The Concrete Cities project presents a series of contemporary design souvenirs for the modern traveler and the city lover, in the form of concrete coasters. The city center's map relief appears on the surface of a set of four or six concrete coasters (fragments), forming a puzzle, which can also be used as a pot holder, a wall piece or press-papier. This contemporary souvenir diverges from its traditional ancestors, and becomes a design everyday-use object, decorative yet functional, allowing the user to recall memories of his favorite cities, while enjoying a cup of coffee.

A Future Perfect focuses on the creation of conceptual, small scale objects, experiencing with materials and techniques. The architectural background of the founders affects the design process in various ways: the love for architectural materials such as concrete, the need to scale down and reinvent patterns, shapes and structures found in natural and artificial environment in objects, just like we scale these up in architectural projects, the interest in the city fabric and urban elements and, generally, a need to add context to the function the form of a design. The

A Future Perfect is the creative partnership of Katerina Grigoropoulou and Evi Sougkara, launched in 2013 in Athens. Fellow students in Architecture School, colleagues, friends, and roommates during their studies in London (Interior Design και Performance Design respectively), Katerina and Evi have worked with different projects, scales and disciplines (Imagine The City, Campana Workshop – New Hotel, Lamb and Lamp). AFP is the outcome of their creative experimentations with materials and small scale objects. website: http://afutureperfect.gr/