COR3: About COR3 – Creative Works
is a team of industrial designers formed in May 2003 and based in Thessaloniki, Greece. Its’ members are Athanassios Babalis, Tommy Papaioannou and Athena Peletidou.
All three members are Industrial Designers with great experience in the fields of Furniture Design, Manufacturing and Retail.
COR3 believes that creativity is based on research, experience, teamwork and fresh ideas. Their common philosophy is to create beauty through simplicity, and to create a framework for dialogue between the user and the object, without sacrificing functionality.
The team collaborates with local and international producers for the design of new and modern pieces of furniture, and also produces small runs of their own concept-designs.
Who is Who:
Athanassios Babalis studied Industrial Design at the London Metropolitan University and at the Royal College of Art, London. He then lived and worked in New York for seven years and in the spring of 2003, he returned to Thessaloniki, Greece where he now lives and works.
Many institutions have awarded his designs including the Furnidec – Helexpo (first prize, twice), the British Standards Institute and the Royal Society of Arts (first prize, twice). Some of his designs have been featured on TV (Channel 4. England 1994-96) as part of TV programs and commercials and his sofa “Ostraco� was part of the set at Peter Howitt’s Film “Sliding Doors� (1998). He was part of the design team ( Dakota Jackson Inc., NYC) that designed the special edition Steinway Piano to celebrate the piano’s 300 year anniversary.
He has worked with such companies as London Post (UK), Dimensional Media Inc (USA), Dakota Jackson Inc. (USA), Yfos (GR), Glass Studio (GR) and since Oct. 2005 he also teaches Industrial Design at two colleges in Greece.
Tommy Papaioannou attended Interior Design and Scenography courses at the Academia di Belle Arti in Napoli, and a Furniture Design course at the Instituto Superiore per l’Industria e l’Artigianato in Milan, Italy. He then studied Furniture Design and Manufacturing Technology at the London Metropolitan University.
In 1996 he retuned to Thessaloniki where he opened his own Furniture Showroom called CASA Papaioannou.
He has been awarded prizes at design competitions organized by Furnidec – Helexpo (first prize, 1994) and Andreu World ( second prize, 2004).
Athena Peletidou studied Interior Design at the Instituto Europeo di Design in Milan, Italy and Industrial Design at the Central St. Martin’s College in London. For the last six years she has been working as Art Director for the furniture company Ioannis Peletidis A.B.E.E.