Nana
Georgian restaurant — logotype and all the print — Almaty, 2026
Nana, Almaty
Logotype and all print
2026
Georgian restaurant
Context
Nana is a Georgian restaurant in Almaty, in the Miras district by the First President's Park. "Nana" is Georgian for mother. The venue opened from scratch and needed a great deal of print — from the wine list down to the sticker on a khinkali.
In the wild
The restaurant opened in 2026. The print reached the floor faster than anything else: flags in the khinkali, menus on the tables, aprons in the kitchen, takeaway baskets.
My part
The logotype and every printed item. More than twenty of them: menus and bar lists, packaging, gift certificates, postcards, stickers, name badges, lift advertising, a roll-up.
Idea
A blackbird and a pen drawing. The mark is a bird; the whole visual layer rests on engraved hatching — a mountain village on the box, a khachapuri on the reverse, a vine on the parchment.
System
Wine red and cream, pen drawing, a pattern built from Georgian ornament and tableware. A high-contrast face for the name and a quiet grotesque for menu lines — long dish lists have to read by candlelight.
The khinkali stickers step outside the palette on purpose — they have to be told apart on a tray.
Menus and packaging
Bar and wine lists at 105 × 297, an iftar menu for Ramadan, a 375 × 297 special, a khachapuri box 300 × 300 × 40 in two versions, 270 mm parchment, a 55 × 90 business card, 7 × 2 cm name badges.
The small things that hold service together
Khinkali stickers, 60 × 20 mm, colour-coded with an icon of the filling: scallop, beef, shkmeruli with chicken, cheese. The guest sees what they're taking, the waiter doesn't mix them up. Round 50 mm stickers in four colourways for different occasions.
Everything else
Gift certificates for 10, 15 and 20 thousand, carrying Pirosmani reproductions — Georgian naïve painting sits here better than any stock frame. A 100 × 150 postcard with a view of Svaneti and a handwritten letter on the back: the guest signs it and takes it home. A dice game with the rules on a card. Plus lift advertising, a roll-up and collaborations with JUZ and Urban Coffee.
