Memorento

A gift for your grandparents: all their grandchildren in one masterpiece

The word NANA made of photos on white, with “Yara & Sem” below. Framed on the sage-green wall of a cosy living room, above a sofa with a knitted throw, with a teapot and biscuits on the side table.

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Nana’s greatest pride? Her children and grandchildren. She treasures every moment.

If anyone loves a full house, toys all over the floor and the cosy chaos of the family, it’s Nana. Her greatest pride? Without a doubt her children and grandchildren. Walk into her living room and chances are the fridge is covered in drawings and the windowsills are full of little frames with a photo of every grandchild. She treasures every moment.

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Digital €59 · printed from €89 · framed from €139. Prints delivered in Netherlands, usually within 5 working days.

Your photo library stays on your Mac.

Memorento runs on your Mac, where your photos are. Free to make. You approve every photo before you pay. macOS 14 or later.

Choose your design

You adjust it in the Mac app and see the result right away.

But the older Nana gets, the harder it is to surprise her with a truly original birthday or Christmas present. She doesn’t need knick-knacks for the house. She wants to feel her family close. With Memorento you and the whole family create the most precious gift she has ever had: a beautiful, large artwork in the shape of the word NANA (or her age), made of hundreds of photos of the people she loves. For Grandad it works just the same: the word POP or his age, filled with photos of the people he loves.

The secret family project: from baby photo to now

The word NANA made of photos on white, with “Yara & Sem” below. The same artwork framed, held in two hands.

What makes a Memorento mosaic for Nana special is the overview it gives of the generations that came after her. From a distance she sees a stylish piece for above the sofa, but as soon as she puts on her reading glasses and comes closer, she discovers a treasure chest of memories:

  • The family through the yearsThe very first baby photos of the oldest grandchildren, the holidays in France together, all the way to the giggles at last year’s Christmas table.
  • Gathering memories togetherThis is the perfect gift to make together with your brothers, sisters or the grandchildren. Everyone secretly sends in their favourite photos, and the app weaves them into one big family epic.

A magical moment by the TV (with a smile and a tear)

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Nanas often love an old-fashioned afternoon of sharing memories. The Memorento artwork comes with the Immersive video: a beautiful, calm film you can play straight away on her TV.

  • The surprise at the partyGather everyone round the TV and put on the video, with music if you like. Nana watches her grandchildren’s faces slowly come together into the word NANA.
  • Stories for hoursIn no time Nana is beaming on the sofa. The grandchildren point at the screen: “Look, Nana, remember when we made that sandcastle?” The gift creates an instant moment of real connection and pure cosiness at her party.

Designed in a few minutes, without the fuss

The sample artwork, the word NANA made of photos on white, with “Yara & Sem” below, on a laptop screen.

Surprising your grandparents doesn’t mean spending nights fiddling with photo software to put a collage together. The Memorento Mac app is designed to do the heavy lifting for you:

  • Smart, local scanning

    Our software quickly scans the Photos library on your Mac. No slow websites, no accounts to create. Everything stays 100% safe and private.

  • No upload stress

    Have the grandchildren sent photos on WhatsApp too? Simply drag them into your Photos library and the app includes them in the mosaic.

  • A beautiful finish

    We print the artwork on heavyweight matte art paper and deliver it, framed if you like, to your home (or straight to Nana’s). Ready to be unwrapped with a big bow on top.

From research

Nostalgia strengthens social bonds and brings positive feelings. A mosaic of your own photos is nostalgia on the wall.

Source: Wildschut et al., Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, seven studies, 2006

Recipients want a gift with sentimental value more often than givers give one. Givers play it safe with something that matches their taste; your own photos are pure sentimental value.

Source: Givi & Galak, Journal of Consumer Psychology, three studies, 2017

From Photos library to poster in a few minutes

Complete privacy, zero hassle. No accounts to create. Your photo library never leaves your Mac.

In this example the app finds 223 photos in the Photos library and uploads none.

