Updated July 2010
My research is now primarily focused on the uses of nationalism in design, the history of dress, design education, service design, the concept of distributed creativity, as well as design in the context of the history of technology.• Photography exhibition, Piliko Gallery, Hania (Crete), 9-17 August 2010.
• Special issue on uniforms (editor), Journal of Design History (to appear, 2011).
• "Lending grace to the design language of cities", visual essay presented in the 4th International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication, University of Nicosia (Cyprus), 17-19 June 2010.
• Member of the Jury for the Open Competition of Ideas for the Design of an e-Book Reader the Accompanying Content Platform, May 2010.
• "Innovation and design perspectives in the Greek firm", invited talk, Athens University of Economics and Business, April 2010.
• Design and implementation of seminar on visual communication, in collaboration with the Re-public on-line journal, March 2010.
• "Early design education and professionalisation in Greece", invited talk, Istanbul Technical University, March 2010.
• "Heritage and modernity in advertisements for products "Made in Greece", invited talk, Greek Graphic Designers' Association, Athens, February 2010.
• "Narratives of heritage and modernity - National production and consumption in Greek advertising", invited PhD seminar presentation, Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN), Chelsea College of Art, University of the Arts London, January 2010.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Design History.
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, The Design Journal.
• Supervision of Master's Theses (AKTO art and design, Athens).
• Regular column in monthly bicycle magazine MBike.
Recent publications
• “4th International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication, Nicosia, Cyprus, 17-19 June 2010” (conference review), Design History Society Newsletter (2010).
• «Αφηγηματικά Προβλήματα στην Ιστορία της Γραφιστικής», Hyphen, no 14, 2010, 7-17. Translated in Greek from “Narrative Problems in Graphic Design History”, The Politics of the Artificial, Victor Margolin, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2002, 188-201.
• “Fashion and
evolutionary theories in nineteenth century Greece”, The Berg
Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, East Europe Volume, Berg Publishers, 2010.
• “Girls' uniforms in Greek schools”, The Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, East Europe Volume, Berg Publishers, 2010.
• “First steps: Early design education and professionalisation in Greece", Journal of Design History, issue 23:2, 2010, 145-161.
• "Approaching the Japanese Other: Evidence from Tefchos, Greek review of architecture and design (1989-1995)", Words for Design III, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2010, 69-75.
• Special issue on "Innovative service design for all-Part Two" (editor), on-line journal Re-public (March 2010).
• “Product Communication and the Nationalisation of Consumption, Vienna, 1-3 October 2009" (event review), Design History Society Newsletter, November 2009, 5.
• “Design is not what it used to be - Il Design non è più quello di una volta", DIID, no 40, 2009, 80-87.
• “On apes
and aping:
• “Mourning Rock", Design and Culture, issue 1.2, 2009, 244-247.
• “No more design heroes", Articulado, Sanserif, Valencia, 2009, 23-24.• “Another Name for Design: Words for Creation, The 6th International Conference on Design History and Design Studies, Osaka University , Japan, 24-27 October 2008" (event review), Design History Society Newsletter, no 121, June 2009, 6.
• "SHOT Lisbon 2008, Society for the History of Technology 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting, Lisbon, 11-14 October 2008" (event review), Design History Society Newsletter, no 121, June 2009, 8-9.
• “Greek words for creation: Reflections on design discourse in the context of the Greek language", in: Another Name for Design: Words for Creation (Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Design History and Design Studies, Osaka University , Japan, 24-27 October 2008), 32-35.
• “Innovating by design in inter-war Greece", Entrepreneurial History Discussion Papers, (Paper 002).