01 Studio · Athens

BinaryCeramics

Forms shaped by algorithm, made real in clay.

AI motion study from a studio photograph

BinaryCeramics started as research and became a studio. I wanted to understand how digital systems and physical materials could coexist in a meaningful way, and clay turned out to be the ideal opponent for a machine.

Each collection begins with a rule, a constraint or a dataset: a single continuous line, the rotation of a storm, the amplitude of a song. I don't design a final form. I design a system that produces forms, and each ceramic object is a snapshot of that system at one moment.

The name holds the same duality: the zero and one of code, and the balance the work tries to keep between digital and physical, machine precision and material plasticity, system and intuition.

10 Process

Process

rule → toolpath → machine → kiln

  1. Fine printed layer lines on a porcelain surface

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    Rule

    A form begins as a constraint: one line, one rotation, one dataset. Computational design lets complex patterns emerge from very few rules.

  2. Wireframe preview of a generated toolpath

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    Toolpath

    The system is written as a single continuous path for the nozzle, so the surface texture lives in the movement itself.

  3. Large delta clay printer in the Athens studio

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    Machine

    I design and build the printers and extruders, from a large-format delta printer to aluminium ram extruders turned on the lathe.

  4. A batch of printed vessels on a studio table

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    Kiln

    Drying, firing and glazing. This is where gravity, heat and chance finish what the code started.

Turning an extruder part on the lathe
Turning extruder parts
Extruder parts: aluminium tube, stepper motor, gearbox and nozzle
Ram extruder, parts
Machined aluminium extruder body held in hand
Aluminium extruder body
Spray-glazing a printed piece
Glazing
Pouring glaze into a spray gun
Preparing glaze

11 Collections

Collections

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Tornado

Series T

Tornado

Rotation, warm and cold air, a simple rule that becomes a storm.

A tribute to the raw power of nature and the beauty of its forms. Tornadoes are born from the interaction of warm air, cold air and rotation, simple rules that give rise to some of the most spectacular displays in nature.

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Wave

Series W

Wave

A record of waves, each set slightly different from the last.

Watching the sea, each set of waves arrived slightly different from the last in power and frequency. What if all of them could be recorded? What patterns would emerge, and what form would they take?

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Dash

Series D

Dash

How much complexity can a few simple rules produce?

Four nucleotides write the code of life; the game of Go has more positions than there are atoms in the observable universe. Dash investigates how computational design lets complex patterns emerge from very few rules.

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Intersect

Series I

Intersect

One continuous line that crosses itself into separate volumes.

What can you do with a single curve? Each object emerges from one continuous line. Intersecting the line with itself creates separate volumes, so an idea about union leads to its opposite.

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100 Commissions

For interiors, hospitality and collectors.

Because I build the machines, I can adapt scale, surface and finish to a project, from one-off pieces to coordinated runs.

2024 · Hospitality · Athens

Hilton, guest rooms

A production run of sculptural pieces from the Tornado, Dash and Sea Urchin series, made for the hotel's guest rooms.

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101 Press

Press

“I always try to find ways to show the beauty I come across in my research: forms, patterns, vibrations, the subtle things around us that often go unnoticed.”

On the BinaryCeramics solo show, Patras, 2020
  1. 16.02.2024 Athens Voice Γιάννης Βογδάνης: Κεραμικά από ένα -άμεσο- μέλλονCeramics from an immediate future Profile · GR · Eleni Psychouli
  2. 09.05.2023 LiFO Κεραμικά και 3D printing, η νέα τάσηCeramics and 3D printing, the new trend Feature · GR · Zoi Parasidi
  3. 20.01.2023 iefimerida Το μέλλον είναι τώρα: Κεραμικά με σχέδια που γράφονται σε κώδικες και τυπώνονται με 3D printersThe future is now: ceramics with designs written in code and printed with 3D printers Column · GR · Katerina I. Anesti
  4. 19.12.2022 Adorno Binary Simplicity in the Dash Collection Editorial · EN · Catalina Croitoru
  5. 12.2022 ready2fly The White List: Binary Ceramics, AthensSky Express in-flight magazine, p. 106 Print · EN/GR
  6. 05.2022 Kathimerini · K Γιάννης Βογδάνης: εξερευνώντας τις δυνατότητες μιας τέχνης αρχαίαςExploring the possibilities of an ancient art. From “Six Greek artists making art from the future”, K magazine no. 989 Print · Profile · GR · Xenia Georgiadou
  7. 09.11.2020 Pelop.gr Γιάννης Βογδάνης: Προτιμώ την αλλαγή στη δουλειά μου παρά τα ακίνητα αντικείμενα“I prefer change in my work to still objects” Interview · GR
  8. 10.2020 Patras press BinaryCeramics, solo show at The Bold Type HotelCoverage of the Patras show Coverage · GRThe Best ↗Pelop.grAlpha PatrasTempo24