ΦΧΨ Heritage Design is a collective initiated by research-based design curator Yianna Tsolaki, industrial designer Constantinos Economides, and interdisciplinary designer Marios Charalambous. Their interests focus on contributing to visual and literary dialogues around cultural heritage, and their collaborations unfold sensitive reflections around what we perceive to be our heritage. Their work can be thought of as heritage activism through design.

ΦΧΨ Heritage Design’s awards include a nomination for the German Design Award in the Excellent Product Design category (DOTing Mirror, 2017) and a Larnaca Biennale Finalist’s Award (Worship Container, 2018), while their product design and curatorial work has been exhibited broadly with international art museums, design festivals, and academic institutions. ΦΧΨ are presently developing Η Κορού εν Στύλλος τζε Καμάρα – Arch & Pillar is She, an exhibit for Leipzig Baumwollspinnerei museum’s Spinnerei Archiv Massiv (2022), featuring a collaboration between sound and visual artists, and traditional weavers.

ΦΧΨ’s  other critical heritage works include,

– Berengaria Project: on Subjection & Defiance (2019), Berengaria Project: Architectural Identities (2020), and  a modular, large-scale, island-wide exhibition series inviting 40+ creatives to reflect on aspects of colonial heritage based on the Cyprus legacy of Berengaria of Navarre, Queen to Richard the Lionheart. The exhibitions took place in museums, galleries and public spaces including the Limassol Municipal Art Centre – Apothikes Papadaki, the ARTos Cultural and Research Foundation and the University of Nicosia Architectural Dept. A derivative piece of video art, entitled Berengaria Queen of Loneliness (2020) created by artist Penny Monoyiou and curated by Yianna Tsolaki, was the start of a bigger collaboration with the Leipzig Baumwollspinnerei museum in Germany.

– Hydriot Winds (2020), a reflection on the relationship of Nikos Hadjikyriacos Ghika with the island of Hydra, invited to participate in the Hellas Bicentennial 1821-2021,

– Scattered Domes – Ακάμαντος, Ακάμωτος, Άκαος (2019) a triptych made up of poems and depictions reflecting the ongoing Akamas Peninsula environmental issue and the myth of the 101 churches of the region, exhibited at Almyra and Anassa hotels as part of the CY alternative tradition art & design exhibition.

– 1 border, 2 rusty bumpers, 3759mm yellow bridge (2018) a piece presented at the “Borders and Bridges in World Literature & Art” Conference; University of Cyprus.