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hellofrom Athens kiosk

hellofrom Athens comes alive

hellofrom launches first Athens City Guide with colourful kiosk in the heart of Athens’ luxury fashion district

This July, hellofrom published hellofrom Athens City Guide, the second destination to be featured in its ongoing series of sustainable city guides. The book offers a highly curated exploration of Athens and showcases the city’s cultural, dining and hospitality highlights, as well as hidden gems.

The guide is made in Greece and is produced on high-quality FSC paper in an environmentally friendly and resource-efficient manner. Hellofrom uses pioneering paper made from disposable paper coffee cups destined for landfill and given a second chance. Reflecting the ethos of hellofrom, hellofrom Athens city guide becomes an object for inspiration and beyond.

The hellofrom Athens kiosk – reviving traditional newsstands

To mark the release, hellofrom has launched a kiosk on Voukourestiou & Valaoritou Street. The kiosk is the first in a planned series of seven, all in prime locations in the city centre. This takeover is part of hellofrom’s initiative to celebrate the historic and much-loved newsstands and return them to their former glory.

Overlooking the splendid setting of Athens’ luxury retail district, the historic newsstand on Voukourestiou Street, a landmark for residents and visitors, is once again shining thanks to hellofrom’s visionary revamp. It opened on October 1st, and will host a series of brand activations and pop-up events that celebrate Greek creativity.

This initiative adds another dimension to the itinerant hellofrom Athens project, where creative magic and immersive experiences aim to enhance the quality and beauty of editorial content.

The restored newsstand displays hellofrom Athens city guide, transforming the small newspaper and magazine outlet into an eye-catching mini bookshop. The kiosk mimics the same terracotta hue as the Athens icon on the guidebook’s cover and draws on the terracotta antefixes adorning substantial buildings in classical Athens.

Hellofrom experts will be there to inform locals and visitors about the guidebook, inviting them to explore a highly curated city guide and embark on a literary journey.

“We aim to revive the traditional Greek newsstands and restore them to their original function, meaning to become a reference point for culture, information and social gathering. In this respect, we are hosting a series of pop-up events in collaboration with other brands, offering visitors and locals a rich, immersive experience of Athens’ vibrant culture.” says hellofrom’s founder Roxani Faltzi.

 

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hellofrom Athens City Guide

Hellofrom Athens is the second of the hellofrom series of city guides. It was published in July 2024.

The guide offers a highly curated exploration of Athens and showcases the city’s cultural, dining and hospitality highlights, as well as hidden gems. It invites travellers to explore a highly curated city guide and embark on a literary journey that celebrates Greek creativity. 

The guide’s cover features an owl, the iconic symbol of Athens since ancient times. The owl’s colour is terracotta, inspired by the terracotta antefixes (“akrokeramo” in Greek) that decorate the roofs of substantial buildings in classical Athens.

Hellofrom Athens is an ode to the capital of Greece that reveals a unique insight into the places that epitomise the spirit, philoxenia, heritage and vibrancy of Athens. It celebrates the cradle of Western civilisation not only for its glorious past but, more importantly, for its even brighter future.

Created by award-winning hellofrom, hellofrom Athens is a design-conscious city guide that offers modern travellers and discerning locals a grand tour of design, food, culture and lifestyle in Athens. All places are meticulously researched on the basis of quality and aesthetics, as well as in regard to their desire to inspire change for a better tomorrow.

Vibrant cultural spaces, innovative shops, a thriving gastronomic scene that celebrates the finest Greek produce and groundbreaking projects that evoke emotions – all these places create a plethora of unique experiences that reflect the philosophy and ethos of hellofrom. The guide also includes interviews with celebrated Athenians such as Ioanna Lalaounis, Giorgos Korres, and Maria Lemos.

Illustrated with original photography and copy, the hellofrom Athens city guide is the first sustainable city guide for Athens, and an object for inspiration and beyond.

The guide is made in Greece and is produced on high-quality FSC paper in an environmentally friendly and resource-efficient manner. Hellofrom uses pioneering paper made from disposable paper coffee cups destined for landfill and given a second chance. 

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the first Sani-inspired sustainable collection

“Hello traveller. Take a piece of Sani with you and let unique aesthetic experiences become part of everyday life.”

Dr Roxani Faltzi

co-founder hellofrom

In this project we focus on a number of key elements about how we take responsibility for our own impact, how we inspire our team members, how we work with our customers and brands we collaborate with in order to inspire change for a better tomorrow.

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from paper cup to city guide

Hellofrom Edinburgh is the first sustainable city guide in the world! It is the first of a series of city guides that offer modern travellers a wealth of unique, aesthetic experiences that make beautiful memories, inspire change for a better tomorrow, and reflect the ethos of hellofrom. It is an object for inspiration and beyond.

For us, what started as a design-conscious city guide soon became much more. It was a simple realization that the world is changing and so should we, and that the old way of just recommending beautiful places is no longer enough. At that pivotal moment, we realized the need to move from think tanks to action tanks, and weave a sense of purpose through our city guide. That said, all the places recommended in this book have been selected not only on the basis of their quality and aesthetic-inspiring dimension, but also on the responsibility they take to the planet. What mattered most was their shared aim to inspire change and create a better tomorrow.

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We arrive for our debut appearance at Sani Resort with our first summer store and a series of immersive pop ups that celebrate the Greek summer.