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“Light for me means life, an idea, a vision”

You can watch the interview here.
This interview is only in Greek.

Eleftheria Deko was a guest speaker in Dubai on the theme “The Universal Narrative of Light: From Delos to a Brighter Future”, presenting the significance of light and lighting design as a tool for creative storytelling and design, bridging both historical and contemporary contexts—from ancient Delos to modern cities.
Read more here: Kathimerini article
Watch the talk here: YouTube

There Is a Greek Everywhere. The entire essence of the documentary series “Greeks, Citizens of the World” is encapsulated in this phrase. The series is part of the National Program of Actions and Events of the “Greece 2021” Committee and is produced under its auspices, with the HELLENIC PETROLEUM Group as Action Sponsor.

The Protagonists

In this new production, the protagonists are Greek “citizens of the world” who excel abroad and leave their mark on the political, social, cultural, and economic development of the places that host them. People with skills, knowledge, networks, and influence—capable of shaping and co-creating, of building and contributing.

The Idea and the Creators

Conceived and curated by Marianna Skilakaki and Sylvia Klimaki, and directed by Angelos Tsaousis, the project “Greeks, Citizens of the World” presents cosmopolitan Greeks who honored Greece and carried it with them to the places where they studied and worked, and to the places they loved—often as a second homeland. Greeks who returned, enriching Greece with ideas and capabilities, as well as Greeks who still live abroad while continuing to invest in their homeland. Thanks to the significant support of the HELLENIC PETROLEUM Group, which singled out the action “Greeks, Citizens of the World” from among hundreds of others, we discover their stories and come to understand Hellenism as a living, broad, and dynamic concept. The guests speak about what they bring with them each time they return to Greece and envision the ways in which the diaspora—this valuable reservoir of Greeks around the world—can contribute to the next ambitious chapter that Hellenism can write.

The Series

The series consists of eight 30-minute episodes, featuring the following individuals:
Kimon Angelidis, Kostas Grammatis, Maria Demertzis, Eliza Konofagou, Michalis Bletsas, Eleftheria Deko, Nikos Stathopoulos, Martha Tsigkari. Read the Publication here Watch the episode here

On its first anniversary, the new lighting of the Acropolis and its monuments still stands out as one of the most remarkable projects in the current international architectural lighting panorama. Conceived by Eleftheria Deko and Associates lighting design studio, this impressive illumination concept has involved our linear bars of the Parade L series for the specific enhancement of the southern fortification wall of the Acropolis.

On the 30th of September 2020, the new lighting of the Acropolis and its monuments, strongly wanted and supported by the Onassis Foundation, was unveiled to the world. After one year and a long series of deserved awards, the lighting designer Eleftheria Deko, looking back at this amazing experience, is still enthusiastic about the challenge, efforts, development, and outcome of this monumental project.

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“The Society of Light and Lighting” (SLL) will be joined by Emmy award-winning Lighting Designer, Eleftheria Deko for an upcoming webinar on lighting the Acropolis of Athens, taking place online from 13:00 (GMT) and 23 November 2021.

Undoubtedly one of the most significant architectural landmarks in the world, in 2019 the Greek Ministry of Culture, with support from the Onassis Foundation invited proposals to redesign the lighting scheme for the Acropolis of Athens and its surrounding monuments. Athens-based, Eleftheria Deko and Associates Lighting Design were selected after proposing an entirely new lighting scheme. The Society will be joined by Eleftheria Deko for a comprehensive look at this monumental project, looking at the previous scheme, the concept development, challenges and the final, multi-award-winning scheme. The Acropolis of Athens is a living symbol that has stood the test of time as one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world. Eleftheria Deko and Associates Lighting Design were tasked with designing new lighting for the Sacred Rock, the fortification walls, and the 17 monuments:

“The whole process of lighting Acropolis and its 17 monuments (among them The Parthenon, Erectheion, Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the ancient theatre of Dionysus), was a multidimensional journey for us. From the first visits onsite, we felt that we had to leave aside our existing knowledge and experience as lighting designers and first focus on ‘listening’ to the monument. It was as if we were listening to our ancestors, re-reading our history, baptised in our Ancient Greek culture. It was the greatest honour and responsibility.We approached the monuments first with respect. Before applying our thoughts on “paper”, before deciding on the technology and the lighting fixtures, we observed the characteristics of this unique place, studied its history, the forms and materials, the visibility from different points of the city and the significance of this landmark. Our design approach was to highlight the beauty of the architecture, the timelessness of sculptures, the whiteness of the Pendelikon marble in contrast to the robustness of the Sacred rock and the heroism of the fortification walls.”

