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

Aggeliki Athanasiadi is a Visual Communication Designer holding an MA (Hons) in Branding from Middlesex University of London. She is the Founder and Creative Director of Graphic Stories Cyprus, the international conference and festival on visual communication, and Co-founder of the Design Forum – 10′ Design Talks. She is the author of the award-winning book “Graphic Stories – Γραφιστορίες”, teaches at the American University of Cyprus, is a certified trainer by the Human Resource Development Authority of Cyprus (HRDA), and a Therapeutic Art Life Coach, focusing on empowerment through art.

She is a co-founding member of WIDA – the World Industrial Design Association, and since 2016 has participated in over 150 international poster exhibitions. She has been distinguished with Pygmalion Awards, the Cyprus Responsible Business Awards 2023, and the Study UK Alumni Award 2025 by the British Council in the category Culture & Creativity Award Cyprus. In 2025, she also designed the official Cyprus stamp for EUROPA 2025. She 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, including the 18th Greek Documentary Festival DocFest and the World Industrial Design Conference 2024 (WIDC), highlighting the power of creativity and social awareness.

Her work is exhibited at the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Yale
University, and she has presented works and talks in China, Poland, Russia, UAE, Spain, and Greece.

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