Lefteris Heretakis (lefteris@heretakis.com)

Current

Owner at Heretakis & Associates

Past

Art Director at Boussias Communications

Education

Royal College of Art
Kingston University
University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester

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Lefteris Heretakis (lefteris@heretakis.com)’s Summary

Illustrator & Designer, with extensive knowledge and experience in Visual Communication. His clients include publications: Agra, Patakis, Kastaniotis, Gema, Livanis, Papyros and University Studio Press, Eleftherotypia newspaper, the Hellenic Audiovisual Institute, the Byzantine Museum of Athens, Athens University, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Marketing Week magazine and multinational advertising agencies.

What is visual communication about, if not to subvert the familiar, shed new light on commonplace situations. We have the possibility to store entire libraries in a pocket-sized disk, but our own memory is constantly written and deleted by the overwhelming flow of images, rushing through our very eyes. This has resulted in us ignoring and dismissing a large amount of images a priori, without looking closely at the meaning they possibly contain. It is our responsibility to remedy this consumption. One of the solutions, is to alter the amount, content and quality of what we are bombarded with everyday. We live in our cosily created reality bubble. It is time to burst it and see what happens.

Lefteris Heretakis (lefteris@heretakis.com)’s Specialties:

Illustration
Corporate Identity
Advertising
Graphic Design
Photography
Children's Books
Web Design

Lefteris Heretakis (lefteris@heretakis.com)’s Experience

Owner

Heretakis & Associates

(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

September 1996 — Present (11 years 11 months)

Since 1996 Lefteris Heretakis & Associates have designed custom made solutions for a wide range of loyal clients. Our areas of expertise include illustration, Graphic Design & Corporate Identity.
Art Director

Boussias Communications

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

April 2005 — April 2006 (1 year 1 month)

Lefteris Heretakis (lefteris@heretakis.com)’s Education

Royal College of Art

MA, Communication Art and Design, 2002 — 2004

Dissertation: "The Consumed Consumer", Visual Consumption and Lifestyle Magazines during 1970-2000.
Kingston University

BA(Hons), Illustration, 1996 — 1999
University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester

BTEC, Art and Design, 1995 — 1996

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Lefteris Heretakis (lefteris@heretakis.com)’s Interests:

illustration, photogtaphy, music

Lefteris Heretakis (lefteris@heretakis.com)’s Groups:

IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People)
GGDA (Greek Graphi Designers Association)
Aesop Society
HDI Hellenic Design Institute
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