About Greece is for Lovers
Greece is for Lovers is the brainchild of Thanos Karampatsos and Christina Kotsilelou, as lovingly conceived at the foot of the Acropolis hill in 2006. Sharing similar aesthetic influences, the creative minds behind it introduced a brand new sense of ‘Greekness’ to contemporary product design, by mixing up a concoction of their country’s spiciest ingredients: humour, irony, nonchalance and extravagance. Inspired by the stereotypical notion of what is widely held to be Greek, their designs comment on habitual activities and behavioural patterns of both the past and the ...Read More
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Featured Pieces
'Vanity Faith', an unorthodox tissue box in iroko wood
By Greece Is For Lovers
Located in Athens, GR
Vanity Faith: Preachin’ ain’t easy:
Shedding tears and light in sanctifying grace, this unorthodox doctrine does not shy away from the mirror.
Inspired by the excessive visual langua...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
'Vanity Faith' lamp, featuring a traditional Orthodox priests' hat
By Greece Is For Lovers
Located in Athens, GR
Vanity Faith: Preachin’ ain’t easy:
Shedding tears and light in sanctifying grace, this unorthodox doctrine does not shy away from the mirror.
Inspired by the excessive visual language of the Orthodox clergy, the V.F. collection aims to explore the symbolisms associated with church authority and hierarchy. Commenting on religious manifestations within popular culture, ‘Vanity Faith’ introduces the "Unorthodox" into the domestic environment.
A desktop lamp, featuring traditional orthodox priests’ hats as lampshades.
The hat, or Kalimavkion (Greek: καλυμμαύχιον), is an integral part of the clerical attire worn by Orthodox Christian...
Category
2010s Greek Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
'Slice me Nice' marble chopping board-come-herb crusher
By Greece Is For Lovers
Located in Athens, GR
Chop - chop beach bums!
A marble chopping board-come-herb crusher. In the familiar shape of the ultimate seaside accessory, the beach racket p...
Category
Early 2000s Greek Post-Modern Tableware
Materials
Marble
'Build You Myth' solid brass dumbbells
By Greece Is For Lovers
Located in Athens, GR
A set of power-building, Herculean dumbbells cast in solid brass.
Borrowing the kitsch visual language of the souvenirs sold in touristy Athens.
Sold as a pair of two 1,5 kg bumbbel...
Category
Early 2000s Greek Classical Greek Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
'Tan Lines' Camping Style Foldable Chairs
By Greece Is For Lovers
Located in Athens, GR
Camping style, foldable furniture were a staple for Greeks during the ‘70s and ‘80s, way before the dominance of the plastic, white, monobloc chair.
The ...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
'Smoke.A.Bowl', a stoneware ashtray in the shape of an iconic skate bowl
By Greece Is For Lovers
Located in Athens, GR
'Smoke.A.Bowl' is a stoneware ashtray in the shape of a landmark Athenian skate bowl. Unapologetically stating that an ashtray needs design and identity , the iconic bowl is scaled d...
Category
2010s Greek Sporting Art Ashtrays
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
'Arcadia' 21', a traditional goats' bell for the home
By Greece Is For Lovers
Located in Athens, GR
A traditional goats’ bell reversed, reworked and upcycled into a luxurious accessory for the home.
A symbolic artefact acting as a metaphor for the rise f...
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Musical Instruments
Materials
Steel
