Education

Education isn’t a side activity for us, it’s a parallel studio. Our engagement with students is an ongoing dialogue with what’s next. We offer experience, structure, and perspective — and we receive curiosity, urgency, and new ways of seeing. Teaching challenges our assumptions, refreshes our thinking, and shapes the way we approach our clients, helping them see beyond briefs and into possibilities. Because the most meaningful design begins with a willingness to learn.

Vakalo College of Art & Design - Athens, Greece

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Michalis and Dimitris have been teaching at Vakalo for over three decades combined. Michalis also leads the Graphic Design pathway. Engaging with around 120 students each year, they teach across all levels, from first year to postgraduate.

Founded in 1958, Vakalo is one of Greece’s most established schools of applied arts, and the country’s first institution to offer higher education in design.

IED - Milan, Italy

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Over the past two years, Michalis and Dimitris have been teaching at postgraduate level within the Visual Communication programme, focusing on Critical Narratives in Post-Digital Worlds. Each year, they work intensively with a small international group on a week-long project.

IED is an international network of design schools founded in Milan in 1966, with campuses across Europe and beyond.

Raffles Milano - Milan, Italy

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For eight years, Michalis and Dimitris taught at postgraduate level in the department of Visual Design and Communication. Each year, they worked closely with a small group of students to develop a complete thematic project over the course of one month.

Raffles Milano is part of the global Raffles Education network, with campuses across Asia, Europe, and Australia.

Otis College of Art and Design - Los Angeles, USA

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At the start of the academic year, Michalis and Dimitris led a three-day workshop with 150 students around a socially driven theme. The programme extended into the city, encouraging observation, participation, and new ways of seeing.

Founded in 1918, Otis is one of the most influential independent art and design colleges in the US.

Decades of Design Education

34 years of teaching
3000+ students
4 colleges and institutes
Europe & US

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