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Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:26:49 +0100

X-mas for my printer

Tue, 11 May 2010 02:23:58 +0100

My long time colaborator and printer, V. Stavrianopoulos, gave me all creative freedom to design christmas cards for his company.
Every year I tried to create a card that would actually advertise their skills and capabilities without being foolishly flashy.

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Mir festival

Tue, 11 May 2010 01:30:40 +0100

�...MIRfestival is a satellite, a system in orbit, parallel to other systems, like the Soviet (and later Russian) orbital station it shares its name with. Passing by artists, creators of ephemeral and unique works, stop on MIR for a while to emit their signal before they continue their trip in time and space. MIRfestival is situated on the cutting edge of the new creation, on the provocation of the unexplored, on the violence of birth, on the acuteness of claim.
MIRfestival is happening in the city, securing a breathing space for the artistic creation.
A space where people do have an identity, but what they do does not bear a label. Where no one tries to persuade the others that what they do is �this� or �the other�, because what is more important is the fact that they create and because they have something urgent to transmit. MIRfestival is happening where the experiment takes place, where the arts meet, where encounters happen, where thought on reality is being produced.
The city is the system in which MIR operates.
The planet is its natural environment (in Russian MIR means �world� and �peace�)....�

I created the festival website, and a series of photographs using toy astronauts "landing" and exploring Athens.

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Film curtain

Tue, 11 May 2010 01:00:54 +0100

In 2008, at my old neighbourhood, a cinema that was getting demolished.
I found a strip of film laying on the ground - it had parts of Mike Leigh's Career girls.
I didn't want to let this go to waste (since I also liked the movie) thus I made it into a curtain.

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Ray gun

Tue, 11 May 2010 00:50:52 +0100

When I was a teenager a cousin of mine gave me an airgun as a present. In less than a month I got bored of it (weapons in not my thing) and eventually broke it but never threw it away...
I rediscovered it a couple of years ago and I made it into a bedroom light. A ray gun indeed...

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A typeface

Tue, 11 May 2010 00:05:36 +0100

...an unusual serif (not a script) font that I designed and experimented with, in several small projects.

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Cards

Mon, 10 May 2010 23:11:28 +0100

Samples of business cards and invites...

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Books etc

Mon, 10 May 2010 20:57:54 +0100

...just a selection of book related printed matter.
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The Barbie project

Mon, 10 May 2010 20:30:48 +0100

I overheard an arguement in a bus between a a schoolgirl and her mother. The little girl told her mother that she would prefer to have her Barbie doll as her mother since she could offer her everything she wanted. ...talking about bad role models...

So I decided to put Barbie in a real life context.. The outcome was four images which involved photograph, photocollage (which had to look fake and non-neat) and making clothes for a Barbie doll...

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Ritual

Mon, 10 May 2010 20:27:20 +0100

This project is about the ritual of eating an apple with fork and knife, according to (a version of) savoir-vivre.

[analogue slides]

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7 May 1945

Mon, 10 May 2010 13:11:59 +0100

On 7 May 1945, two days after the German surrender, German soldiers caused a bloodbath among the crowds celebrating the surrender in Dam Square. They shot at the Amsterdammers, killing some 20 people and injuring another 119. Willem Leijns, a photographer, had set up his camera on a tripod in order to photograph the liberation. When the guns began firing, he pressed the button of his Leica twice.

[source: nederlandsfotomuseum.nl]

This A2 poster was inspired by the photographs of Willem Leijns.
I photocopied drawings I made onto acetate transparencies and arranged them to get the layout I was after. The outcome was again photocopied and then I used ink for the red details...

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An argument with myself

Fri, 14 May 2010 12:04:47 +0100

This A1 poster illustrates an "argument with myself".

Like many, finding myself in a decision limbo often ends up with frustration and a headache.

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Photographs

Sat, 08 May 2010 16:25:11 +0100

A collection of my photographs in no particular order.

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Qbox Gallery

Fri, 07 May 2010 21:40:39 +0100

Qbox Gallery was founded in 2005 and is a curatorial dealership whose intention is to strengthen local ties and to promote contemporary artists on an international level. Its premises in the heart of Athens (in the Central Food Market) function as a platform for young and emerging artists and curators.

Most exhibition invitations are sized A3 on various papers and printed with two colours (2 pantones or 1 pantone+embossing).

