A Jewel Made in Greece - Vasilissis Sofias 73

1 Idea – 35 Milestones – 1825 Days – 100 Designers & Brands
400 Creative Collaborators –  7 Annual Designers’ Meetings 

2013: the idea was established. 2014: Technopolis, Athens - Grand Resort Lagonissi. 2015: Technopolis, Athens - Dubai - Poseidonion Grand Hotel, Spetses - European Parliament, Brussels. 2016: Athens International Airport - Technopolis, Athens - New Ashgate Gallery, United Kingdom - Oia Treasures Art Gallery, Santorini - Poseidonion Grand Hotel, Spetses - Petasos Beach Resort & Spa, Mykonos - Municipal Art Gallery, Mykonos - Apia, Costa Navarino - AJMIG Multicultural Center, Spetses - Plaza Resort, Anavyssos. 2017: Zappeion Megaron, Athens - Oia Treasures Art Gallery, Santorini - AJMIG Multicultural Center, Spetses - Plaza Resort, Anavyssos - Petasos Beach Resort & Spa, Mykonos - “Celestyal Olympia” cruise-ship - Museum of Arts & Design (MAD), New York - Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso, Vouliagmeni. 2018: Zappeion Megaron, Athens - Oia Treasures Art Gallery, Santorini - AJMIG Multicultural Center, Spetses - Plaza Resort, Anavyssos - Petasos Beach Resort & Spa, Mykonos - “Celestyal Olympia” cruise-ship - JCK - LUXURY, Las Vegas - Museum of Arts & Design (MAD), New York. 2019: Zappeion Megaron, Athens - Who's Next, Paris - JCK - LUXURY, Las Vegas - Museum of Arts & Design (MAD), New York - CIIE 2019, Shanghai - Hellas House, Shanghai. 2020: Zappeion Megaron, Athens - Who's next, Paris - Museum of Arts & Design (MAD), New York - VoD, Dubai.

The idea:
A Jewel Made in Greece is a flexible and elegant platform which engages designers - producers of contemporary art jewelry by developing a creative dialogue between the culture of art and the history of Greek jewelry.

The goal: 
The platform’s goal is to present and promote the image of Modern Greek Jewelry in Greece and all over the world.

The implementation:
In 2013, following a personal pursuit, I implemented my idea, by presenting the 1st Annual Designers’ Meeting, which had the honor of being under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Development, Enterprise Greece, the National Archaeological Museum, the Numismatic Museum & the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum. Moreover, the Byzantine and Christian Museum, the Museum Alex Mylona – Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Greek Folk Art, participated in the exhibition by presenting replicas of ancient jewelry collections. 

The cooperation: 
A Jewel Made in Greece, constituted by more than 75 inspired designers, has as a priority to support and highlight the uniqueness of each of the designers. I strongly believe that jewelry, like any other work of art, refers to the meeting of the human entity and the universe. “Jewel”, which means arrange in harmony, is the human need to sort out what is happening around him.

Mary Samoli

Founder of AJMIG