Visual Communication Designer / Academic / Poster Designer / Author / Founder & Creative Director of the NGO “Graphic Stories” / Co-founding Member of WIDA

Aggeliki Athanasiadi is an award-winning visual communication designer specializing in Branding with a broad range of activities. She holds an MA (Hons) in Branding from Middlesex University in London, where she was awarded a scholarship. She is the founder and creative director of Graphic Stories Cyprus, an initiative that promotes visual communication through educational and cultural activities. Passionate about education, she teaches graphic design at the American University of Cyprus, as well as at the Strovolos Open School for both children and adults. As a certified Vocational Training Instructor by HRDA, she significantly contributes to lifelong learning.

Additionally, as an Art Therapeutic Life Coach, she focuses on mental empowerment through art, blending creative expression with personal development.

Aggeliki has participated in over 140 international poster exhibitions on social, environmental, and cultural themes and has served as a jury member in competitions across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, showcasing her work globally. As a co-founding member of the World Industrial Design Association (WIDA), she advocates for the connection between design, social responsibility, and innovation. Her book, Graphic Stories – Graphistories, which includes theoretical articles and interviews with prominent creators, has been approved by the Ministry of Education of Cyprus and has won a Gold Design Award at the Pygmalion Awards.

As the founder and creative director of the annual Graphic Stories ConFes, she aims to share knowledge, provide technical training, and explore new trends in visual communication. She is also the creator of the Design Forum “10 min Design Talks” and has organized Behance Portfolio Reviews in Cyprus twice.

Aggeliki represented Greece at the EUNIC Exhibition in Beijing in 2022, highlighting solidarity with Ukraine. She has also spoken at ICTVC in Greece and CSR in Action in Cyprus. In 2023, she represented Cyprus at FEED in Warsaw, Poland.

In 2022, she participated in WIDC 2022 in China, discussing the 4th Industrial Revolution, and in 2024, she was invited to speak on “Designing the Future: From Social Responsibility to Artificial Intelligence,” focusing on visual communication and AI in design.

As the coach of the Save & Share Team, which promotes environmental awareness through social design under the European Solidarity Program, Aggeliki and her team won the Bronze Award at the Cyprus Responsible Business Awards 2023 in the NGO of the Year category for the Environment.

Aggeliki is the producer of the documentary Graphic Stories: Destinat10n, which follows the journey and challenges of Graphic Stories and has been screened at international festivals, such as the 18th Greek Documentary Festival DocFest, showcasing the power of creativity and social awareness.

Portfolio: www.behance.net/makadcy
GSC: www.graphicstoriescyprus.com
Blog: http://makadcy.blogspot.com
Book: https://graphicstoriescyprus.com/the-book/
Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/ybzjrcgh
Contact: aggeliki.mk@gmail.com