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Stratos

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About Me

I am a designer, working in an architectural firm. We design and construct stands for exhibitions, museums (permanent and temporary exhibitions as well as the buildings themselves), offices, shops, showrooms and special installations as well as public spaces. The company I work for has a website, www.tetragon.gr , where you can see more of the work we do. I have also studied fashion design and as a civil engineer for some years - but I never got around getting my degree. The world of design was much more appealing to me and finally won me over completely. I really enjoy doing what I do! I live and work in Thessaloniki, although my job has taken me to many places, in Greece and abroad. I enjoy meeting people, getting to know them and learn from them - it makes life so much more interesting!

My Interests

Design, fashion, decorating, films, music, books, architecture, pets, fashion dolls, comics, painting, plants, photography, foreign languages

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

Kate Bush, Olivia Newton-John, Sade, Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Rickie Lee-Jones, Dead Can Dance, Lisa Gerrard, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Creatures, Feist, k d lang, Billie Holiday, Chris Isaak, Pretenders, Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Craig Armstrong, Kylie Minogue, Sheena Easton, Bjork, Anthony Warlow, Anthony & The Johnsons, Morissey, Frank Popp Ensemble, Pink Martini, Depeche Mode, Candie Payne, Mono In VCF, Yosebu, Underground, Jens Lekman, Roisin Murphy, Fredo Vila, Massive Attack, Portishead, Info, Mikro

Movies:

2046, In The Mood For Love, Brokeback Mountain, Matrix, Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, Breakfasst At Tiffany's, Gone With The Wind, My Fair Lady, Funny Face, Ghost In The Shell 1&2, Finding Nemo, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Plunkett & Mclean, Closer, Match Point, The Hours, Snatch, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Transporter, The Talented Mr Ripley, The English Patient, Ratatouille, Atonement

Television:

Absolutely Fabulous, ER, Pride & Prejudice (BBC), Elisabeth R (BBC), I Claudius (BBC), CSI NY, Law & Order SCU, X-Files, Para Pente, CSI NY, The Tudors

Books:

Pride & Prejudice, Portrait of A Lady, A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu, Stardust, Coraline, American Gods, Anansi Boys, Neverwhere, The Number Of The Beast, Dune (all the books), Angels & Visitations, Smoke & Mirrors, Vanity Fair, Gone With The Wind, The Vampire Chronicles, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, His Dark Materials Trilogy, Bergdorf Blondes, Weaveworld, Abarat

Heroes:

My parents raising me!

My Blog

The other Alexander Calder

Everyone knows Alexander Calder: even if you have never heard the name, you have definitively seen his works. The famous mobiles, with their abstract geometric forms and colours, have been a part of o...
Posted by Stratos on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:05:00 PST

Inspiration: Tilda Swinton

In honour of one of my very favourite actresses: Tilda Swinton. The incredible Scottish (her mother is Australian and Tilda's family is one of the oldest in Scotland) actress with her indomitable styl...
Posted by Stratos on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:04:00 PST

The Great Walk to Beijing 2008-A million steps in the fight against cancer

From one of my very favourite and close to my heart singers, for a worthy cause:Olivia Newton-JohnWhat:Olivia Newton-John leads a team of stars from sports and showbiz, along with everyday survivors o...
Posted by Stratos on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:11:00 PST

Synathroisis architectural exhibition

From this Thursday, 21th of February, until Sunday 24th of February 2008, at the "CORONA" hall of HELEXPO, the architectural exhibition called Synathroisis (gatherings) is taking place.Organized by T...
Posted by Stratos on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:16:00 PST

Nixon - my favourite haunt in Athens

Everyone has a favourite place to go out at night. If, like me, one travels to other cities regularly for work, they create a sense of home away from home to you, making you feel at ease as soon as yo...
Posted by Stratos on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:17:00 PST

My favourite poem

Dear friend and fellow blogger Dust Road asked me to post about my favourite poem. Not an easy task as there are so many of them, each for different reasons.Edgar Allan Poe is one of my favourite Engl...
Posted by Stratos on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:14:00 PST

The Thrill And The Hurting

Once, two years or so ago, Kyla, a nice young lady I met on a Kate Bush forum, Homeground, had an idea about making a nice collection of art inspired by Kate Bush, made by her fans, and handed over to...
Posted by Stratos on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:00:00 PST

YSL’s new Homme collection film

Stefano Pilati is one of my favourite fashion designers. This season, as opposed to just changing the content of men's fashion, he decided to toy with the context of its presentation, eschewing a catw...
Posted by Stratos on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:56:00 PST

Design Walk, Athens 2008

The original idea was conceived, as many good ideas usually are, between friends over lunch at Thision. Three creative offices, talking about the Psyrri area of Athens, design and the teams gathered i...
Posted by Stratos on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:59:00 PST

What is a doe doing in a cabaret?

Tonight, at Cabaret Voltaire, in Metaxourgeio, in Athens, a very special performance will take place. My dear friend Elafini (meaning small deer in Greek), aka Eleni Mitsiaki, and Christina Spiliakopo...
Posted by Stratos on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:08:00 PST