Design Walk 2010
The project was created for "Design Walk 2010" in Athens, Greece.
Design Walk has become one of the most important exhibitions in Greece concerning graphic design. Each year several design agencies or creative teams, open their doors to the public for three days, showcasing their work.
This year, double decker from London, were asked to organize the whole event by challenging 13 Graphic Design Studios to create a piece of work inspired by the contradictions / oppositions with which every designer has to deal.
Our studio had to deal with the digital vs analog contradiction and the truth is that we were delighted as almost everything we do combines both technologies and creative processes. So what we finally ended up to, was to invite a really good friend of ours, famous for his work making digital mosaics and invert the whole process. Charis Tsevis was given the symbols as well as the final photo we wanted to use, did his magic and gave us the final piece which consisted of 3 different sized square pieces and 58 varieties of color and size combinations. All this on a 6×2,5m canvas made of 120 columns and 50 rows of a 5×5 pixel grid.
The pieces were digitally printed and glued on our studio wall during a 3-day rush, having a large amount of beers, take away food and lots of fun. Along with the mural-mosaic-installation we came up with some canvasses, a skull made out of pins and a junkyard printer made out of whatever we could find in our studio.
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Photos by skammas
Music on video: Sure Shot / Beastie Boys
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Design Walk 2010 must read:
by Kirsty Allison
It’s all Greek to me by Véronique Vienne / Etapes Magazine
Athenian walkways by John Ridpath / Eye Magazine
Design Walk 2010 by Nassos Kappa
