NISYRIO is pleased to announce that the PLAY program is concluding with the installation of the playground toy that is installed at the primary school of Nisyros, as well as, the installation of small houses for the stray cats in central spots of the island. Both the playground toy and the houses or the stray cats have been created by recycling all the fishing nets o the island that we collected from the local fishermen. Then, we sent them out to Blue Cycle in order to produce plastic sheets from them. Combining these plastic sheets with wood we created new objects designed along with the students of the primary & mid/high school.
PLAY is a program which referred to the recollection of plastic waste from all Nisyrian countryside with the participation and help of the residents. Eventually, the gathered plastic waste was processed in recycling and reusing machines, in laboratories and/or playful games (for younger children), resulting in the production of a children’s playground and design houses or stray animals. It is a program aiming directly to children of 6 up to 18 years old, thus, having an indirect impact on their families and local society in general.
The PLAY program was initiated in June with four weeks of laboratories facilitated by Konsantinos Skopas. NISYRIO is willing to extend and develop more the PLAY program during 2022. More to be announced soon…
With the financial support of the Ministry of Culture. Partner Blue Cycle.
Konstantinos Skopas was born and raised in Athens. He studied Product Design at the University of Bradford. in 2014 he completed a class A CAD training in Stuttgart working on projects for the automotive industry and continued on to work as a freelance designer and digital modeller on motorhome and caravan projects. He has worked as a Product Designer in KIZI studio and as a freelancer in Athens and abroad on projects ranging from jewellery to custom motorcycles.
