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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Tag Archives: Greek Designers
Olympic Flame and Torch Relay
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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Vassiliki Charitou : The Geometric Flow
The Flow Collection SS16 is inspired by the decade of 60s. Pleated fabrics and window pane patterns are the major elements of this collection. There is complex relationship between white and blue colours. The white colour symbolises purity and the blue tranquility in a geometric way. This palette gives a sense of elegance. Vassiliki Charitou …
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Aumorfia : archetypes of Linear_A
Linear_A speaks through a primal, original language based on strict lines and familiar geometric shapes without volume as the scratches of the letters on Phaistos Disc. Linear_A builds upon Aumorfia’s characteristic geometry, putting emphasis on structure and shape. Slim leather stripes work as outlines in this archetypal geometric narration in the most minimal and fine …
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Eireen : at peace with the Trojan Horse
In Greek mythology the Trojan Horse was a construction inspired by Odysseus. It was a horse which served as a hiding-place, with the view to deceiving the Trojans who regarded it as a present from the ancient Greeks. In reality, it was a construction bearing the most prominent Greek heroes. With the advent of the …
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