about

Athanasios Babalis is an industrial designer based in Thessaloniki Greece.

He studied product and furniture design at the London Metropolitan University and at the Royal College of Art in London, England.

His professional career started in London as a freelance designer and continued in New York where he worked for seven years for companies such as Dimensional Media Associates Inc. and Dakota Jackson Inc.. In 2003 he returned to Thessaloniki where he opened his design studio. In 2004 he founded the design team COR3 and in 2006 he became professor of Furniture Design at the Technological Educational Institute of Larisa, at the department of Wood and Furniture Design and Technology in Karditsa, Greece.

awards and recognition

2011

the Green Good Design Αward (USA)

2011

EBGE awards (Greece)

2010

the Dieline Αwards packaging design competition (USA)

2007

the Bank of Greece, Art competition (GR)

the Ministry of Development packaging design competition (GR)

2006

the Dromeas furniture design competition (GR)

1996

the British Standards Institute innovation award (UK, 1996)

1994 and 1995

the Royal Society of Arts student design awards (UK)

the Furnidec-Hellexpo design competition (GR)

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His work has been used as set design for a TV series (Channel 4, UK, 1994-5) a film (Peter Howitt's "Sliding Doors", 1998), and various TV advertisements

exhibitions

2011

"100% Design London 2011", London

2010

"Fuse 2010", Chicago

2009

"Design Lab", Athens

"Design 2009" at the embassy of Cyprus, Athens

Greek Secretariat of Industrial Design exhibition at "Bartessera", Athens

2008

Bienalle Internationale Design 2008 Saint Etienne, France

Greek Secretariat of Industrial Design exhibition at "Bartessera", Athens

Green Festival Athens 2008, Athens

2006 and 2007

Hellexpo-Furnidec, Thessaloniki (with COR3)

2005

Kodra Art Show, Thessaloniki (with COR3)

Fenafresh store, Thessaloniki (with COR3)

Stereosis Objects Gallery, Thessaloniki (with COR3)

2004

Secretariat for Youth, Thessaloniki (with COR3)

2001 and 2002

ICFF, New York (as part of Dakota Jackson Inc.)

1996

Royal College of Art and the Hammerson Gallery, London

1993 and 1994

New Designers in Business, Business Design Centre, London