Eleni Sfantou
ARCHITECT ENG. Msc NTUA - INTERIOR DESIGNER
Co-Founder
Eleni was born in Athens in 1976. In 2006 she got her Diploma in Architectural Engineering by presenting at the NTUA her thesis entitled "Objects as components of spatial existence of a path", getting a grade of 9.60.
[ Objects as components of spatial existence of a path ]
Already have a Bachelor of Arts in Interior design from Middlesex University of London (1998) and in Fine Arts and Contemporary Technology from the Technical University of Crete (2000), she began establishing her identity as an architect very early on.
Since 1999 and for 20 consecutive years she has worked as an internal or external partner in various architectural and design offices in Athens. Some of her collaborations are with ARCHLAB-George Lambrou, MRA architects, Georgios Triantafyllou & Associates, architects Nikos Economou and Panagiotis Koubis. She has also participated in architectural competitions in collaboration with architects such as Eleni Tzirtzilaki, Nikos Kazeros, and MRA architects.
In June 2004 she was invited to participate in the "Reuse-Resettlement, Alternative Sites in Greece and Europe" forum, as part of the event entitled "URBAN TRANSLATION: Re-Resettlement", organized by Akto College, Eleni Tzirtzilaki and Bios Multi-Team.
Since 2006 she has founded her own architectural studio, which mainly deals with medium-sized architectural and interior design projects and architectural competitions.
Her extensive experience in the field of architecture stems from her involvement in large design teams undertaking projects of any scale, but also in renovations of traditional or existing buildings. She has also been involved in curating cultural and art exhibitions.
In October 2011 she took part in the Conference entitled "Public space ... is being sought" in Thessaloniki, presenting the project "Regeneration of Kapnergati Square in the City of Kavala", which was awarded the 2nd acquisition in 2008.
At this point in her career, her own architectural path, led by strong strong collaborations with a network of designers, artists, and engineers, she creates with Panos Alexiou, with whom she shares a great love for art & design, the Elephant Design concept space in 2019.
She loves the architecture on every scale, furniture design, pencil sketches and cats, and her big drawback is the construction, whether it is of large buildings or small space objects.
Panos Alexiou
MANAGING DIRECTOR - GRAPHIC ARTS
Co-Founder
Panos was born in Athens in 1976. He majored in Economics and Management at the University of Wolverhampton. His involvement with the visual arts began indirectly through his previous occupation. He has been in the printing industry since 1998 as a third generation entrepreneur, and for more than 20 years he has operated as a chief executive of Label Pack SA (ex-Avery Hellas), one of the leading label printing companies in Greece. Many of his articles have been published in several printing and packaging industry magazines (A&M, Printing and Packaging, etc). He has a keen interest in literature, in music as well as in the ninth art: comics! As a matter of fact, he was a regular columnist in the comics section of Highlights magazine (2000-2001). During all these years he has attended numerous seminars on interior and graphic design. Having extensive knowledge and experience on inks and printing methods and materials he strongly believes that anything could become a canvas! Accordingly, he has been experimenting in various ways of how a piece of art can be transformed into an object and vice versa.
In 2019 in collaboration with Eleni Sfantou he sets up Elephant Design where art, ideas, and creativity become reality.
Konstantinos Pourliotis
Konstantinos is a Civil Engineer from the National Technical University of Athens, a Physics graduate from the University of Patras, and a Mechanical Engineer from the Zanneio University of Piraeus.
He has been a Professor and curator of the Physics and Hydraulics course at the School of Topography of the Army Geographical Service. (G.Y.S.) until 2006, while he is a PhD candidate at the National Technical University of Athens, Department of Civil Engineering, in the course of Fluid Mechanics until today and a member of the Standing Committee of Public Works Engineers and of the Standing Committee 56 -Plan for the productive reconstruction of the country- of the Technical Chamber of Greece. He is also active as an Energy Inspector and Building Controller. From 2002 until today, he has undertaken the completion of architectural and structural studies, the control of structural adequacy of structures, and the construction of multi-storey buildings in Athens and Piraeus. Since 2012, he has prepared and received the construction of 8 photovoltaic parks.
