Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos
Designer and design educator. Athens.
Good design is clear enough to understand, simple enough to make and flexible enough to adapt.
Work
I have been making things for thirty years as a hobby and I am still learning. Today I design objects and teach IB and GCSE design. Before that, eleven years of urban design: masterplans and regeneration in London and Athens. I research before I draw, and I still take on city and place studies when the project is right.
- Design
- Wall hooks, cast knobs, a floor lamp and a bedside table, modelled with adaptable digital files and tested by hand. The knob mould has a locking wall, so its two halves only fit together one way.
- Teaching
- I run a school design workshop and guide IB and GCSE projects from first sketch to finished object: 24 GCSE coursework projects and 48 individual projects so far.
- Research
- Users, materials and existing solutions, before anything is drawn. I think in systems: how a thing fits the people, places and processes around it, a habit from my planning training at The Bartlett and high-level design practice.
CV
- 2024–now
Design Technology Technician · British international school, Athens
Brought the school workshop to a safe, daily-use standard; IB and GCSE design projects.
- 2023–now
Designer · Volume11 Studio, Athens
Objects, lighting and models, designed digitally and made by hand.
- 2016–2023
Principal Urban Designer · London Borough of Barnet
Design review on regeneration areas and new neighbourhoods; helped set up the borough’s design service.
- 2014–2016
Urban Designer · Foster + Partners, London
Urban design, strategy and masterplanning for projects worldwide, with GIS analysis and modelling.
- 2012–2014
Urban Designer and Planner · Imagine the City, Athens
Planning research and digital design for a non-profit working on Athens.
- 2007 & 2010
Design assistant · Pantazis & Raptis Architects
A public square in central Athens, designed with local people.
Education
- In progress
MA Education Sciences (STEAM) · European University Cyprus
Towards a teaching qualification.
- 2012
Urban Planning, Design and Management · The Bartlett, UCL
Skills
Research
- Design and solution research
- User and material studies
- City and place studies, GIS
Design
- Product and furniture design
- Models and prototypes
- Design review
Making
- CNC, laser and 3D printing
- Casting and woodwork
- CAD and adaptable models
Teaching
- IB and GCSE Design
- One-to-one project guidance
- Beginner making courses
Diary
What I am making and learning, week by week.
Contact
Roles, research, projects.
Athens, Greece · Greek and English