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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Yearly Archives: 2016
popRenaissance : Eye bowl
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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Clon8 : Meteora suspension
Deriving inspiration from the spiritual connection she has with her native Greek homeland, the main idea behind SS16 collection, developed from Angelika Chilikova’s powerful creative bond with the architectural patterns of Meteora. Considered one of the most important complexes of Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece, the unique structures from stone and wood appear to be …
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Olympic Flame and Torch Relay
In the sanctuary of Olympia, where the Ancient Olympic Games took place, a flame burned permanently on the altar of the goddess Hestia, situated in the Prytaneum. The divine origin of fire made it a sacred element. The Greeks maintained perpetual fires in front of their main temples. The purity of this fire was guaranteed …
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Myrto Zirini : Ionian pebbles
Myrto Zirini perceives clay and its transformation process into ceramics as a kind of creation of ‘cultural fossils’. A material body that carries – contemporary to the maker – information and shapes from one era to the following ones. When compared to most materials used for utilitarian objects clay has an amazing resilience to wear …
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The Artians : daedalus Op Art
The Op Athens collection draws inspiration from a treasure chest of aesthetic references. Op art which relies on optical illusions, relating geometric designs that create feelings of movement was the major influence in creating the Op Athens collection AW2016 . Optical, being a word of Greek origin triggered the Artians to look deeper and decode …
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Dimitrios Ordoulidis : structures of Formalismos
In Formalismos abstract figures of structures are used to inspire pureness and simplicity. Elements of a formal analysis include descriptions of color, space, line, volume, mass, composition, and other perceptual aspects, putting these together to highlight artistic style. To ignite moderate formalism, patterns of ontological, metaphysical or essential nature are also used to balance the …
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Marmarometry : Greek marble meets geometry
Marmarometry is a new series of jewelry made by Xenia Nefelly Vlachou. Their main element is the Greek marble in plain geometrical lines and minimal look which matches harmonically with metal. She is influenced from architecture and the series were introduced for the first time in Greece on January 2015. | interview by Anna Baniora …
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Athina Korda : Mute antithesis
The Mute Collection SS2016 is inspired by the ultramarine serenity among the disarming shapes of the ocean. The intensity of the waves streaming towards the shore is imprinted in the vast dimension of the black color. The color palette continues with raf and blue and turns into off-white, that captures the color of the sand; …
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Mirror of the Gorgon Medusa
Medusa, in greek mythology was a monster, one of the Gorgon sisters and daughter of Phorkys and Keto, the children of Gaea (Earth) and Oceanus (Ocean). She was originally a golden-haired, fair maiden, who, as a priestess of Athena, was devoted to a life of celibacy; however, after being wooed by Poseidon and falling for …
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