  1. Download the free app

    For any Mac with macOS 14 or later. No account.

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  2. Choose who it’s for

    The app reads the Photos library on your Mac and already knows the faces. Pick one person, a couple or an album; it gathers their photos for you.

  3. See it, fine-tune it, give it

    Your artwork appears within minutes. Swap photos and, if you like, change the colours and the design: the background, the shape and the words. Then choose your gift.

What you choose in the app

Make it your own

Occasion What is the occasion?

Birthday, For Mum, For Dad, For Grandma & Grandpa, Anniversary, A year in photos, Christmas tree, In memory, A star, Your own word

Name Who is it for?

Lotte

Goes above the photos.

Size How big?

50 × 70 cm Recommended70 × 100 cmA0 · 84 × 119 cm

To scale, beside a person of 1.70 m. With or without a frame.

Look Which look?

Warm ivoryGallery whiteMidnightFrom their photos

Lettering Which lettering for the name?

LOTTEModernLotteClassicLOTTEQuietLOTTEFestiveLOTTELightLotteEditorial

Caption What goes under the photos?

Celebrating 30 years of Lotte

ItalicSerif italicPlainCapitals

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Choose your gift

The Immersive video is part of every package: your photos as a film for the TV. Making it is free; you pay when you choose. More about the Immersive video →

The sample artwork, the word NANA made of photos on white, with “Yara & Sem” below, on a laptop screen.

Digital artwork

€59Ready right after payingWithout the Immersive video: €39

You get

  • The digital artwork, to print anywhere
  • The Immersive video, for any screen or TV

Just digital? No paper, no box, no delivery van.

The same artwork printed on paper, on a wall. Our recommendation

Printed artwork

From €8950 × 70 cm

Guests can write their wishes on it at the party, and it can be framed later.

You get

  • The digital artwork, to print anywhere
  • The poster on heavyweight matte art paper, delivered to your door
  • The Immersive video, for any screen or TV

Delivered in Netherlands, usually within 5 working days.

Need it sooner? Express delivery is possible at extra cost.

The same artwork framed, held in two hands.

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Framed artwork

From €13950 × 70 cm

You get

  • The digital artwork, to print anywhere
  • The poster in a frame (black, white or natural wood look), ready to hang
  • The Immersive video, for any screen or TV

Delivered in Netherlands, usually within 5 working days.

Need it sooner? Express delivery is possible at extra cost.

With every package: upload links, so friends can add their photos.

Prices include VAT. Delivery included (Netherlands). Print delivery is currently available within the Netherlands. Your delivery postcode is checked before payment. The samples are real artworks made by the app, from public-domain photos or, for Lotte’s 30, from AI-generated photos of a made-up woman; the rooms are stock photos; the people holding the frame are made with AI and aren’t real.

Frequently asked questions about a photo gift for grandparents

What’s a meaningful gift for a grandparent turning 70, 80 or 90?

A personalised photo mosaic is the most moving and most appreciated gift for grandparents. It brings all the children and grandchildren together in one artwork, a lasting memory on the wall.

Can we combine old photos from the past with new digital ones?

Yes, absolutely. The mix of older, scanned prints (from her own children’s childhood, for example) and the grandchildren’s modern smartphone photos makes the mosaic for Nana extra rich and nostalgic.

How do grandparents watch the video without a computer?

Export the Immersive video as a file in Full HD or 4K and play it on their TV, or use the Show Player on a TV without a Mac.

What sizes are there?

50 × 70 cm, 70 × 100 cm and A0 (84 × 119 cm), unframed or in a black, white or natural wood look frame. The digital artwork is a print-ready file in the same size.

Give your grandparents their loveliest memory

Ready to surprise Nana with the kind of gift grandparents often show all their friends? Open the app on your Mac and in a few minutes see hundreds of family moments come together into a one-of-a-kind artwork full of love.

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Your photo library stays on your Mac.

Memorento runs on your Mac, where your photos are. Free to make. You approve every photo before you pay. macOS 14 or later.

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