Grupo Kasa

Asian mood asian food

Client
  GRUPO KASA

Services
  BRANDING
  COMMUNICATION
  DIGITAL
  SCENIC
  NARRATIVE

Sector
  FOOD & BEVERAGE

With a great deal of Asian mood, at Knock we created the global branding and scenic branding project for Grupo Kasa. A new concept in Asian restaurants that highlights the origin of the ingredients and the authenticity of the recipes.

Easy? Well, not quite. In Barcelona, there are many Asian, Mexican, Turkish, Indian, and other restaurants, almost all of them focused on mass tourism and fast consumption. Creating a brand that wouldn’t be automatically devoured by the concept of fast food and instead connected to traditional and authentic gastronomy was a significant challenge.

Kasa Ramen was the first brand we created for what was then named the Kasa Group. We chose the name Kasa, with a “k,” because its phonetics are unmistakable in both Catalan and Spanish (house). But also because it is the name of the traditional hat worn by rice harvesters in Japan. In the physical space, we developed a narrative with a foodtelling tone that is present throughout the environment, on the menu, in the messaging, and in every detail of the establishment.

The next brand and establishment we created was Kasa Japo. Lights made from bamboo steamers, tiled walls with a giant illustration of a koi fish designed at Knock and hand-painted by the artist Jav Rubin. A world that, building on the foundations of Kasa Ramen and Kasa Japo, we have been expanding and adapting to the brand’s new establishments.

Colaboration:

Video wall production – Polar Star Films
Illustrations – Jav Rubín
Kanji  illustrations- Mitsuru
Photography: Mariona Villavieja
Construction and interior design: CUBIC
Vinylation: GPU

Every detail counts, in the sense that every detail forms part of the story being told. Just like in the videos we made for the 3-meter-high screens at Kasa Ramen.

Kasa Japo Splau

Kasa Japo Glories

Kasa Ramen Pedralbes