Ancient Kallos draws its creative inspiration from ancient Greek beauty and cultural heritage – its very name deriving from the ancient Greek word for beauty; ‘Kallos’. The sun in the form of its ancient Greek symbol features in the logo ΚΑΛΛʘS, in the letter O, as a representative of the spirit, while the dot in …
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Monthly Archives: May 2016
Ancient Kallos : Aegean Light
popRenaissance : Eye bowl
The Eye bowl was designed and created by Manos Mpatzolis in Santorini island, 2014. Inspired by minimalism of Cyclades and white/ blue Greek colors, he created the paper mache bowl, using recycled paper on a spherical mold. In tradition, the blue eye, known as μάτι (mati) is used for protection from the bad energy, dating …
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Deep Shallow Exposition : frame sculptures
‘I perceive that the eyewear I create – solely by hand – as sculptures… I do not feel like I own an eyewear brand, but rather a way to create and to experiment with materials’; Elisabeth Leau, the Deep Shallow Exposition designer, told me a Saturday evening when we met at her studio for a …
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