Design Walk 2008
Wraparound Events
Three days of collaboration at the creative studios of Psyrri
1, 2 and 3 February 2008
Fri.18:00–22:00 - Sat. & Sun.12:00–19:00
Fri.18:00–22:00 - Sat. & Sun.12:00–19:00
The design studios of Psyrri invite designers across the globe (from European metropolises such as Athens, London, Paris, Milan, Hamburg and Madrid to Montana U.S.A) to unite with them and choose a theme in order to create an exhibition. This creative junction, promotes the concept of “collaboration” in visual communication, combining graphic design and audiovisual forms. It explores the relationship of design with various art forms as diverse as cooking and architecture and aims to decrease the gap between sender and receiver. The creative teams of Psyrri, will re-open their doors to the public during 1–3 February and set up an interactive design playground in the centre of Athens.
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3 in a box – Stylo Design
An exhibition about graphic design, its meaning and its substantial position towards art, which aims to make the audience have a better understanding of the processes that can be used in communication. The exclusive use of letters (typography) creates a chain reaction of mottos, texts and visual tricks, which cover various aspects of graphic design. (...)Vissis 1 / T.: + 30 210 3316123 / www.3inabox.gr -
Bend – Designpark – NoLogo
Design Park, Black & Decker and No Logo involve themselves with graphic design as well as audiovisual projects. During Design Walk they collect all of these projects and combine them in various forms. All these elements are presented at B Station, which is the transmission space of the three participating teams. (...)Protogenous 8 / T.: + 30 211 4002187 / www.bend.gr -
Bios – Belio – Raster Noton
Belio A mini electronica festival is organized in collaboration with the Belio team featuring audiovisual acts and a magazine especially created for Design Walk. There is an open discussion presenting the common activities of both design teams. Raster-Noton 11 designers work together and create 11 posters celebrating 11 years of the German electronic music label Raster-Noton. (...)Pireos 84 / T.: +30 210 3425335 / www.bios.gr -
The Design Shop – Xavier Antin
“The experience of being human” is presented by a non-linear, graphic installation, which activates visitors’ participation, providing them with clues and asking them to connect the dots in order for them to get the meaning. The installation deals with basic issues that define a person’s identity such as friendship, companionship, sexuality, as well as vanity, weakness and insecurity. (...)Kriezi 1 / T.: + 30 210 3223410 / www.thedesignshop.gr -
G – Company
The cogs of a cogwheel may be positioned parallel, tilted or at an angle to each other. Parallel cogwheels come into contact with each other either externally or internally, (ie one inside the other) while tilted positioned cogs can have either single or double contact. They ensure safe function, correct gear ratio, ability to withstand the pressure of overloading, long shelf life and therefore offer a great degree of satisfaction. Cog is Company and ‘g’ working together. Cog is also the tooth of a gear. Co (...)Miaouli 6 / T.: + 30 210 3223636 / www.georgiougavrilakis.com -
Mnp – Ed Gill
Ed Gill (“Skeleton Artist”) is an artist who combines film, illustration and performance in his work. For Design Walk, he presents five short films as well as their respective posters, which have been designed together with MNP and are given to visitors. “Crooked Cop”, “Ikebana Baby”, “Bubble trouble”, “Skeleton Αrtist”, “Business weapons” (...)Voreou 10 / T.: + 30 210 3252832 / www.mnpdesign.gr -
Mums Design – Maria Alipranti
A table is set and the designers invite everyone to experience familiar flavours of everyday life. Multiple ways of receiving the concept of food, iconography related to cooking and spoken forms that define the close relationship between people and food is just a taste of the menu. Graphic designer Maria Alipranti who focuses on visual communication through kitchen activities, will give her point of view. Photos by Cathy Cunliffe (...) -
Oxy – Eggandspoon
Everything starts with the link of a chain that only makes sense when the beginning and end are connected, portraying their total state of dependency. This connection is being examined with a mixed style (photography, collage, graphics) and then transformed into a book without a beginning, middle or end and hence without a front or back cover. Every page has its own recto verso, its other side, an aspect that even though is connected to its back, still preserves its uniqueness and strength. (...)Kolonou 12-14 / T.: + 30 210 5226609 / www.oxy.gr -
Pi6 – Human Empire
Athens isn’t only the Acropolis. It’s an eastern/western city with controversy and energy. A harsh yet humane city, which is changing, developing, improving, progressing. Through graphic design and illustration, a different aesthetic hidden in the urban background will be exhibited. If you find it and love it, others will follow… (...)Melanthiou 8 / T.: + 30 210 3216050 / www.pi6.gr -
Poor Designers – Dimitris Arvanitis
Poor Designers are collaborating with Dimitris Arvanitis, the pioneer of Greek graphic design. They are presenting a visual, creative commentary on the issue of “Society and Hypocrisy. (...)Kriezi 1 / T.: + 30 210 3232733 / www.poordesigners.com -
Sereal Designers – Walm
Sereal Designers and fashion designers WALM set up an iconoclastic game, starting with the forms that emerge from the counterpoint between the human body and its surroundings. They are being recreated and translated into 3D, in a way that dilutes the sense of reality. The two design teams unite graphic with fashion in a changing project, which aims to give shape and essence to the (non-) existing. (...)Miaouli 19 / T.: + 30 210 3215102 / www.sereal.net -
The Switch Place Identity – Fabio Novembre
For the past 3 years, theSwitch designAgency have been based on the 2nd floor of 3 Sahtouri St. and have recently made a move up to the 3rd floor. They have taken this opportunity to use the 2nd floor to discover potential uses of an “empty” space within the urban neighbourhood of Psyrri. Inspired by, Italian designer, Fabio Novembre’s philosophy, they present suggestions for the creation of USPs (Useful Spaces in Psyrri) and call for the interaction of visitors, sharing their vision for new solutions. (...)Saxtouri 3 / T.: + 30 210 3219034 / www.theswitch.gr -
Typical Mutations – Makebelieve
Typical Mutations and makebelieve invite us to take the role of a crime scene investigator with the use of technological novelties such as mixed and augmented reality installations alongside other visual techniques as well as traditional means such as thought and observation. You, the investigator, have to filtrate the elements through instinct and judgment, taking into consideration the motive, in order to find the truth. As human passion and intervention takes place, the truth, however, is not always blac (...)Lepeniotou 21 / T.: + 30 210 3244400 / www.typicalmutations.com -
We Design – Nobek Zeinstein
Nobek Zeistein doesn’t exist. We invented him. (His name up to a degree betrays that - free translation of “Non existing”). We wanted this exhibition to be an annotation, a reflection and a review of the limits of modern art that many times causes the embarrassment of beyond-suspicion spectators, when they do not perceive the deeper meanings that are implied by the artwork. The work of Zeistein is characterized by an entire lack of meaning and the supposedly artistic ability. Each visitor is free to reject (...)Aishylou 27 / T.: + 30 210 3232414 / www.wedesign.gr