Kastoria Summer School Participant 2016
Alexandros Kotoulas is a greek designer specialised in high
end leather goods and fur accessories.
He is the founder and creative director of ALEXQUISITE, a
brand that stands for superior quality, handmade leather goods
and intelligent design that is tailor-made to the needs and
tastes of a contemporary, mobile aesthete. The core principle
of Alexquisite’s design ethos is soft design — a design
language that blends together practicality and function with
intuitive beauty and a playful involvement of all the senses.
After an intensive study period at the Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, where he obtained his masters degree in
Engineering, Alexandros decided to shift into a more creative
environment. Soon after his graduation he was accepted at the
prestigious Design Academy Eindhoven, where he has slowly
discovered his passion for design, soft materials and leather.
His training continued at the leather goods department of
Maison Louis Vuitton in Paris, where for nearly a year
Alexandros worked on developing accessories for the brand’s
women’s line, both for the seasonal and the permanent
collections. His stage at Louis Vuitton also gave him the
opportunity to be involved with other special projects at the
House.
Based between Greece, Paris and The Netherlands,
Alexandros Kotoulas is currently working as a freelance
designer for some brand in the field of leather and fur, but he
is always open to collaborating with companies around the
world, and challenging himself with new, exciting projects.