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.A&M Annual Conference 2025Branding · 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.Rows of square PotterRou Ceramics stickers on orange, one peeling up at the cornerBrandingPotterRou 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.