Design Walk Athens 2010
December 22, 2009 | Levent OZLER
Since 2007 there has been a distinctive reason to come to Athens in February and wander around the historic center of the city: the Design Walk.
Each year, studios open their doors to visitors, inviting them to follow a trail that brings them closer to the most functional and everyday applied art.
The walk takes in the vibrant area of the city next to the Acropolis, leading the visitor between cult shops and hip bars to discover works by award-winning graphic designers, in one of the most inspiring neighbourhoods in Europe, where ancient Greece, West, East, yesterday and tomorrow meet.
For the 2010 walk, double-decker, the London-based curating agency, is challenging 13 Graphic Design Studios to create a piece of work inspired by the contradictions / oppositions with which every designer has to deal, and which arise from fundamental questions in design methodology.
The resulting exhibition, Poles Apart, will give a unique visual insight into the creative process - as well as its curious contradictions.
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