His collaboration with Elephant Design began with the preparation of two studies for the reconstruction of apartments in buildings from 1959 and 1973 in Exarchia, Athens, as well as the implementation study for the maintenance and reconstruction of a building from 1928 in Koukaki. Our team considers Konstantinos to be the "third eye" of the Elephant.
Sotiris Pourliotis
Sotiris is the newest partner of Elephant Design, and we believe strongly in this partnership. He is an experienced Civil Engineer with a proven track record in the civil engineering industry, from 2011 to the present. He is an expert in Sustainable Development, Renewable Energy Systems, Steel Structures, and Structural Engineering. He holds a bachelor’s degree with a focus on the Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), from the University of Bradford and a Master of Infrastructure and Civil Engineering (Hons) in Civil and Structural Engineering, from the University of Sheffield. He has attended numerous seminars on sustainable buildings in Greece, modern insulation applications, energy saving, and environmental awareness.
In recent years, he has worked as a project manager for the permits required for the construction of tourist units and as an advisor to investors and clients for compliance with sustainability regulation,s and as an executive manager in energy production companies, in the field of sustainability and sustainable development.
He came to Elephant Design because the only certain thing is that he likes elephants who can shape and improve the environment in which they live, something that perfectly expresses him.
Kostas Katsadimas
Kostas was born in Volos in 1983. In 2010 he got the title of Architect, presenting his thesis "Mediatheque - Multimedia Library in Volos" at the Department of Architecture of the University of Thessaly. Since 2009 he has worked with various architectural and design offices in Athens and Volos as an architect and 3D Artist (KK3D). Among his collaborations are with Potiropoulos and Partners, MRA architects, Kois Associated Architects, LIVING LUXURIOUS as well as the visual and animation production company Visualhouse in London. He always puts his own personal identity and unique style into the projects he works on. His skills are constantly evolving as he is passionate about creating virtual environments and realistic and artistic rendering of architectural work.
His collaboration with Elephant Design is based on many years of friendship and love for teamwork.
Corina Karavasili
Corina is an Architect Engineer, NTUA (2019). She has been a volunteer architect at the Ephorate of Antiquities of Chios (2015) and has worked in architectural offices in Athens, Barcelona, and Porto. Since September 2021, she runs an architectural office in Chios and has been collaborating with Elephant Design since then. Her main area of work is the architectural design, supervision, and construction of private buildings. As a valuable collaborator, she participates from the initial design proposal and preliminary design to the final design, implementation study, and construction. So far, she has successfully undertaken renovations of apartments and commercial spaces, repairs and additions of floors to old residences, as well as repairs of historical and listed buildings controlled by committees such as the Ministry of Culture, the Central Council of Architecture, and the Council of Architecture.
She is also involved in graphic design (logo and poster design), painting, and photography and she has participated in multiple group exhibitions in Greece and abroad.
Aggeliki Tzamali
Aggeliki was born in Athens in 1974. Her studies include a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design from Middlesex University of London (1997) and several awards in furniture design and Visual Merchandising. She started her career working in architectural offices, but over the past 20 years, she has worked as a Project Manager in renowned companies in the field of furniture design and architectural materials, specializing in projects involving mainly office buildings and workspace interiors. She was Brand Manager for Knoll in Greece and has worked with several international design brands. She has participated as an artist in art events in Athens galleries, in collective art shows, and as rapporteur on the design and conduct of workshops for developing creative relationships between employees of large multinational companies.
Her involvement in Elephant Design derives from years of personal friendship and collaboration. She finds a great inspiration behind Marcel Duchamp's words: “Art is all a matter of personality”.
Marina Alexiou
Marina was born in Athens and spent the first years of her life in Strasbourg. Her keen interest in the arts was demonstrated from an early age and influenced by her family environment. She studied Business Administration at American College. In addition to her studies, she worked in the graphic arts company K. Kyriakoulis EE. in the field of production organization initially and then in HR as an HR manager until 2003. Putting a high point in her professional career on maternity, she returns in 2008 to a different field this time. Driven by her love and personal involvement with the organization of art studios and her collaboration with artists in cataloging their works and proposing their installation in various private spaces, she begins her collaboration with tourist accommodation venues in Athens and Sifnos offering services for artistic decoration of spaces, as an art curator.
In recent years she has been involved in the hospitality business as well as in the design and decoration of accommodation, always focusing on the placement of art objects.
