
Agelos Mpakas
Angelos Bakas lives in Thessaloniki. He is the author of the books "Secret Fairy Tales," "The Weapon of the Cloud-Gatherer," "The Sex of Life and Death," and "Now and Zen – Lessons from a Reluctant Teacher" (also available in English). In 2014, he researched, wrote, and designed the foreign-language travel guides "Lesvos for Real" and "Chios for Real." He was the editor, designer, and publisher of the magazine on Design and Typography "Akro" (1997–2004), and a designer of digital fonts under the general title Acrofonts. He has worked as a freelance designer and taught graphic design, typography, and visual communication at universities and colleges in Greece, the United Kingdom, and Cyprus. In 2010, he concluded his professional career with the book collection of major graphic design works "Thessaloniki Graphic Design 1980–2009," as head of the editorial team at Red Creative, the agency that produced the publication. Since then, he has devoted himself exclusively to writing.