Konstantina Kolomvou
DESIGN JOURNEY
•Introduction
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•Creating Realities
Concept design, Interior & Landscape architecture.........07
•Enriching Realities
Product & Graphic design.....................................................19
•Observing Realities
Photography............................................................................27
•Building Realities
Realised Projects.....................................................................31
•Discovering Realities
University Projects, Drawings, Mixed Techniques.................39
STATIONS
Mannheim
Brno
Tara Mountains
Athens
I am an interior designer with a love for spaces that offer experiences. I want to inspire people to see everyday life in a different way. A strong concept with a combination of geometry, textures and colours creates an atmosphere that triggers emotions. Curiosity. Optimism. Hope. Katharsis.
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Concept design, Interior & Landscape architecture
CREATING REALITIES
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The project explores an alternative type of Museum that attempts to trigger the visitor’s interest to the highest level. This Experiential Museum is placed in an Industrial Complex of Greece, of great historical importance. The research also examinates the level and the ways of allowed intervention on such structures that belong to the World’s Heritage list. The proposal redefines the typical concept of the museum, proposing a different approach to the knowledge and the education, that a museum usually provides. The main subject of the museum is the first and most important stage of metallurgy: the extraction of ore.
Through this space the visitor comes in contact with the history of Lavrion and its people. The interior of the museum concentrates on the semantic interpretation of the miners’ descent into the bowels of the land of Lavrion and their exploration of its underground passages. The space is used as a medium that unfolds and draws the human into a journey through spacetime. The visitor takes on a different role, forgetting for a while his personal reality and problems, he becomes part of the dark side of nature.
2014 Bachelor Thesis Experiential Museum in Lavrion, Greece
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In order for the Museum to fulfill its purpose, it is necessary for the visitor to develop a spatial “dialogue�. In design, the structural intervention, respects the monumental character of the industrial complex, by using forms and materials that already exist in this industrial environment.
The educational process of the Museum is analysed into two axes: the experiential and the realistic. The axes are full of contrasts: in relation to the visitor’s movements, the exploration of the Museum, as well as the design. However, in both of the axes the visitor plays the main role in the architectural space.
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In the experiential axis, the space activates visitor’s senses, inspires his emotions, triggers his doubts, causes reactions and eventually it takes root deeply in his memory and becomes part of his experience.
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The exploration is personal, this is why it appeals simultaneously to all but differently to each one. The development of this spatial narrative is similar to the interplay between the actors and the spectators of Greek Tragedy. In the first stages of the axis he experiences the myth of the Underworld, as he discovers in stages his personal truth, he eventually reaches the katharsis at the last stop.
The information that the visitor receives is conceived through this emotional journey. He becomes curious and seeks the knowledge in the realistic axis that follows and completes the Educational experience.
In this project an effort has been made to highlight the industrial landscape and light the history behind it, rather that untruthly prettify its environment. As long with the interesting structures of the Park, an environmental pollution still remains, preventing the Nature to grow vigorously.
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This is a concept for a Tattoo Convention booth of the artist “Polis Decay”. The goal is to introduce the tattoo artist to the public in an accurate way and to use the space to present his vision.
2017 Greece
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1. entering the Tattoo studio, smell of disinfectant alcohol 2. selecting a tattoo, presentation of Polis Decay’s tattoo sketches 3. tattooing, sound & kinetic installation, assimulation of interaction of the skin with the tattoo machine 4. final result: on-body projection of the tattoo, digital screen, mirror, video mapping 5. meeting the artist Polis Decay on live action
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The space triggers the curiosity of the visitor and invites him to “dive” into the artist’s world. The stand is formed as a leather organic tunel, which assimilates the process of Tattoo from the selection of the design to the final result, through 5 stages.
