1OAM apotheke Summer Pop-Up store has arrived in Antiparos designed by Studio Andrew Trotter in collaboration with 10AM’s founder, Eva Papadaki, and Melina Arvaniti-Pollatou talked with Eva about apotheke’s island home, the rituals it highlights and permits, as well as the notion of ‘home’ itself.
Starting from Crete and the power of memories, Eva Papadaki shares with the world her lust for liberating simplicity; in complete harmony with nature’s pace. In that lens, Eva founded 1OAM apotheke in Athens wanting to speak about the raw, the earthy, the primal. Located in a brutalist building in Kerameikos, Eva’s Athenian apotheke has the scent of the soaps her grandmother made with the herbs from their garden, the taste of their Cretan olive oil, the sweetness of thyme honey, the warmth of freshly baked bread.
“The basic products of our apotheke are honey, salt, oil, bread, tea, soaps, candles, incense — everything I found in the house I grew up in”, she says.
The summer of 2025, 1OAM apotheke travels to Cyclades, in the luminous charm of Antiparos island, with a pop-up store celebrating mindful living, seasonality, and elevated simplicity. In collaboration with entrepreneur Anastasia Tsourekas of Louisa stores and Thanasis Panourias, owner of Bardot, Eva Papadaki shared her creative vision with Studio Andrew Trotter for the making of a truly immersive space, standing as a summer home, rooted in rhythms and rituals, set within the historic former folklore museum of Antiparos.
The industrial vibe of the Athens Flagship Store, mixing raw concrete with steel and glass bricks, is translated into refined design in Antiparos prioritising natural materials and textures such as marble, wood, and linen fabrics capturing the uncompromised spirit of the island a few steps from the Aegean Sea.
In terms of use, the Summer Pop-Up is a scaled-up interpretation of the 1OAM apotheke concept store, enriched with a food and beverage experience, to form a space of objects, scent, nourishment, and gathering, combining a shop, cafe and bar.
“Our goal was to create a seamless experience where people can explore, unwind, and connect,” said Andrew, Creative Director of Studio Andrew Trotter. “The interior draws on the tactile essence of the Cyclades: lime-plastered surfaces, handcrafted ceramics, and warm woods – while remaining contemporary and unexpected.”
Custom-built marble furniture by Theodor Psychoyos combined with soft lighting and handpicked materials celebrate craftsmanship thus encouraging intimacy and interaction, both indoors and outdoors, resembling the Cycladic summer living between the private house and the semi-public courtyard facing the island alleys.
The space invites visitors from morning to midnight into a daily cadence that begins with morning rituals – a soulful, minimal-waste breakfast inspired by the simplicity of village mornings. Everything is homemade, fresh, and seasonal: herbs picked from the back garden, coffee by Red Jane, tea by 1OAM apotheke (malotira, dittany & sage), and freshly squeezed juices served under the trees. In the evening, the space transforms into a Botanical Bar, offering carefully curated drinks made with wild and native ingredients, paired with a rotating, seasonal menu – all within a setting that blurs the lines between home, store, and studio.
In a nutshell, 1OAM apotheke summer pop-up brings under one roof hospitality, creativity, and artisanry daring an evoking multi-space for the people.
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Melina Arvaniti-Pollatou: The 1OAM apotheke Summer Pop-Up in Antiparos is designed “to feel less like a store and more like stepping into someone’s home”. What does ‘home’ mean to you, and how is that idea reflected in the store’s design?
Eva Papadaki: “Home” means safety and trust.
For me, 1ΟΑΜ apotheke has always been about reviving a simple, sustainable, and peaceful way of life—one I experienced growing up in Crete, in my village of Sellia, with my grandparents. We had our own garden, and everything was homemade. My grandmother would gather her herbs, make her own honey, bake her own bread. That spirit is what I’ve brought with me to Antiparos.
The 1OAM apotheke is housed in a genuine 1970s home, and stepping inside is meant to feel just like entering my own house—from breakfast in the morning to shared rituals and evenings at the botanical bar.
It’s as if we’re welcoming people into our personal space, sharing flavors, memories, sensations, and traditions.
It’s about living together, as if our friends have come to spend time with us in the backyard.
MAP: The store is housed in the historic former folklore museum of Antiparos. Why did the museum cease operations, and how is its legacy reflected in your design approach?
EP: I’m not aware of the exact reasons the folklore museum ceased operations, but from the beginning, we felt a strong need to honor its history—to feel that we are continuing a form of storytelling.
After all, 1OAM apotheke is a brand rooted in storytelling and heritage, much like museums themselves.
At the entrance of the building, there’s a ceramic plate that was once donated to the museum. On it is the word meltemi—a word that also appears in 1OAM apotheke’s glossary. I like to think of it as the way the museum and the Cyclades welcomed us into this new chapter. That piece was one of the first things I said must remain untouched, exactly where it has always been.
MAP: 1OAM apotheke in Antiparos serves as a seasonal summer house, reinterpreting the daily rituals of the village. Can you talk us through these rituals –from morning to night– and describe the full-day experience of summery 1OAM apotheke?
EP: At 1OAM apotheke, the day flows like a village ritual—simple, grounding, and shared.
It begins with a homemade breakfast made from seasonal, local ingredients: homemade bread, garden herbs, local eggs, organic thyme honey, fresh organic tea, and roasted coffee by Red Jane, among others.
Afternoons are for the sea and stillness. By evening, the space transforms. The store opens, the botanical bar comes alive. Ingredients found on our shelves—herbs, incense, bread—are reimagined as thoughtful cocktails. From sunrise to late night, it’s a slow, sensory journey in the rhythm of Antiparos.
MAP: What led you to choose Antiparos as the location for the 1OAM apotheke Summer Pop-Up? Do you have a personal connection to this particular Cycladic island?
EP: In truth, it was Antiparos that chose me—not the other way around—for the very first summer pop-up of 1OAM apotheke.
In July 2024, we hosted a small pop-up at Bardot. After that, I was invited by my now-partners in this project, Anastasia Tsourekas and Thanasis Panourias, to bring 1OAM apotheke to the island for the summer of 2025.
Facts & Credits
Project title 1OAM apotheke Antiparos Summer Pop-Up
Typology Concept Store, Cafe, Bar
Location Former Folklore Museum, Antiparos
Creative direction Eva Papadaki
Architecture & Interior Design Studio Andrew Trotter & Eva Papadaki
On-Site Architecture & Implementation laarc architecture
Marble Artwork Theodore Psychoyos
Photography Hana Jelovcan, Žan Vargek
Project in collaboration with entrepreneur Anastasia Tsourekas of Louisa stores and Thanasis Panourias, owner of Bardot.
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