Gaffer&Fluf is a melting pot of two seemingly ‘opposite’ worlds: the stable, strong and determined aspect of gaffer tape and the airy, soft and light side of dreamy fluffiness. It is a creative ying-yang that brings a balance among idiosyncratic elements and characters. It represents a universe where hard meets soft, where sharp edges melt …
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Gaffer&Fluf : Unity of Opposites
Paolita : Symbolic motifs
Inspired by the geometric patterns from the Archaic period in Ancient Greece, the designer Anna Paola visited the Metropolitan Museum in Manhattan and studied the vast collection of Ancient Greek pottery and originally created a linear version of this print. She then started experimenting with this by reflecting and rotating it and the results were …
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Systemalab : Triangular shelters
Systemalab is derived from the Greek word σύστημα systēma, ‘whole compounded of several parts or members, system’, literary ‘composition’ and an abbreviation of laboratory. It is a studio for experimental aesthetics within the field of Design. Two equally important elements constitute the source of inspiration. The mediterranean landscape with its idyllic scenery, brimful of nature …
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Zylo : Wooden artifacts
Γραίγος /’Grégos’/ according to the mediterranean navy tradition was the North East wind that brought the Venetians back home. A wind blowing from Greece. “My pappou Yiannis was a fisherman for living and a true stubborn. He was known to the locals as ‘to vremeno’ meaning in Greek the wet guy. He always came …
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Postfolk : Digital embroidery
Postfolk is a digital handicraft, a digital embroidery, inspired by the design potential of folk art motifs. Maria Olga Vlachou is the designer of the digitally handcrafted brand, re-collecting memories from greek folk culture. The collection includes textiles, homeware and limited edition art prints. | interview by Anna Baniora | MA, Fashion Business Management | …
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Zeus + Δione : Olympic Athlos
According to a Greek myth Aphrodite’s parents were Zeus and Dione. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She had no childhood: in every image and each reference she is born as an adult, nubile, and infinitely desirable. Her festival, Aphrodisia, was celebrated across Greece. Aphrodite was associated with, and often …
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Ioanna Kourbela : prism of Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope is derived from the Ancient Greek words καλός (kalos)= ‘beautiful, beauty’, εἶδος (eidos)= ‘that which is seen: form, shape’ and σκοπέω (skopeō)= ‘to look to, to examine’, hence ‘observation of beautiful forms’. The word was invented in 1817 by Sir David Brewster, inventor of the device. A children’s toy, that allows the light to …
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LanaMouss : Minoan Age
Minoan Age collection by LanaMouss came from the designer’s admiration for Knossos royal palace in Crete that has inspired her to create jewellery based on minoan civilization. The collection draws inspiration from the Minotaur ‘s myth, a greek mythology monster with human body and taurus head that dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, and …
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Minoan Ladies in Blue | Moodboard
The moodboard draws inspiration from the Cretan women and the frescoes of Minos palace. The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age civilization that arose on the island of Crete and flourished from about the 27th–15th century BC. In Ladies in Blue, fresco of Minoan women, aged 1600 BC, it is very evident that women’s dress played …
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Sophie Deloudi : Retro Geometry
A discreet flirt with the glamorous 50’s and bold 60’s, as well as repetitive lines and geometric patterns, inspire designer Sophie Deloudi for summer 2016 swimwear & beachwear collection. This collection clearly establishes the character of her creations which combine dynamism and elegance with eternal femininity. Cubistic and op art patterns in color combinations that …
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