Minimaforms was founded by brothers Stephen and Theodore Spyropoulos as an experimental practice that straddles art, design, science and technology, fostering frameworks that foreground human and emotive experiences. Their work has been acquired by international art and architecture collections that include the FRAC Centre, the Signum Foundation and the M+ / Archigram Archive in Hong Kong. They have been exhibited internationally including at MOMA New York, the Barbican Centre, the FRAC Centre Orleans, the Onassis Cultural Centre, Somerset House, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Leonardo Da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology, the National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm, the Guangdong Science Centre and the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) London.
Theodore Spyropoulos is an architect and educator. He is the Director of the Architectural Association’s world renowned Design Research Lab (AADRL) in London and a resident artist at Somerset House. Theodore has previously chaired the AA Graduate School, was a Professor of Architecture at the Staedelschule in Frankfurt and co-founded the AA’s New Media and Information Research Cluster. He has been a visiting Research Fellow at M.I.T.’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies and taught in the graduate school of UPENN, RCA Innovation Design Engineering Department and the University of Innsbruck. Theodore has previously worked for the offices of Peter Eisenman and Zaha Hadid. In 2013, the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture awarded him the ACADIA Award of Excellence for his educational work directing the AADRL. Theodore received his BArch with honours from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, his MArch from the Architectural Association and his PhD from UCL Bartlett School of Architecture.
Stephen Spyropoulos is an artist, educator, and design leader who brings over twenty years of experience in building and scaling world-class teams, creating culture, designing innovation, and solving complex human-centred problems. Stephen has built and led design teams at hyper-growth technology companies such as Compass, Gilt Groupe, HBC, and Heavy. He has directed projects for clients such as Samsung, Matador Records, The Beggars Group, and XL Records. Stephen was named Creative Review’s One to Watch and has exhibited and lectured about his work internationally. He has taught Design Thesis at Mason Gross School of the Arts; Rutgers University and currently is a resident artist at Somerset House. Stephen received an MA in Communication and Interaction Design at Central St. Martins School of Art and Design in London and his BFA with honours from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.
Theodore Spyropoulos is an architect and educator. He is the Director of the Architectural Association’s world renowned Design Research Lab (AADRL) in London and a resident artist at Somerset House. Theodore has previously chaired the AA Graduate School, was a Professor of Architecture at the Staedelschule in Frankfurt and co-founded the AA’s New Media and Information Research Cluster. He has been a visiting Research Fellow at M.I.T.’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies and taught in the graduate school of UPENN, RCA Innovation Design Engineering Department and the University of Innsbruck. Theodore has previously worked for the offices of Peter Eisenman and Zaha Hadid. In 2013, the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture awarded him the ACADIA Award of Excellence for his educational work directing the AADRL. Theodore received his BArch with honours from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, his MArch from the Architectural Association and his PhD from UCL Bartlett School of Architecture.
Stephen Spyropoulos is an artist, educator, and design leader who brings over twenty years of experience in building and scaling world-class teams, creating culture, designing innovation, and solving complex human-centred problems. Stephen has built and led design teams at hyper-growth technology companies such as Compass, Gilt Groupe, HBC, and Heavy. He has directed projects for clients such as Samsung, Matador Records, The Beggars Group, and XL Records. Stephen was named Creative Review’s One to Watch and has exhibited and lectured about his work internationally. He has taught Design Thesis at Mason Gross School of the Arts; Rutgers University and currently is a resident artist at Somerset House. Stephen received an MA in Communication and Interaction Design at Central St. Martins School of Art and Design in London and his BFA with honours from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.
