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Artists from Greece

How Would Be a Day Without Homophobia?

Posted in: Awards, Posters | May 20, 2013 at 4:10 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

The Greece of 2013 is one of the most homophobic countries in Europe, after both inside and outside their homes, gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) people face discrimination in professional, social and personal level. The Greek Graphic Designers Association in cooperation with the “Colour Youth”, under the “Creative Waves”...

Kozi’s Lion and Charis Tsevis’s Amazing Artwork!

Posted in: Collages, Illustrations, Posters | March 13, 2013 at 2:53 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Kozi’s is a grill house in Athens, Greece who have the best burgers in the world! The restaurant belongs to Kozi Tzanos and his family who are Greeks from South Africa. They brought with them the culture of a traditional Sunday Lunch Braai, combined it with the Mediterranean spirit and...

Tell Me A Story From Before I Can Remember

Posted in: Illustrations, Posters | February 25, 2013 at 3:03 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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KEIK Design Bureau, based in Greece, designed this amazing 70x100cm silkscreen poster dedicated to the space, where our favorite stories are kept safe… “Our bookshelves shape our virtual “spaces”, where the voices of our favorite authors and their characters are placed next to each other, creating in that way...

Greek Poster Design Book | A Research

Posted in: Book, Posters | February 11, 2013 at 3:16 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Konstantina Yiannakopoulou, during her last year in art and design college she had to make a research in any subject students wanted, being very specific and write a book of 10.000 words. Her goal was to make a research on contemporary poster design in Greece for cultural events, and...

The Calendar after the End? Fantastic Calendar by Corn Studio!

Posted in: Posters | January 10, 2013 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Corn’s Studio Statement: We designed a poster based on the Aztecs Art and the history of the natives of Middle America. Based upon the stone of the Aztec Sun god we created a calendar for 2013. We named it ‘’The calendar after the end?’’ based upon the false translation of the...

Merry Christmas Wishes with 3 Wonderful Retro Illustrations!

Posted in: Illustrations | December 24, 2012 at 11:57 am , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Creative Pop is a new uprising artist from Greece. Her inspiration comes from retro 50′s designs which we can clearly see in the illustrations she offered to www.graphicart-news.com wishing us the best for this festive holiday season! Merry Christmas to everyone! May your wishes to come true, see the...

Walking into a dream, in Athens

Posted in: Exhibitions, Illustrations, Posters | November 27, 2012 at 9:31 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Walking into a dream, in Athens “Συν-οικία Πιττάκη” Have you ever felt like the line between reality and fantasy is extremely thin? If not, we’re sure you’ll reconsider… Imagine how you’d feel if, while walking Athens’ downtown hazy alleys, you found yourself surrounded by hundreds of lamps and lanterns....

Fantastic Decorative Items Designed to Give Color, Optimism and Good Humor In Our Everyday Life

Posted in: Graphic Design / Miscellaneous | November 7, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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“‘Everything can go well.’ This phrase that had stuck in our minds, made us to say that 2012 is a good year to start a new venture, even if it seemed otherwise. The moment for us is not appropriate for what’s happening around us but about what should happen, what...

The Art of Silk Screen Printing

Posted in: Posters | November 6, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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TIND is a full service screen printing studio and design operation located in Athens, Greece. TIND takes the art of screen printing to the highest level of artistic excellence. The print shop and studio is founded by Chrysanthos Angelakis back in the seventies and today he works with his...

Bauhaus – The Origin of the New Typography

Posted in: Book, Graphic Design / Miscellaneous | October 30, 2012 at 3:01 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Bauhaus-Andreas Xenoulis - Corn - Corn Studio 07b

This book is about the history and evolution of Bauhaus typography, from the early years of Herbert Bayer and Tschichold’s New Typography til today, analyzing fonts with direct reference to the movement. It includes original sketches, revivals, experimentations, decorative, hybrid, display and text fonts, classifying the type foundries involved...

