AREA _ Dimitris Arvanitis

Dimitris Arvanitis born in Chalkis, Greece, 1948. Between 1966-1972 studied painting and graphic design. Before starting to work as a designer he makes installations, happenings and participates in contemporary art exhibitions. 1976-1985 was the art director for EMI records. He has designed a lot of record sleeves. 1986-1990 art director for Tachidromos magazine. He also designed the prototypes forJazz, Periodiko, Diphono and Ntefi magazines. Today he is the art director of Jazz & Tzaz, Echo & Artis and Kaleidoskopio magazines. Is a member of the team "Cannibal fonts", and works as a freelancer for his own studio "Espresso Society". His work includes book cover design, posters, record sleeves, logos and typography design. He writes articles on design for magazines and newspapers. His work is published in several design magazines and books in Greece and abroad.

EXHIBITIONS 1986. Union of Greek Graphic Designers. 1987. Posters. Unesco / Paris. 1988. Posters. Goethe Institute. Athens. 1988. Art Poster Gallery Frankfurt. 1990. Les plus belles affiches du monde. Paris. 1995. 1st International Triennal of Stage Poster. Sofia. 1998. Biennale Brno. Chech Republic. 1999. 2nd International Triennal of Stage Poster. Sofia. 1999. Danish Plakat Museum. 1999. Cassandra Festival. 1999. Thessaloniki Film Festival. 2000. Biennale Brno. Chech Republic. 2000. Biennale Golden Bee. Russia. 2000. Trnava Triennial Poster. Slovakia. 2001. Grafist 5, International Design Week Istanbul. 2002. Biennale Brno. Chech Republic. 2002. Andros island Festival. 2003 http://www.posterpage.ch/ 2004 19º biennale Plakatu Varsovie. 2005 biennale de l´affiche de Lahti.

BOOKS His books Posters, 2001 and Cutting Edge - Thesis on design, 2001 are published by Hellinika Grammata Editions, Athens, Greece. .

Mestres do grafismo segundo Dimitris Arvantis:

Toulouse-Lautrec, A. M. Cassandra, Roman Cieslewicz, Saul Bass, Milton Glaser, Uwe Loesch, Holger Matthies, Alain le Quernec, David Tartakover, Henry Tomaszewski e Alan Fletcher

Recomendo uma viagem na área de Dimitris Arvanitis:
http://www.arvanitis.com.gr/