Athens Knit Lab was founded in 2019. With a family history in knitting and craftsmaking we are second and third generation knitters. There was a heart-driven calling for us to create a contemporary knit lab in Athens with the vision to bring new technologies, techniques and a fresh vision to traditional knitting, and create a creative and contemporary environment where our love for creativity and the passion for creating unique knitted products will flourish. Our intention is to bring the merging of creativity, artistry and strong technical experience to the forefront to create memorable knitted products.
Team
Vasilios Fasois
Founder, Senior Knit Engineer/Developer
Founder, Senior Knit Engineer/Developer
Vasilios is a knit specialist with 40 years of experience in technical knit design, development, programming & engineering. He has worked extensively for high-end fashion brands, sports brands & technical textile companies in Greece, Europe, Asia and the US. He is specialised in advanced knit development for apparel & product collections, programming and also machine & production facility set-up. He has been extensively involved in the development and production of 3D knitted footwear in Asia ,Italy and the US. He has also worked on the making of digitally enabled software solutions for knitting.
Marianna Fasoi
Co-Founder, Project Manager
Co-Founder, Project Manager
Marianna holds a BA in Communication & Cultural Management from Panteion University, Athens. She has been extensively involved with theater directing & production has worked as a project coordinator for cultural institutions & art projects. Her artistic background is the driving force and passion behind her involvement with apparel & product making. Her aim is to bring concepts & visions to life through material research & brainstorming and establish the context & strategy through which knitted products and fashion can become purposeful, efficient, meaningful and aesthetically elevated to serve the designer’s vision.
Oliver Hurdman
Knitwear Designer, Programmer
Knitwear Designer, Programmer
Oliver is a knitwear designer and programmer who studied BA textile design and MA fashion knitwear at Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art respectively. As a designer, Oliver has specific focus on digital technologies, examining how they can be utilised further to exploit the true potential of knitwear as a practice; integrating manufacturing and development from the beginning of the design process, and co-designing with machines to create a new high-tech cottage industry.
Eleni Balidi
Junior Programmer, Production Monitoring
Junior Programmer, Production Monitoring
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Dionysia Papapavlou
Assistant Programmer
Assistant Programmer
Diony has a bachelor degree in chemistry, obtained in her hometown Athens. Her love for different textiles and textures and their use in fashion, led her to Roubaix, France, where she continued her studies with a master program in textile engineering at École Nationale Supérieure Des Arts Et Industries Textiles (ENSAIT). She then, did a product development internship at Acne Studios in Stockholm, at the Jersey & Fleece department. The combination of creativity and technicality that knitting offers, is what has led her to AKL.
Miltos Ntalntaris
Machine Operator, Production Monitoring