Alexis Georgacopoulos
Alexis Georgacopoulos (born in 1976) is a Greek-French and Swiss industrial designer who is the director of the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL). Georgacopoulos has been actively engaged in the international design community, serving on juries such as the "Design of the Year" at the London Design Museum, "Designer of the Future" award for Design Miami, and the ‘’Design made in France at Maison & Objet’’.
Alexis Georgacopoulos
- Education
- École cantonale d'art de Lausanne
- Born
- 1976 · Athens.
- Occupation
- designer · university teacher · academic administrator
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• Education — École cantonale d'art de Lausanne
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He was born in Athens in 1976, coming from a multicultural background. His father, a lawyer, is of Greek origin, and his mother, an interior architect, is from France. He graduated from the Greek-French school, Lycée Franco-Hellénique Eugene Delacroix in Athens. In 1999, he got his Bachelor's degree in Product Design from the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL). In 2000, Georgacopoulos became the youngest department head in Switzerland, by assuming the position of leading ECAL's Industrial Design department. In 2006, he was awarded the prestigious Leenaards Foundation Cultural Grant. In July 2011, Georgacopoulos assumed the role of director of ECAL design school. Since 2011, he has been actively involved in several projects, including the award-winning "Delirious Home" showcased at the Milan Furniture Fair in 2014. The Wallpaper magazine has recognized his contributions by naming him as one of the "100 most influential persons in the world of design" in 2015.
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He lives permanently in Lausanne.
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1975
Alexis Georgacopoulos was born on 9 July 1976.
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- 1.«L'ECAL est l'une des écoles les plus suivies dans le monde» - Le Temps. 2018-01-27. 1423-3967.
- 2.Raconter, exposer et enseigner le design: les défis de l'ECAL - Le Temps. 2023-03-24. 1423-3967.
- 3.Alexis Georgacopoulos- One of the greatest designers in the world. ellines.com - Η πρώτη διαδικτυακή χώρα στον κόσμο. 2016-06-02.
- 4.Diamantopoulos, Thanassis. Συνέντευξη: Αλέξις Γεωργακόπουλος, διευθυντής École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL). Archisearch. 2020-05-11.
- 5.One of the greatest designers in the world. ellines.com. 2 June 2016.
- 6.Mission & vision. ECAL - École cantonale d'art de Lausanne.
- 7.Design made in France at Maison&Objet. IFDM. 24 July 2023.
- 8.Designer industriel à l'ECAL, Alexis Georgacopoulos présente un dictionnaire du patois romand imaginé par l'un de ses étudiants. Play RTS. 2021-01-11.
- 9.UNIVERSITY of CREATIVITY(UoC).
- 10.Mission & vision. ECAL - École cantonale d'art de Lausanne.
- 11.ECAL "Delirious Home". YouTube. 2024-03-06.
- 12.Bertoli, Rosa. The Wallpaper* 100: meet the design world's most wanted. wallpaper.com. 10 September 2015.
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