The invites get sent without an envelope when folded in four (with the help of a round sticker).
This way I keep costs down while the invite doubles as a poster.

All of these experiments were made to cost as less as possible while maintaing the best possible feel and effect.

Given the creative freedom (and resposibility) by the gallery curator,
I create a unique branding status for the gallery and also I have fun making and designing them.

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AICA Hellas

Fri, 07 May 2010 21:40:49 +0100

AICA HELLAS is the Greek section of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA-Association Internationale des Critiques d�Art).

I created the logo, the corporate id, a symposium and awards invitation invitation and 3 volumes of their annual theory magazine.

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I/O Box

Sun, 09 May 2010 02:54:18 +0100

This project, based on a simple self made story, was made back in 2000.
It's an experiment on what is an Input/Output box - one inputs (feeds) something through a machine, something happens and then there's an output (an outcome).
The result is 9 mixed media (screenprinting, photography, collage, computer image editing, oil painting, sculpture) canvases, 30�30cm, that can be read in all three vertical and all three horizontal directions.

The first row depicts what the man in the story sees.
The second row depicts what the woman in the story feels.
The third row depicts what the building in the story perceives.

The first column depicts what the woman in the story feels.
The second column depicts what the woman in the story feels.
The third column depicts what the building in the story perceives.

The I/O Box story unedited
They were strolling down a narrow and dark alley. It was empty and deserted on a hot day. The houses on both sides seemed to lean more than standing upright and there was only a little bit of sky which they could catch glimpsing down to street level.

Suddenly, the small alley opened up and they found themselves standing in the middle of an open square. It was bustling with activity and they had to stop so their eyes could adjust to the glaring light of the sun. He grabbed her by the arm. She spun around and gasped in astonishment. An enormous building filled the sky. It was greenish looking and had numerous little towers and balconies. She hastily pulled out the small metal I/O Box which she had started to carry around a couple of weeks ago and then after switching it on she plugged it at the back of her neck. The box made a strange sound and a small door opened from the top. Biomechanical tentacles came out of it and plugged themselves around her head. She could feel the whole city - the buildings, the vehicles, the people, the machines. Every nerve, every muscle was connected to the city. Just like if objects were thoughts, she discovered that she had power over everything. She could alter everything that surrounded her.

Suddenly they heard sirens. Security from the greenish building have already spotted them. All at once the crowd made a circle around them. Next thing, they heard whistles and people were starting to run. She took a long harsh look at the building and thought: �This...building...-it doesn�t belong here...� There was a big roar beneath their feet and then the earth started to tremble. People panicked - they started screaming, running, shouting, pushing each other towards all directions. He was just standing behind her but they were both staring, full of awe, at the big greenish building literally sinking in the ground. Fast - very very fast, like if it was being supported on mechanical cogs. Its towers and balconies started to collapse. A big cloud of dust covered the square and they could only see the silhouettes of the people trying to escape from their windows. After twenty or thirty seconds everything stopped. The only thing that was proof of what happened was the cloud of dust that settled on the ground.

Soon after the dust cleared of, all that was left was a small room at the same level of the ground and lots of people coming out of it - stepping over another - trying to get out. It was the elevator repair room that buildings usually have on top.

Full of satisfaction she turned her head and looked at him. His eyes were wide but he wasn�t afraid of her. She took his hand - next thing they heard was the sirens. He gave her a big kiss and he started to run towards the alley. She didn�t follow. Instead she unplugged the I/O Box from her head. It seemed that the disconnection was quite violent - like if the I/O Box couldn�t manage to hold on to it�s host. It automatically switched off and she said: �We have to leave...Now!� The whole city was trembling, like a massive earthquake they only thing they could hear was the thundering roar beneath their feet. The city was collapsing piece by piece. They run back into the alley looking for a way out.

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Hello!

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:13:07 +0100

ArsonDPI is an design workshop but in fact it's me, Pindaros. I am a freelance designer and I work since 2000 with a variety of disciplines and media...*

For more information and/or querries just email me
info [at] arsondpi.gr

You can browse examples of my work just by hovering your cursor to the menu area on the left.
You can read information for each project by clicking the project name on the top of the browser...

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* ArsonDPI is also an anagram of my name (Pindaros).

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