What is Vakalo Art & Design College?
{{Infobox college | name = Vakalo Art & Design College | native_name = Κολλέγιο Βακαλό | native_name_lang = gr | established = 1958 | type = [[Private college]] | academic_affiliation = University of Derby | city = [[Athens]] | province = [[Attica]] | country = [[Greece]] | campus = Urban | language = [[Greek language|Greek]]<br/>[[English language|English]] | colours = [[Blue]] | website = {{url|https://vakalo.gr}} }} The '''Vakalo Art & Design College''', also known as '''Vakalo College''', is a [[Private school|private college]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. It was founded in [[1958]] by George Vakalo, who was a [[Painting|painter]] and set designer, along with Eleni Vakalo, a [[poet]] and [[Art history|art historian]], Panagiotis Tetsis, a painter, and Frantzis Frantzeskakis, who published an artistic review called ''Zygοs''. Vakalo was the first [[school]] in Greece to teach [[applied arts]] and [[design]] at a higher level.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Κολλέγιο Βακαλό|url=https://www.athensvoice.gr/advertorial/7814/kollegio-vakalo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004505/https://www.athensvoice.gr/advertorial/7814/kollegio-vakalo/|archive-date=21 March 2023|access-date=29 May 2023|publisher=Athens Voice}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ιστορία|url=https://vakalo.gr/istoria/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830234705/https://vakalo.gr/istoria/|archive-date=30 August 2015|access-date=28 May 2023|publisher=[[Vakalo College]]}}</ref> Today, it still operates as a [[college]] and is called ''Vakalo Art & Design College''. At Vakalo College, [[Student|students]] can study for three years in programs like [[Graphic design|Graphic Design]], [[Interior design|Interior Design]], and Digital Design.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BA (Hons) Design Programme Specification|url=https://vakalo.gr/wp-content/uploads/vakalo-programme-specification-with-cover.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128021900/https://vakalo.gr/wp-content/uploads/vakalo-programme-specification-with-cover.pdf|archive-date=28 January