Dimitris Papazoglou is an award—winning, multidisciplinary Designer and Creative Director based in Thessaloniki, Greece. He values the deafening, yet silent power of creating bespoke solutions that balance the desire to connect on an emotional level with the absolute need for direct, strategic and effective communication. During the past 15 years he has been creating unique integrated design solutions for a diverse palette of international clients across various industries, scales and budgets.
His field of expertise encompasses creative direction, branding and identity systems, book and magazine design, illustration, typography and type design, both for print as well as digital mediums. But he also enjoys being a key player in larger creative teams, collaborating with art directors at other agencies, assisting them by adding his experience, expertise and passion as tools into their projects.
Religiously following Gropius’ manifesto, design is to him the will of an epoch translated into an visual language. One that loves the architectural non-colors (black and white), where form not only follows function, but life: by believing in beauty and intelligence equally. Where sensual purity defines and distinctively signatures the new luxury.
No wonder his favorite form is that of the spiral: not only a symbol of the dialectic process, but also of the bipolarity of infinite motion and balance, emotion and intelligence.
Awards
Special Distinctions: → Greek Design and Illustration Awards Agency of the Year 2004 Agency of the Year 2007* Best of Show 2011 • Gold Award Kyano* Best of Show 2017 • Gold Award 57th TIFF Best of Show 2018 • Gold Award National Library of Greece Typographic Excellence Award 2018 • National Library of Greece
→ Red Dot Design Awards Five Olive Oil • Award, Packaging Design Designers United Work & Extensions • Award, Editorial and Corporate Publishing +DESIGN • Award, Magazines and Daily Press
→ D&AD Awards London Designers United Work & Extensions • In Book Award, Graphic Design Col & Extra Acrylic • In Book Award, Graphic Design
2016 → European Design Awards / EDawards “Toumba” PAOK FC Official Magazine / Silver Award, Magazine 17.5o Juices Silver Award / Packaging Design → Greek Design and Illustration Awards (EBGE) paokfc.gr / 1st prize Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four 2016 Berlin / Unpublished project / Award The Beautiful Game / Self Promotion / Merit«Toumba» PAOK FC Official Magazine / Magazine / Merit
2010* → Greek Design and Illustration Awards (EBGE) Mondays at Foyer / Logotype / Award Mondays at Foyer / Cultural Programme / Award SMCA in Tate Modern / Flyer / Merit Naughtiness / Artists Catalogue / Merit
2007* → European Design Awards / EDawards La Fete Du Siecle / Poster / Gold → Greek Design and Illustration Awards (EBGE) Epsilon / Magazine / Merit Euroleague Final Four 2006 Athens / Corporate Identity / Gold Athens Festival 2006 / Unpublished Project / Award 33 Poems Sans Title / Publication / Merit La Fete Du Siecle / Poster / Merit
2006* → Greek Design and Illustration Awards (EBGE) Videodance 2005 / Web site / Award Babylonia / Magazine / Award Ikarus / CD Label / Merit Urbi / Magazine / Merit cact.gr / Web site / Merit Charge, Chance, Change / Poster / Merit
2004 → Greek Design and Illustration Awards (EBGE) Manografik / Self Promotion / Award Margaris Foundation / General / Award Forum 2003 / Corporate Brochure / Award Movin / CD Label / Merit Forum 2003 / Billboard / Merit Forum 2003 / Poster / Merit Fresco and Salty / Flyer / Merit
European Design Awards European Ltd LIFO Magazine Issue 88
2014
Graphic Digits: Interpreting Numbers in Graphic Form Viction Workshop Making a Splash Viction Workshop Type Plus Unit Editions Brand! VOL.5 ooogo Top Graphic Design Series Hightone Book Publishing
2013
Packaging Design Braun Publishing
2012
Geometrix Sandu Golden Bee 10 Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design Logotype Laurence King Logo Book Sylvie Estrada Geo/Graphics Viction:ary Los Logos 6 Gestalten The Package Design Book 2 Taschen International Yearbook Communication Design Red Dot Edition European Design Awards European Ltd Gold & Silver Viction Workshop
2011
Boxed and Labelled 2, New Approaches to Packaging Design Gestalten Symbol Laurence King Publishing Ltd Fresh–Cutting Edge Illustrations Magma
2010
21st century: The Power of Design 1 ooogo Thessaloniki Graphic Design 1980–2009 Red Creative Los Logos Compass Gestalten Fashion Branding Monsa
2009
Boxed and Labelled, New Approaches to Packaging Design Gestalten
2008
Los Logos 4 Gestalten Novum Magazine Issue 3149 May 2008
2007
Mapping Europe Exhibition Catalogue Poster Exhibition on Limits, Borders and Graphic Design LIFO Magazine Issue 88
