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Died: December 20, ; Athens, Greece · Active Years: - · Nationality: Greek · Art Movement: Expressionism, Cubism..
Yiannis Ghikas: “Greece needs a state agency dedicated to design”
An interview with Industrial Designer Yiannis Ghikas about the future of design in Greece and abroad.
With a background encompassing Computer Science alongside Design, Yiannis Ghikas employs functionality as the ultimate purpose of his designs, while exploring their potential emotive responses.
This is artistic value granted to an industrial product.
He sees design as a process of satisfying needs either tangible or intangible. His “Monarchy” stool received the Red Dot Design award in 2009 and he has worked with companies like feld (Belgium), Objekten (Belgium), miniforms (Italy), convex (Greece), the Industrial Gas Museum/Athens and Non Sasn Raison (France), while his work has been exhibited internationally.
Would you say that Greece has a distinct design identity?
Which are the country’s national characteristics that could be used in that direction? I don’t think that Greek design has a distinct identity and to be honest, one can hardly say that Greek design even ex