#1 BWSE-ESU
logo & campaign design
BWSE-
ESU
The European Student's Union (ESU), an umbrella organisation of 45 National Unions of students (NUS) from 40 countries, requested a fresh, youthful and on-point design for their "Bologna with Student Eyes" campaign, an integral part of the Bologna Process, which seeks to bring coherence to higher education systems around the world. The project includes a logo and a publication design, complete with cover illustration and custom-made infographics.
The ESU offers important viewpoints for the improvement of higher education and this needed to shine through the design. Therefore, for the logo three symbols were used: (i) the university cap as a clear reference to higher education, (ii) the eye – translating as the watchful eye of the ESU – and (iii) the upward arrow – signifying positive change and visually balancing out the logo's shape.
About a year after this campaign, COVID 19 struck. The ESU then returned with plenty of data on student life during the pandemic and requested I design a booklet to showcase their findings. This was designed to give the reader a balanced combination of text with image, and included custom infographics to ensure the information was visually represented in the best possible way.
#2 Magazines
layout that entertains and informs
Mags
a-plenty
These magazines come out each year to entice tourists to try the best of what the beautiful island of Cyprus has to offer. The Famagusta Region magazine "Explore" does exactly that – offers insight for anyone interested in exploring this beautiful region. The island's blue flag beaches are, of course, the highlight, but it doesn't stop there. It showcases endless activities for the whole family. "The Guide" is another such publication that comes out once a year, with more interesting things to do, eat, drink and shop in the Famagusta region.
For those who want to see the cultural side of the island, "Nicosia: A city guide" was the magazine circulated by PIO during the Cyprus Presidency of the EU in 2026. It takes our guests around the capital, and provides a perfect mix of history, entertainment, and the myths and stories that accompany the last divided capital of the EU.
Here is a sample of the layouts:
#3 PIO
publications galore
PIO
The Press and Information Office (PIO) Cyprus' projects are as interesting as they are diverse and I feel lucky to have been asked to create so many of them. Here is a selection of my favourite ones over the years:
#4 The CyI
academic publications for all
The CyI projects
The Cyprus Institute (The CyI) has done impressive research over the years on a variety of different subjects and I was lucky enough to have been entrusted many times with the design of these academic material, whether textbooks, story books, leaflets, coffee books, handbooks, posters and so on.
Here is a selection of the layout design for their academic work:
The CyI poster design
The Cyprus Institute (The CyI) is a scientific institution that does important work in a number of scientific fields, such as archaeology, computational sciences, technology and environmental and atmospheric sciences to name a few. These series of posters for their PhD and Master degrees give a glimpse into their work through stunning imagery.
The CyI
Academic Prospectus
An Academic Prospectus is the 'face' of an academic institution to its prospective students. It needs to emphasise the institution's best assets and it must refelct its character. The Cyprus Institute (The CyI) is a scientific institution to be taken seriously. Equally, the design is the good kind of serious, clean and professional, showcasing some of The CyI's amazing work through a mixture of infographics, illustrations, photos of their impressive work and a well-structured layout design.
The CyI: projects for kids
The Cyprus Institute (The CyI) has done impressive research over the years on a variety of different subjects and I was lucky enough to have been entrusted with the design of a significant number of these. Admittedly, the children's projects have been my favourite to design, since they combine scientific information to educate, but also illustration to make it fun.
A lot of these projects were also translated into Greek and Arabic, the latter being quite the challenge, which I enjoyed immensely! Here is a selection of the layout design for their publications for children:
Leaflet on wood charcoal (ages 8-12)
#5 Work it
Workbook layout design
Workbook design
Who says your workbooks should be boring? A well-structured workbook should look effortless, with a clean layout design and ample writing space. This workbook, "Speech Analysis", and the "Stir Method" booklet for Michael R. Virardi were designed to make the information both readily available and visually pleasing. Custom-made illustrations, tables and graphs were added to simplify complex content and, at the same time, enhance what was being taught.
#6 Inner calm
Layout "Om"
Yoga
book design
Yoga books should be designed to express the inner peace one can find through Yoga. They should be light and airy and beautiful and calm. In this book, all of that is achieved in stylish black and white, with beautiful photos of each Yoga pose exercise. White light is sacred in Yoga, just like white space is sacred for the designer.
