The Graphic Stories Cyprus invited designers to participate in a poster exhibition centered on the theme of poetry, exploring how poetic expression can be translated into visual communication through contemporary graphic design. The challenge focused on extending poetry beyond written form, treating it as experience, symbol, and interaction.
My contribution with collaboration with Eva Papandreou approached this theme through an interactive poster that invited the audience to write a name on the canvas, inspired by the idea that “the shortest poem is a name.” In this work, a name is treated as a self-contained poetic entity: a constellation of moments, memories, laughter, and dreams that stands complete on its own, without the need for ornamentation or rhyme.
The central concept suggests that a name can function as a complete poem in itself—not as an expression of loss, but as an act of acceptance and continuity of love. Each time it is written or spoken, it becomes a creative gesture that activates past, present, and future, transforming memory into a shared poetic experience.
