| Biography |
Thanos Karampatsos (product design, Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design) and Christina Kotsilelou (product design and jewellery, Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design) met in London during their studies. Sharing similar aesthetic influences, upon their return to Greece they formed “<a href="https://adorno.design/members/greeceisforlovers-com/">Greece is for Lovers</a>”, a creative group focusing on the design of domestic / utility products. The group’s title can be treated more as a general guideline rather than encompassing a fixed meaning.
Inspired by the stereotypical notion of what is widely held to be “Greek” (or otherwise to be “a Greek”), their designs comment on habitual activities and behavioral patterns both of the past and the present. Their work refers more to a concept rather than a direct reference to the “old” and the “retro”. Their interest lies upon urban popular culture not only as it has been established in the past but most importantly as it is currently formulated with the intention of (re)discovering those elements that make up what can be called as the “Greek identity of the ordinary”.
Exploring areas widely considered as an anathema, or plain kitsch, they comfortably retrieve aesthetic value and inspiration. Greece is for Lovers operate as a creative studio as well as an own brand continuously working towards the production of limited edition objects.
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