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This project was realised as part of the Meeting of Design Students (MEDS) workshop, in Serbia. Across two weeks, Team Zero.Eight designed and created an experiential journey for the visitors of Tara National Park, which featured four stops: a botanical garden, a sound path, a tunnel of textures and an observation room. Each stop engages one sense (smell, hearing, touch and sight), gradually revealing the “secrets” of Tara Mountain while allowing individuals to explore and redefine their relationship with nature. The sun, geology, textures, sounds, scents and flora of the park are the “resources” that lend meaning to this interactive experience.
Workshop participants during the design process explored how the location, the environment and its characteristics can give form to a specific concept and design, that transforms space into an experience of all senses. After researching and brainstorming throughout the workshop, they constructed a 1:1 structure.
Tutors: K. Columbus & K. Chavaki 2015 Serbia - Team Zero.Eight
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Product & Graphic design
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Stood-Up Stool is a city bench that approaches the topic of being late to meetings. Through design TiNi group copes with the problem of delays in a humorous and inspiring way. Inspiration was the lack of punctuality of the Greek people and this is a furniture dedicated to the ones who are actually on time for their meetings and usually wait for their friends to show up.
2013 Greece - TiNi group
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The form of the Stood-Up-Stool subconsciously attracts the public to approach and discover it. The playful pyramid has two hourglasses on its seats and it can accomodate up to four people.
Stood-Up-Stool is a meeting spot placed in public space that encourages the communication between people. The first one to arrive to the appointment approaches the meeting point, unfolds his seat and activates the hourglass embodied. The hourglass starts counting the time. If his date eventually doesn’t show up, he can make friends with the person seating on the other side of Stood-Up Stool! As time goes by quickly it is important that we focus on face-toface communication rather than having a strong relationship with our smartphones.
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There is a high percentage of people who miss major life experiences under the threat of death. This poster encourages people to live their life on the edge, without losing a moment of it! The geometric skull humorously speaks using a play on words, a paraphrase of the Steve Jobs motto borrowed from the “Whole Earth Catalog” book of Stewart Brand.
“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when death does come, we no longer exist.” Epicurus, ancient Greek philosopher
2015 Mexico
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This poster was created for the participation in the MUMEDI’s International Contest “To Death With a Smile”, in October 2015.
It had been selected and presented in the museum and online exhibition of MUMEDI, among the 401 finalists out of 22.321 proposals from 152 countries.
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“Pamemmazi” is a greek NPO, which enriches the life of Cancer patients with activities and hope. The idea of this organisation came from Emma’s diary-blog “Scars & Scarves” which was a way for her to deal with Cancer. Emma’s family and friends realised her vision and launched “Pamemmazi” to celebrate her optimistic perspective on life and inspire others.
To the greek “Pame mazi” / english “Let’s go together” /, is intergrated Emma’s name. creating “Pamemmazi”. At the same time, inside NPO’s name one can read “Emma zi” / english “Emma lives”.
“Life does not stop with the diagnosis of Cancer, but rather it starts to have a meaning” Emma Vernikos
2017 Athens
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Logo design The shape of the logo is a curvy, free-handed M. It depicts two persons going hand in hand and illustrates the support that “Pamemmazi” offers to people who suffer from Cancer and their families. Logo’s cyan hue comes by mixing Emma’s favourite colour (blue) and the colour of hope, optimism and rebirth (green).
This poster was created for the children’s theatrical play “the island of Emotions”, written by Jorge Bucay. The play was adapted by the alternative theatrical team “Magikos Lotos” and took place in Athens, Greece. Once upon a time, in an island far away lived all the Feelings and Emotions. When it was announced that the island would sink, all Feellings and Emotions left, except for Love. The island had almost sunk, when Love realized she also had to go. Love was asking the sailing Emotions All of them refused, apart from an old man..
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- “Who Helped me?” asked Love. - “It was Time,” Knowledge answered. - “But why did Time help me?” - “Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is.”
