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Updated March 2010

My research is now primarily focused on the concept of distributed creativity, on the uses of nationalism in design, on design education, on the history of dress, as well as on design in the context of the history of technology.

Activities

• "Lending grace to urban language", paper to be presented in the 4th International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication, University of Nicosia (Cyprus), 17-19 June 2010.

• Design and implementation of seminar on visual communication, in collaboration with 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.

• Reviewer, international conference DRS 2010 Design & Complexity, Montreal, 7-9 July 2010.

• "Emotions in Italian design: Mapping the field", paper presented in The Association for the Study of Modern Italy Annual Conference, London, 27-28 November 2009.

• "Approaching the Japanese Other: Evidence from Tefchos, Greek review of architecture and design (1989-1995)", invited paper, "Words for Design" workshop, Corfu, 24-25 October 2009.

• "Narratives of heritage and modernity - National production and consumption in Greek advertising", invited paper, Product Communication and the Nationalisation of Consumption Conference, Vienna, 1-3 October 2009.

• Chair/respondent in sessions entitled "Methodology and Nation" and "Object/Evidence", Writing Design: Object-Process-Discourse-Translation (The Design History Society Annual Conference), Hatfield (UK), 3-5 September 2009.

• Member of the Scientific Committee of the Best of Made In project.

• Report on Greek research teams, E-Business Forum project.

• Member of the Jury for ID Awards (Greek Furniture Design Competition), June 2009.

• Member of the Jury for the new logo of ΕΛ/ΛΑΚ, February 2009.

• Invited speaker, "Design and public space", Panteion University, Athens, February 2009.

• 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).

• External Advisor (2007-2009) to Marina Emmanouil, PhD candidate, History of Design Programme, Royal College of Art.

• Regular column in bicycle magazine MBike.

Publications

•  “Fashion and evolutionary theories in nineteenth century Greece”, The Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, East Europe Volume, Berg Publishers (to appear, 2010).

•   “Girls' uniforms in Greek schools”, The Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, East Europe Volume, Berg Publishers (to appear, 2010).

• “First steps: Early design education and professionalisation in Greece", Journal of Design History (to appear, issue 23:2, 2010).

•  Editor of special issue on "Innovative service design for all-Part Two", 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: Fashion, modernity and evolutionary theories in 19th century Greece”, Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture, issue 13.3, 2009, 325-344.

•  “Mourning Rock",  Design and Culture, issue 1.2, 2009, 244-247.

•  “No more design heroes", Articulado, Sanserif, Valencia, 2009, 23-24.

•  Editor of special issue on "Innovative service design for all", on-line journal Re-public (July 2009).

•  “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).