The winners of the Athens Bench Mark international competition were announced at an award ceremony held on July 1, at the Athens Concert Hall.

The Athens Bench Mark industrial design contest encouraged young designers from around the world to envision and design new city benches for the capital.

Designer Aris Stathis won the first prize in the contest with his proposal titled "mybench.gr."

The second prize went to the project "City Break" by designers Vassiliki Katsarou and Andreas Economopoulos while the third prize was won by Konstantinos Douzis for his project "Hand of Earth."

The next stage of the programme involves the construction and installation of 1,000 new benches in locations around Athens.