2016 Athens
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Photography
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Realised Projects
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This is the winning proposal for the contest of the Flagshipsstores redesign of Berlin’s biggest Bank. After a four day seminar with a sociologist expert, we defined the customers’ profiles, found their needs and designed a space which hosts the future of the banking experience. To create this Bank Concept we studied the city of Berlin and its population, as well as the existing Bank Concepts.
2016 Berlin, Contest © Blocher Partners
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The digitalization of our era pushes the Bank to develop its Concept and be a part of the local society. As a 4-member brainstorming-team we tried to transfer the feeling of the “neighborhood� that characterizes Berlin, to a welcoming Bank. The modern Bank supports and encourages local businesses, new artists and promotes charity.
The materials create a warm and familiar atmosphere in neutral tones, as a backroung for red, the characteristic colour of the Bank. The plants used refresh the space, showing the spatial continuity outdoors-indoors.
The first Flagshipstore will open its doors in October 2017, in the most central square of Berlin, Alexanderplatz.
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This is the winning proposal for the contest of the offices of the international marketing firm Publicis. The 1.800 sqm area hosts the six independent firms of Publicis group. Our two member team designed a space for creatives that offers different kinds of working possibilities from brainstorming capsules to individual cubes. By analyzing the profile of Publicis and we created a contemporary space that reflects the firm’s history.
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2017 Athens, Contest Š Taf Architects
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Open space offices
The open space plan of the structured working area is placed next to the windows and the natural light. At the center of the floor plan there is a free zone that offers different kinds of working areas and activities. There the employees can work in groups inside the brainstorming capsules and lounges or concentrate inside the black cube. In this zone one can find a football table, a mini-golf and other team-building games that refresh the working environment and boost employee’s creativity. The colour palette of the space moves in gray hues creating a clean working environment. We added the colours in the details and soft textures, such as the lively carpets and the furniture with retro patterns. The neutral space is used as a canvas for the framed posters of Publicis works. The new offices of Publicis will open in December 2017.
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Hapoloy can be taken as a jewellery or a game but in fact it is a designed pill-case. The name comes from two greek words; “hapi” (=pill) and “koboloy” (=worry beads). Koboloy is an accessory strictly rooted and connected to the greek culture. It was occupying mainly men’s hands. This gadget facilitates mostly elderly people’s everyday life. However, it can be used from all age groups, as the bead-boxes can store also painkillers and candies. Hapoloy engages user’s senses by triggering the vision, the pleasant feel, the relaxing sound of the striking beads and the taste of the pils.
central bead optional senior’s panic button yarn 400 mm long contains 1-2 pills 2 bead-boxes for each weekday
From now on we will never forget our pill, we have “handy” our hapoloy and happy to carry it!
plexiglass cap: durable, lineweight, colourful magnet
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product design patent 2012 Athens
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Hapoloy is an antidote to the speed of modern life. According to research koboloy has beneficial capabilities to its owner’s life; by playing with it the person relaxes, plus it helps him to reduce or stop some bad habits such as smoking. The bead size is ideal, as they are small enough to play easily with and big enough to contain two pills and facilitate its handling. The same beads can be used to create different items, such as jewellery.
This stand promotes the mini bottles of a wine brand. My goal was to present the product in a reversed marketing way. Instead of a stand which would show the name of the wine in a bold way, I designed a classy wine carrier, which fits in interior spaces of different style and triggers peoples’ curiosity. Once the person approaches the stand, he discovers the logo of the brand engraved in a bold way on its base. The main body hangs from a metal stalk and presents 8 mini bottles. The stand is sandblasted and has a light grey colour, which does not change over the years. The promotion stand can be also used as a gift from the company to its clients.
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During my Erasmus Scholarship in the Department of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology, I studied the nude human figure and different ways of experimenting with forms.
2011 Czech Republic
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This poster was created as an exercise during my paricipation in the �Scenography & Production Design� workshop. I used mixed media techniques such as pencil, marker, collage and light.
2015 Athens
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Konstantina Kolomvou
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