John Stefanidis

Drawing on his fifty-year experience as a pioneer in the industry, Stefanidis continues to be engaged in a mix of international projects both private and commercial, as well as diverse consultancies. An upcoming, much-anticipated project is a new hotel in Majorca, Spain, which will open in the summer of 2022.

On Patmos, he found his metier Stefanidis’ reputation for design grew internationally, and in 1967, he founded his London-based design practice. He quickly established a reputation for reliability, speed, and excellence. His style was described as ‘having a sense of form & a technique reminiscent of a painter...a Stefanidis home is filled with light..well-prepared and extremely comfortable’ [Living in Vogue .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#3a3;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}ISBN 0712609315 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: checksum].

In 1955, Stefanidis left Egypt to attend Brasenose College, Oxford, knowing that he would never live in the land of his birth again. King Farouk had been exiled and Nasser was ridding the country of all foreigners, which meant the dissipation and exile of a large part of the Italian, Jewish, British, French, and Greek communities, many of whom had lived peacefully side by side for hundreds of years. Their schools and institutions were closed, and their members scattered to the ends of the earth. Stefanidis graduated from Oxford in 1958.