Brand worlds for hospitality,
art-directed end to end.
I'm Bianca Nakan — an art director and senior designer building considered identities, campaigns and spaces for restaurants, bars and hotels, with AI woven through my creative process.
Figo
Brand identity and art direction for Figo, the Kove Collection’s Italian restaurant — logo, menu design, packaging, vouchers and food styling.
Script
A moody, burgundy identity for Script, the Kove Collection cocktail bar — logo, menu design, coasters, vouchers and signature-serve art direction.
The Cole
Collateral, signage and art direction for The Cole, the Kove Collection’s sea-facing Cape Town hotel, and its spa. (Hotel logo by others.)
Event Advertisements
Event advertising campaigns — including Le Soleil at The Bungalow and "For Everything Else There’s Jazz" at Incognito. The Le Soleil series blends studio photography with AI-generated talent.
Designing with AI
I build generative tools — Midjourney, Gemini, Whisk and ChatGPT — into my art-direction workflow: fully AI-generated campaign and lifestyle imagery, and cohesive AI-assisted illustration systems, all directed to sit on-brand.
Mount Camdeboo & Letamo
Art direction and brand storytelling for two luxury Karoo and bushveld lodges — guiding photography, social and the way the experience is shown.
Hotels & Restaurants
Identity, menus and collateral for hotel-and-restaurant pairings — Catalyst Hotel & Kashew, and the Winchester & Shoreditch — including logos, food art direction and social.
Editorial & Magazine
Editorial design and magazine layouts for safari and lodge brands — long-form spreads, features and in-book advertising.
Fashion, Campaigns & Social
Campaign and lifecycle work across fashion e-commerce and lifestyle — newsletters, social, seasonal campaigns and event editorial.
An art director and senior designer with a decade of work shaping hospitality and lifestyle brands — from identity and packaging to campaigns and the spaces they live in.