped our list, if only because so many of our own staff are fans of the show. Imagine our excitement when the Heatonist, the supplier of the show’s infamous hot sauces, approached us to design unique challenge coins celebrating their first batch of The Last Dab Reduxx, the latest take on the spiciest sauce on the show. With a simple but effective premise of celebrity interviews over bites of increasingly spicy hot wings, Hot Ones consistently trends on YouTube as one of the hottest (yeah, we’re funny) web series.
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