POLES APART

The walk takes place in the vibrant area of the city next to the Acropolis, leading the visitor between cult shops and hip bars to discover works by award-winning graphic designers, in one of the most inspiring neighborhoods in Europe, where ancient Greece, West, East, yesterday and tomorrow meet. For the 2010 walk, double decker  is challenging 13 Graphic Design Studios to create a piece of work inspired by the contradictions / oppositions with which every designer has to deal, and which arise from fundamental questions in design methodology. The resulting exhibition, POLES APART, will give a unique visual insight into the creative process – as well as its curious contradictions.

Participating designers will create a piece of work based on the following dichotomies:
Void vs. fullness, Noise vs. silence, Beauty vs. Ugliness, Interesting vs. boring, Thin vs. bold, Word vs. image, Symbolic vs. literal, Landscape vs. portrait, Positive vs. negative , Anarchy vs. order, Digital vs. analogue, Foreground vs. background, Original vs. copy.

Instead of settling for just one side of the dichotomy, the designers will incorporate both into their work and use them as creative fuel, with no restrictions on medium or scale.

The graphic design studios that participate in the exhibition are the following: 3 in a Box, Bios, The Design Shop, Designpark, G, Geometry, I am Design etc.,Indyvisuals, Mums Design, π6, Poor Designers, Sereal Designers and The Switch Place Identity.

For further information about POLES APART, you may visit the following website: http://www.designwalk.gr/index_en.html