As well as discussing the initial site assessment, Eleftheria Deko will outline the successful bid for the project, including the development of a 3D model to demonstrate the proposed scheme to the stakeholders. She will outline the challenges and necessary restrictions faced concerning conversing and protecting the UNESCO World Heritage site and following an overview of the design approach for this multi-award-winning project, there will be a look back at the spectacular audio-visual launch event.

Find out more about this extraordinary project and the work carried out by Eleftheria and her team via arc magazine. Additionally, the project was awarded ‘Best of the Best’ for 2020 and won the Structures – High Budget and the Event categories in the 2020 the [d]arc awards

This webinar has been organised by the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL). If you have any quesitons or if you would like to find out about becoming a member of the SLL, please contact sll@cibse.org

Eleftheria Deko had the great pleasure to participate in the first Darc Sessions organized by Darc Media and HIX Event in Mykonos, Greece

“After the Covid lockdown periods, it was great to be among so many lighting colleagues again and also to share our “journey” of the Lighting of the Acropolis! I would like to thank Darc Media team, ARC Magazine, darc magazine , for the invitation to participate and as the keynote speaker of the event to share with everyone our experience of this amazing project. A big bravo to the Darc people and everybody involved for all the efforts to bring the lighting community together! “Eleftheria Deko

Photos by Gavriil Papadiotis

We are very excited that our project, the Acropolis of Athens and Monuments, has been longlisted for the @Dezeen Awards 2021 in the Architectural Lighting Design category. Read more here

Congratulations to everyone involved, our team, all collaborators, the Onassis Foundation, and, the Greek Ministry of Culture!

Good luck to all longlisted entries! We are looking forward to the results in November!

Photography by Gavriil Papadiotis

We are beyond excited to share with all of you that the new Lighting of the Acropolis of Athens received three prizes at the virtual celebration of the Darc Awards.

The Best Exterior Lighting Scheme on the Structures category: High Budget,
The Best Creative Lighting Event for the Launch Event of the Acropolis and
The Ultimate Darc Award for receiving the most votes from our peers.

We would like to thank all of you who voted for our project, our team, all the collaborators, the Onassis Foundation, the Greek Ministry of Culture, and the Darc Awards organizing team.

Great photos by Gavriil Papadiotis and Stelios Tzetzias

Eleftheria Deko and Associates Lighting Design team are delighted to have been awarded the LDA Awards Commended 2020 in the category Low Budget Project of the Year for the project ¨Feelings¨Jewelry Exhibition by Nikos Koulis.

Congratulations to all the winners, the judges, and everyone involved in the Lighting Design Awards 2020.

We hope to see all of our colleagues in person soon,
Read the complete winner’s list here: https://awards.lighting.co.uk/winners-2020/

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impactalk.gr Interview with Eleftheria Deko

Talk: “A Universal Narrative of Light” at EXPO 2020 Dubai

Eleftheria Deko was interviewed for the”Greek Citizens of the World” program on ANT1 TV

The Lighting of the Acropolis received the LIT Lighting Design Award of the Year 2021

Eleftheria Deko in discussion with Griven for the Acropolis Lighting One Year Anniversary

Lighting the Acropolis of Athens, SLL announce exclusive webinar with Eleftheria Deko

Eleftheria Deko gave a keynote speech at the Darc Sessions in Mykonos

The Audiovisual Launch Event of the New Lighting of the Acropolis received a PLATINUM award at the International MUSE Creative Awards

The Lighting of the Acropolis has been longlisted for the Dezeen Awards 2021 in the Architectural Lighting Design category

The Lighting of the Acropolis wins three prizes at the Darc Awards 2020

LDA Awards Commended 2020