That's me
The Potato Greek from Germany
About me
Originally a trained chef and food technician, I eventually realized during a holiday in Greece how beautiful and cozy the furnishings there always are - and how boring and monotonous it sometimes seems at home.
In Greece, furniture, decorations, and the like are seemingly used longer. The items have more value, more character, and simply a lot more passion is put into making things look nice. Not perfect, not ironed flat, not everything tone-on-tone from a catalog - but real, warm, and with soul.
I just think that's awesome and wanted to have that feeling at home too.
Sure, you can certainly get everything at Ikea. It works, it looks neat, it gets the job done for now. But honestly, that typical mass-produced stuff isn't really my taste. I often miss that special something. That feeling that someone really put thought into it. That a piece wasn't just produced, but somehow brings a little story with it.
And that's exactly why I'm pretty happy to have found smaller manufacturers, workshops, and suppliers where I can buy products that feel different. More natural. Warmer. A little more like a vacation. A little more like Greece. A little more like that "come in, sit down, eat something first" feeling.
That's how Meraki came about.
Not as a huge corporation with a high-gloss showroom and a perfectly polished brand story, but rather from a genuine idea: Why do so many vacation homes, tavernas, small hotels, and apartments in the south look so relaxed and beautiful — and why do we often not achieve that at home?
I wanted to find products that bring exactly this feeling: baskets, lamps, furniture, ceramics, textiles, and decor that don't have to scream for attention, but simply make a room more beautiful. Things that make a home cozier without immediately looking like something out of a sterile furniture store.
The name Meraki fits pretty well for this. In Greek, Meraki means to do something with love, devotion, and soul. And that's exactly what it's all about for me.
I'm Jason Vassili, half German, half Greek, somewhere between Northern Germany and the Aegean. I love good food, beautiful spaces, honest materials, and products that you don't feel like you have to throw out after two years.
For me, Meraki is an attempt to bring a piece of this Mediterranean lifestyle to Germany. Not kitschy, not over-the-top, not "Santorini plastic decor with shells on it," but honest, warm, and natural.
For me, a home doesn't have to be perfect. It has to feel good.
It should look like it's lived in. Like long evenings at the table. Like coffee in the morning. Like open windows in summer. Like baskets with blankets in them. Like lamps that give warm light. Like little things that you like to look at because they somehow bring a sense of calm.
These are exactly the kinds of products I select for Meraki.
Sometimes from Greece, sometimes from other countries around the Mediterranean, or from small businesses that simply do beautiful work. It's not important to me that everything loudly screams "design." What's important to me is that it has character.
So Meraki is not a shop for people who just want to quickly buy something.
Meraki is for people who want to make their home a little warmer. A little more personal. A little more like a vacation — but without the return flight.
Nice to have you here.
Jason Vassili
The German-Greek from Germany
About us – Meraki concept
Cycladic meets Boho
How a piece of Greece finds its way into modern living spaces
There are places that don't just stay in your head. They stay on your skin.
The bright light of the Greek islands. The warm wind blowing through open windows. White-washed houses, blue doors, rough stone paths, olive trees that have stood in the same spot for generations. Somewhere, it smells of the sea, wild thyme, sun-warmed wood and freshly baked bread.
For many, Greece is a holiday destination.
For me, it is origin, feeling, and memory.
I am Jason Vassili – and Meraki is not just a name for a shop to me. It is a piece of my history. A word that means much more in Greece than "to do something beautiful." Meraki means to do something with soul. With love. With devotion. With that little extra that you can't measure, but you immediately feel.
That's exactly how Meraki Konzept was born.
From the longing for spaces that don't have to appear perfect, but real. From the love of natural materials, handcrafted forms, and things that don't look like they were just produced. But as if they already have a life, an origin, a story.
Our design direction "Cycladic meets Boho" combines two worlds that wonderfully belong together for me.
The Cyclades stand for calm, clarity, and light. For white walls, soft curves, stone, clay, lime, wood, and the deep blue of the Aegean. There, beauty is often very quiet. No excess, no loud design, no artificial shine. Only form, material, sun, and space.
The Boho style adds warmth, freedom, and personality. Woven baskets, handmade furniture, cushions, linen, rattan, ceramics, natural colors, and small irregularities that bring a home to life. Boho is not strict. Boho can grow, change, show traces, and collect stories.
At Meraki, these two feelings meet:
The clear soul of the Cyclades.
The warm freedom of Boho.
The South in the heart.
The North as home.
With Meraki, I didn't want to create a brand that simply sells beautiful products. I wanted to capture a feeling. That feeling when you walk barefoot over cool stone. When morning light falls through light curtains. When a room is not cluttered, but allowed to breathe. When a basket, a vase, a lamp, or a handmade piece of furniture suddenly isn't just decor, but creates atmosphere.
Our products should be able to do exactly that.
They should make living spaces softer. More natural. More personal. They should not appear perfectly staged, but as if they have grown over time. Like a home on a Greek island, where nothing is accidental, but nothing feels forced either.
Many pieces at Meraki are made from materials that have been used for centuries: wood, clay, rattan, linen, cotton, stone, grass fibers. Materials that are allowed to age. That absorb warmth. That don't have to be loud to have an effect.
Because for me, true living doesn't begin with trends.
It begins with feeling.
A home should not look like a showroom. It should tell something about the people who live in it. About their travels, their desires, their family, their way of cooking, celebrating, finding peace. That's why Meraki Konzept is so closely linked to my Greek heritage.
In Greece, you don't just furnish rooms. You live them.
The table is not just a piece of furniture, but a meeting place.
The terrace is not just an outdoor area, but a living space.
A ceramic bowl is not just decoration, but part of everyday life.
And a home is not just a place, but a feeling of arrival.
I want to convey this feeling with Meraki.
Cycladic meets Boho is therefore more than an interior design style. It is an invitation to design the home more slowly, more naturally, and more consciously. With things that radiate warmth. With colors that give peace. With forms that don't have to be perfect. With products that you don't want to replace after one season.
Meraki Konzept stands for spaces with light, soul, and origin.
For Mediterranean serenity, Nordic clarity, and handcrafted warmth.
For people who don't just want to decorate their home, but want to give it character.
A little Greece.
A little Boho.
A little sea, sun, and salt in the air.
And a lot of Meraki.
Selected with love.
By Jason Vassili.
For a home that feels like arriving.
