"We need a concentrated global effort that will revise our relationship with the rest of the natural world around us. As utopian as it may sound, it is something that could be achieved to a large extent if humanity implemented the teachings of past cultures, that were in tune with nature, while utilizing the existing scientific knowledge."

More about the studio's research can be found in our book Form Follows Meaning.


Words like ecosystem & ecology are often used nowadays within the business ‘environment’ usually denoting a certain group of similar activities within a system. At first I was taken aback by the use of the terms finding them unfitting within the given context. On second thought though I realised that the etymology of the words justified the terminology. Ecology (οικολογία) is a composite word deriving from οίκος + λόγος meaning referring to (speaking of) the home. So when the word ecosystem is used to speak of a specific business group it refers to that area of business as of a ‘home’ system. This brings us back to the initial meaning of the word and what it really stands for. When we talk about ecology, ecosystems or anything else eco related we are simply talking about our home: planet earth. It’s time we start really caring about our unique home in the cosmos and realise that it is our natural habitat, in the actual sense of the word ecology, that we are talking about.

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JCP Universe
JCP Universe
Space
Art Direction
Nature & Cosmos
(2016 —)

Inhaling the future, exhaling the past; spoiling the ticking of time by creating the impossible.

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JCP Universe
Ekies Resort
Ekies Resort
Space
Art Direction
Nature & Cosmos
(2017 —)

CTRLZAK studio was asked by ekies all senses resort, a member of the Design…

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Ekies Resort
Granes Silversmithing
Granes Silversmithing
Product
Art Direction
(2022 —)

Born in the city of Ioannina (Greece), the new brand Granes…

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Granes Silversmithing
Remira Market
Remira Market
Art Direction
Social Irony
(2020 —)

Remira Market is a second-hand market that invites people to look at things with a…

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Remira Market
Oniro Lab
Oniro Lab
Art Direction
Social Irony
(2020 —)

ONIRO Lab is the place in which the Group’s capacity to understand and generate dreams…

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Oniro Lab
Erba Del Chianti
Erba Del Chianti
Art Direction
Nature & Cosmos
(2022)

Rurality is the New Luxury Nowadays we finally understand that our actions influence everything around…

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Erba Del Chianti
Re-Live Centre
Re-Live Centre
Space
Art Direction
Social Irony
(2021)

Novel pain treatment centre located in the city of Ioannina, in the north of Greece.

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Re-Live Centre
Femme Fanatique
Femme Fanatique
Product
Space
Art Direction
Social Irony
(2014)

A space dedicated to the world of tango. Femme Fanatique’s shoes are designed with passion and…

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Femme Fanatique