In contrast to Elytis’s verse “If you deconstruct Greece, in the end you’ll have an olive, a vine and a boat,” the tourist imagines memorabilia with attic light, the Parthenon, endless beaches, Dionysian nights and any latest fad he is offered. What promotional item could represent our country’s modern tourism image? What product could possibly encompass the Eternal Then and the Ambigious Now?

2022 finds us with the prophetic words covering the Glorious City like a sound-logo: “Tourism is the most powerful industry in Greece”. And so a “product” reflects the future.

3, 4 and 5 February 2012
Fri. 18:00–22:00, Sat. & Sun. 12:00–19:00

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G Design Studio participated at ”Evolution iD”, an exhibition that highlighted the role of individual groups within the larger experience of social life and creates a space where two groups of artists and two art practices may coexist and engage in dialogue with one another.

Ιnspired by the painting ”Five Star” of Diamantis Sotiropoulos, we designed the ” How to_____Kit”.

Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre

How can you define beauty and ugliness?

For the 2010 Design Walk, G examined a series of questions: Do beauty and ugliness depend on trends? Is this a bounded call? Could we prefer something ugly over something beautiful?
If we choose something ugly, does it automatically become beautiful?

Like we all do everyday, visitors were challenged to make a decision: to mark ordinary objects as beautiful or ugly. They had to make a statement and agree or disagree with other visitors as well.

Is there light hidden in the darkness ?

For the 2009 Design Walk, G turned black and invited all guests to mark what they desire, think
or hope with fluorescent markers. Glowing ideas filled the dark scenery and shed light on the weird times we are living.

Finalist, EBGE Awards 2010