Chara VeniouSenior graphic designer · brand, packaging & spaces
Clarksons reception in Athens: a world map of white relief waves on the wall, the red Clarksons logo and a person walking past
Environmental graphics
Clarksons Offices Athens
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χαρά /xaˈra/ noun, Greek: joy.
And, mostly, how I like to work.

Brand identityPackagingIllustrationEnvironmental graphics

I look for the one detail that makes a brand feel like itself, and I stay with it all the way to production.

Since 2015 I have worked in a design studio, a print house, a cultural center, a brand’s in-house team, an agency and an architecture practice, in Athens, Ljubljana and Lima, and on many long calls to Kathmandu. Each place showed me a different side of the same craft, and together they taught me that the same way of thinking works on 40 mm of a label and on 4 m of a wall.

Along the way came a Bronze Effie and a Gold at the Interiors Awards.

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Selected work15 projects · 2015–2026
Clarksons reception in Athens: a world map of white relief waves on the wall, the red Clarksons logo and a person walking pastEnvironmental graphicsClarksons Offices AthensClarksonsThe wave in the Clarksons logo, used to draw a whole floor.The There Is Now calendar set in sunlight: an orange box of day cards, an orange stand, a black gift bag and colorful cardsBranding · PackagingThere Is NowA&M Architects366 day cards, each designed one by one, for a campaign about being here now.Posters for the SNFCC Readings on a wall, Kostas Tachtsis in red and Alexandros Moraitidis in beige, with a man walking pastDigital · BrandingSNFCC ReadingsSNF Cultural CenterEleven Greek literary works read by actors, and an identity for each one.Stephenson Harwood reception: a wooden desk under circular ceiling lights, with the firm’s name on the dark wall behindEnvironmental graphicsStephenson Harwood OfficesStephenson HarwoodThree floors I walked only in 3D, and everything that helps people feel at home there.Teran Liqueur LabelPackaging · LabelTeran Liqueur LabelDomačija VrabčiA liqueur label with real cuts through the paper, like the cracked earth of the Karst.How Many Cuckoos for Spring?Illustration · EditorialHow Many Cuckoos for Spring?Lo.Les & The LocalsA poem told in pictures alone, in a silent book that sparked a festival of its own.Mercuria OfficesEnvironmental graphicsMercuria OfficesMercuriaMy first A&M project: light on water, frosted onto the glass of three shipping offices.Branding · Environmental · Illustration · DigitalA&M Annual Conference 2025A&M ArchitectsA&M’s annual conference at Margi Farm, in fruits, olive leaves and cobalt blue.The Zealots of Nature avocado day cream: a green watercolor box next to a green glass jar with a wooden lidPackaging · DigitalZealots of NatureCOCO-MATA vegan avocado line in glass, wood and recycled paper, still on the shelf.BookvoiceDigital · BrandingBookvoiceBookvoiceAn audiobook launch with one month and one designer, which came back with an Effie.A woman walking past the Our Kypseli map hanging unfolded on a white wallIllustration · EditorialOur KypseliA&M ArchitectsA map of Kypseli for every new A&M colleague: where to eat, drink and look up.The Chained Elephant open on a dark wooden table, a chain running across the spread to the elephant’s footIllustration · EditorialThe Chained ElephantArtist’s bookBucay’s chained elephant, drawn and sewn by hand into ten copies, one now his.BrandingPotterRou CeramicsPotterRouA brand for a ceramic studio whose pots I fell for, and whose potter became a friend.DAMA³ ResidencesBrandingDAMA³ ResidencesA&M ArchitectsTwo summer houses in Karpathos, with a small number hiding in the village’s name.Two phones with Sleed posts: a crown for effectiveness and a tiny wallet squeezing in a big awardDigital · AdvertisingThree Years at SleedSleedThree agency years: health, beauty and sun care campaigns, plus the agency’s own feed.
Award
Bronze · Effie Awards
2022 · Small Budgets
Bookvoice, Sleed & Renegade
Award
Gold · Interiors Awards
2026 · Large Workspace
Clarksons Offices Athens · A&M Architects
Both are team awards. I was the only graphic designer on each.