The Best New Document Series award was presented to the Government of Georgia for its Georgia Document Family: a harmonised suite of ePassports and eID cards built on a single design and security platform. Developed by Veridos with the Public Service Development Agency (Ministry of Justice) and designer Nino (Nitta) Gongadze, the programme aligns six passport types and four identity cards across materials, features and visuals.

The concept, ‘A Journey Through History, Secured by Design’, embeds geography, culture and heritage into the security architecture. In the ePassport, each double-page spread presents a Georgian region using objects, landscapes and symbols anchored by cartographic fine-line artwork. Under UV, a second narrative emerges as flora, fauna and artefacts fluoresce, with continuous daylight-to-UV transitions supporting intuitive inspection while increasing simulation difficulty.

The custom substrate includes a primary watermark of the Georgian coat of arms, a security thread with the national flag and inscriptions, and highlight page-number watermarks. Multi-colour intaglio, OVI and embossing provide strong first-line controls.

The polycarbonate datapage adds a transparent window, holographic elements, micro-lettering and rainbow printing, plus a transparent stripe revealing the antenna with a dedicated UV brilliance inlay check.