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The Social Cooperative Enterprise "One Tool Three" was created in 2016 by 5 jewelry designers - visual artists, who, through the dynamics of collaboration, aimed to highlight, promote and promote contemporary Greek visual jewelry and design.
"We saw the crisis as an opportunity to explore the dynamics of collaboration between independent artists, with the aim of our sustainable presence in the business world."
Our main activity is the manufacture of jewelry, useful and decorative objects and one of our originalities is the manufacture of monograms in the Greek and international finger alphabet, in an effort to spread Greek Sign Language.
All our products are now available in our online store.
Our team is characterized by diversity in expression and craftsmanship with a common artistic concern that opens up the prospect of perpetual creation and enriches the market space. The mutual respect between us, which has been strengthened over the years of our collaboration, the fruits of which are the creation of the “One Tool Three” Joint Venture, as well as the noble rivalry, have become a vehicle for us to overcome difficulties and evolve individually, collectively and artistically.
Since our first year of active operation, we have supported, with our participation, the broader network of Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations, participating in exhibitions such as the 1st Coop Expo, in 2017, at the Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens, the 1st Coop Expo, in 2018 at the Syntagma Metro, the SYNERGO exhibition, in 2018, at Pedion tou Areos and the 2nd Coop Expo, in 2018 at the Old Athens Stock Exchange.
We participate in the annual DEAFestival (in 2016, 2017 & 2018) organized by the Hellenic Federation of the Deaf (HFD) in the context of promoting the Hellenic Deaf Community and Greek Sign Language (ESL), with art workshops for young, deaf and hearing people. We also take part in independent designer markets such as The Meet Market, and other professional exhibitions, such as "Contemporary Creations".
We also organize workshops: jewelry making, jewelry reuse (upcycling), origami, painting, mask making, etc.
From December 2018 to March 2020, the Municipality of Athens, through the program: This is Athens- Polis, Poli2 "Store in the Center" hosts us, along with 9 other creative design businesses (Shedía art, Rokani and LUDD, Coocoo Creations, Project Layali, WiseDog, Birdland, & Athens Makerspace & guest I love Athens project - Ἄι Λάβ Ἄθενς προζέκετ) at the Stoa Emporon, at 8-10 Voulis Street.
With interactive workshops, collaborations, exhibitions, speeches, festivals, with free admission for the public, the emblematic Merchants' Hall is being revived and transformed into a cell of creative economy and social entrepreneurship, until the beginning of March 2020.
After a gap of one year, due to the latest epidemiological events, you can now find us in a new store, at 28-30 Falirou Street, in Koukaki, between the 'Acropolis' and 'Syngrou-Fix' metro stations.
One Tool Three Team
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SOCIAL COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISE OF COLLECTIVE AND SOCIAL BENEFIT ONE TOOL THREE
A.G.E.M.I.: 166272761000
A.G.E.M.K.O: 000059703010
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One Tool Three is a social cooperative enterprise created in 2016 by 5 jewelry designers and fine artists. With our emphasis on dynamic collaboration we have set out to grow and promote contemporary Greek art jewelry and design.
We decided to view the economic crisis as an opportunity to explore the amazing potential inherent in the collaboration between independent artists with the overarching goal of building a sustainable presence in the business arena.
Our main endeavor is designing and manufacturing jewelry as well as useful everyday objects and art objects. Our signature project is the creation of monograms in Greek and international sign language, as part of our effort to familiarize the public with Greek sign language.
Our collective thrives on the diversity of our expressive languages and craftsmanship. We are bound together by our artistic restlessness and curiosity which feeds our continuous creativity and our willingness to add new value to the market. One Tool Three is the end result of our mutual respect and our continued interrelation on the basis of equity and fair play. This sense of appreciation has strengthened throughout the years of our collaboration and has become the wellspring of perseverance in our personal, collective and artistic evolution.
Since our very first year, we have been active participants in the wider network of Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations. Our presence in events such as the 1st K.Al.O exhibition at the Athens Municipality Technopolis in 2017, the 1st Coop Expo in 2018 (hosted in the Syntagma Metro Station), the SYNERGO exhibition in 2018 at the Pedion Tou Areos and the 2nd K.Al.O exhibition in 2018 at the Old Athens Stock Market, are proof of this ongoing commitment.
We have also taken part in the annual DEAFestival (in 2016, 2017 & 2018) which is organized by the Hellenic Federation of the Deaf (OM.KE) as part of promoting and supporting the Deaf Community of Greece. We participated by offering art workshops for children of all hearing abilities. We also take part in independent markets such as The Meet Market and other trade fairs such as “Sygxrones Dimiourgies” (“Contemporary Creations”) Finally, we offer workshops related to jewelry design, jewelry upcycling, origami, painting, mask design, etc.
In December of 2018 the Municipality of Athens inaugurated the program This is Athens- Polis, Poli2 “Stores in the Centre” and along with 9 other social cooperative enterprises involved in creative design (Shedia Art, Rokani, LUDD, Coocoo Creations, Project Layali, WiseDog, Birdland, Athens Makerspace and Guest I Love Athens Project) we found our home in the Commercial Gallery of Voulis Street 8-10.
Through the hosting of free interactive workshops, collaborative projects, exhibitions, talks and festivals the iconic Commercial Gallery experienced a revival and was transformed into a hub for creative economy and social enterprise until early March 2020.
Currently, following a year-long hiatus due to the recent epidemiological events, we have relocated to a new space on Falirou 28-30 in Koukaki between the Akropoli and Sygrou-Fix Metro station.
One Tool Three team