Stafidenios Packaging design – (Case Study)

Posted in: Packaging | October 16, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Matadog™ Design is a versatile, trail-blazing creative studio with experience in packaging and branding. Matadog’s work targets domestic and global markets as their design firm cooperates with brands around the world. Their different way of thinking, combined with design strategy and advanced idea generation methods with attention to detail,...

The “Mirrors” Project

Posted in: Art, Photography | September 19, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Amazing project, of iPhone photography of buildings and objects, edited with various iPhone applications, by hellopanos. A different look at pictures everyday, in buildings that surround us. An ongoing experimental project without specific outcome in mind; “Mirrors is trying to capture the reflected fragments of our urban landscape onto...

33 Cool Identities, Logos & Custom Types

Posted in: Logotype / Brand | September 12, 2012 at 3:09 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Here is an amazing collection of fresh, creative identities, logos and custom types for your inspiration. Designed by FX3™, a worldwide operating multidisciplinary Design & Branding studio specialized in corporate Identity systems, print design, web design & development, based in Greece. The studio was founded in 2010 by Julien...

The Daily Finger Exhibition

Posted in: Illustrations | August 21, 2012 at 3:05 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Do you have an android smartphone, a drawing app and… one finger? You can create interesting and unique masterpieces. This is what Weirdink did here. Weirdink is the moniker of Georgios Xanthos, a freelance character designer / illustrator / graphic artist currently living and working in Athens, Greece. Daily...

Enjoy your Holidays! Travel Greece!

Posted in: Posters | July 31, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Hello everyone! Finally summer! I want to thank you all for visiting Graphic Art News. I hope my inspirations became yours as well, helping, or improving your design. For the next 3 weeks this website will rest and enjoy the warm sun, the beautiful blue waters, the amazing archaeological...

Yahoo! London 2012 Games coverage! Amazing Illustrations by Charis Tsevis

Posted in: Illustrations | July 30, 2012 at 7:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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This is a series of illustrations, created by Charis Tsevis, with the wonderful people of Yahoo!, and their advertising campaign for the 2012 Olympic Games. “The Once-In-A-Lifetime moments that happen every four years.” This is how Yahoo! describe the experience of the Olympics in their current advertising campaign, and...

Interview with Illustrator Dimitris Evagelou the 10th place winner of the First Intl. Reggae Poster Contest

Posted in: Illustrations, Interviews, Logotypes, Posters | July 16, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Dimitris Evagelou is a graphic artist – illustrator, born in Larisa-Greece in 1977. He studied sketching, painting and architectural design under the guidance of the Greek painter Michalis Vamvakaris for 3 years. Dimitris studied Graphics and Desktop Publishing at Omega Instistute in Athens and Design Graphics (BA Hons) at...

2nd Hand Go(o)ds On Sale Here! Awesome Screen-print Poster Project

Posted in: Exhibitions, Posters | July 13, 2012 at 11:55 am , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Parisko in collaboration with Tind present, 2nd Hand Go(o)ds On Sale Here, a screen-print poster project! On earth there is nothing greater than I: it is I who am the regulating finger of God… Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus spoke Zarathustra God as a mortal being who sins. God as an...

35 years after/forward | Brand Design

Posted in: Logotype / Brand | July 9, 2012 at 9:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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I am very proud to present you an amazing project designed by Sébastien Nikolaou for the Institute I studied some years before. The Faculty of Graphic Arts & Design, Technological Institute (TEI) of Athens. 35 years after/forward is a fictive exhibition organized by the Graphic Design department of the Faculty of...

Experience PROP4G4ND4′s Amazing Artworks!

Posted in: Interviews, Posters | June 29, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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I was really impressed when I visited Prop4G4nd4′s website for the first time. Great inspiration! A case study showcase in works for music events and happenings in Greece and abroad. Amazing vector design, earthy deep coloring, spectacular works of art. PROP4G4ND4 studied graphic design & visual communications somewhere around...