HOT ONES App Concept

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The idea of this app came to my mind as I am a huge fan of hot sauces and always have at least three of them on the table during a meal.

Hot Ones is a show that resonates with my passion for spicy food and its competitve element: are you capable to increase the degree of spiciness and where is that point when you are ready to give up?

Hot Ones do not have an official app, so I’ve decided to create an app concept myself. Besides being able to follow the episodes from the app I’ve added the ability to track which hot sauces you have yet to try and incorporated a challenge element for those who want to find out how their hot pepper tolerance compares to other users (and celebrities!).
The official merch store is also built into the app.

Working within the Hot Ones brand guidelines has posed a few challenges. I had to figure out how to use red for scenarios others than alerts and CTA, and the overall palette is quite strict and limited.
Hot Ones also use the Passion One typeface which is not a typical choice for app UI so it was also interesting to incorporate it in a way that did not compromise the overall user experience.