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DEDE DextrousDesign

Aliki Rovithi and Foant Asour formed an Athens based industrial design team called DEDE DextrousDesign. They have been working together since 2007 and they have participated in “DESIGN 2009”,“DESIGN LAB 2010”, “GREEN DESIGN FESTIVAL 2010”, “GREEK DESIGN 2011%”, “SMLXL HELLENIC DESIGN” and “DESIGN 2011”, design exhibitions in Athens. From the 14th to the 19th of April 2010 DEDE participated in the international fair for young designers SALONESATELLITE 2010, in Milan. DEDE think that innovation, conceptual approach and humor can generate unorthodox and stimulating thinking that contributes to progressive ideas and therefore to unconventional design items. DEDE received the RED DOT award:design concept 2010 for the THIS SIDE UP table. Their humanitarian aid packaging THE HAP PROJECT was nominated for the INDEX: Award 2011. INDEX: Award is looking for designs that target and solve the challenges and problems of human life. From 23 to 27 of April 2011 DEDE’s work was presented at the DESIGN SHOW of the 109th CANTON FAIR, in Canton, China. Their design item GET THE HANG OF IT bag won the Platinum A’ Design award 2010-2011, while their WEDDING STOOL and their 1000cc CERAMIC CARAFE received the runner-up status achievement 2010-2011. Aliki Rovithi was born in Athens, Greece. She received a university degree in mathematics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , Greece and a BA (Hons) in industrial and product design from the Middlesex University (Athens branch). Foant Asour was born in Athens, Greece. He attended the arabic high school in Athens and received a higher diploma in industrial and product design from the Middlesex University (Athens branch).