ART OF FAOS
Antonia Iroidou x ΦΑΟS
As a new brand, for our second collection, we wanted to highlight the aesthetics and values of FAOS in collaboration with the acclaimed Illustration Artist Antonia Heroidou. The artist curated a unique work inspired by the shared values of both of us, for harmony in the different aspects of people. The project in question will accompany and decorate every packaging of our sunglasses for 2024 in a unique, environmentally friendly way. In addition, numbered and signed by the artist, posters will be available for sale, the proceeds of which will be donated to charity at the end of the year.
The Collaboration
Faos, as light was called in ancient Greece, is the element that creates beauty out of everything it touches. Our passion is to showcase the local folk culture and the everyday moments under the Mediterranean sun. To do so, we design and make all of our sunglasses in Greece, with respect to the environment using conscious resources.
Ms. Iroidou is a distinguished illustrator artist, drawing inspiration from history, everyday images, emotions, the need to express human stories and experiences, and the pure soul of children. Her vision is for an ideal world through dreams and imagination. She has worked with various prominent organizations and her work is hosted in a historic Art Gallery at Kolonaki neighborhood, in the heart of Athens.
Artist Remarks
This piece of art was created to express our mutual perception of diverse harmonies around us.
Looking at a color palette, a bit of sky and the living emotions that walk every day on millions of different roads, man is clearly visible. In the mixture of the aesthetic complexion and the linguistic falsettos, the diverse beauty of man resonates transparently. It is an artistic appeal, the lines of our hands and an unprecedented rhythm, which push us to embrace and love the “different”. To be enchanted by the priceless orchestra of stories conducted with respect, creating a unity of wondrous contrasts, harmoniously coexisting just like the infallible wisdom of nature. In the qualitative dance of different voices, in each unique narrative, we are invited to see the human being. This love for the diverse essence of the world we must support, like a natural momentum of random geographic seeds and thunderous associations, for a world that with united hands will hold the sail of our lives.
Antonia Iroidou
