Stavros Niarchos Foundation 10-Year Report

I was introduced to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in 1999 by Hildy Simmons, a managing director at JPMorgan, where I had worked as a senior designer in the corporate communications department. Over the next eight years I partnered with Hildy on a series of printed reports, describing the Foundation and listing the grantees. Stavros Niarchos, the namesake of the Foundation, was a Greek patriot—the images we used in the reports are expressions of his love for his country.

A selection of my favorite images from the 2007 report are arranged below—abstract compositions of lines and shapes, ancient Greek designs, inscribed into stone panels. These digital compositions were made from photographs I shot in early 2007 in the Greek galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For me, these ancient designs are expressions of the timeless design principles that guide my work.

Below, the cover and examples of inside spreads from the 2007 report.