Mexican architecture studio Pedro & Juana explains how its bar tool for Maestro Dobel is influenced by Mexico's culinary culture and geographies, in this talk produced by Dezeen for the tequila brand.
Ana Paula Ruiz Galindo and Mecky Reuss, the founders of the Mexico City-based architecture practice, spoke to Dezeen's editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about their design for a pestle and mortar used for the making and serving of tequila-based cocktails.
Called Tejolote, the sculptural object is made up of a pestle and a volcanic rock mortar, which together are used to juice, grind and crush ingredients for cocktails.
Mexican architecture studio Pedro & Juana has designed a new limited edition bar tool for tequila brand Maestro Dobel
The architects designed the object as a nod to Mexican culinary traditions and the geography of the Mexican state of Jalisco, where tequila originates from. "There's a history to kind of all these objects that interests us," the architects explained in the video.
"What drives our work is the history and materiality of objects," Galindo said.
"We like to fold stories into our work, the history of the object, the history of the material or even the context that all of these things take place on."
Called Tejolote, the tool is a pestle and mortar used to grind spices and juice lemons for the preparation of tequila-based cocktails
Made out of volcanic rock from Jalisco, the tiered mortar references the circular pyram...