dutch design week, 17-25 oktober 2026 eindhoven

KaFetzou

Future Telling Practices: Creating Communities Within a Circle.

Hosted by Silver Giannakidi

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This project is part of
PlexusKana

Entrance fee

Free access

Accessibility

Tactile
Dogs are allowed
Free wifi available
Toilets available
Partially wheelchair accessible

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A contemporary reactivation of the Greek coffee reading ritual, using hand-brewed coffee, custom tablecloths, and clay fidgets to create a participatory space for storytelling, reflection, and connection.

Predicting Reflections

Rooted in a childhood memory of women gathered around a kitchen table, this project reactivates the tradition of Greek coffee cup reading as a practice of presence, care, and storytelling. At a time when algorithms claim to “interpret” coffee grounds, this work turns away from automation to revalue embodied ritual and intergenerational knowledge.

Through handmade tablecloths, sculpted clay fidgets, and the slow preparation of coffee, participants are invited into a shared space of reflection and conversation. The imprints in the cup become prompts for dialogue, not predictions, but openings to speak about grief, love, uncertainty, and hope.

This is not fortune-telling but a collective act of listening and connection, a quiet resistance to disconnection in today’s world.

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By

Silver Giannakidi

Hosted by

Burgers (Stichting Hertogstaat)
silv3r717@gmail.com
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programme.hosted_by.about Silver Giannakidi

Silver Giannakidi is an architect and current Contextual Design master’s student at Design Academy Eindhoven. Her research-driven practice investigates community-building through sound, with a focus on everyday interactions and gestures as catalysts for social connection.