It’s no secret that Iranian women are a force to be reckoned with… So get ready to meet your latest rising star, the super-talented female entrepreneur and jewelry designer: Lisa Nik. Previously, Executive Vice President of RC for luxury jewelry line Roberto Coin, where she worked for over a decade, the multilingual Lisa–she is fluent in [...]

UK-based industrial designers, Arash and Kelly, are running a prize draw to get your support to help the dedicated, hardworking, and compassionate people that are Y.E.S.S, a small charity in Camberwell, South London who provide City and Guilds and GCSE courses for disadvantaged children, helping them build a better future for themselves. (They were recently featured [...]

April 2010–Iranian-born, British-educated artist Mia Jafari has been making a name for herself: Fusing Iranian landscapes with elements of pop art, commodity, culture, and kitsch. This spring, inspired by Persian carpets and luxurious commodities, Jafari debuts ‘Ladybirds Strawberry Cosmos’, a collection of seductively playful, hand-finished limited edition silk scarves. Jafari invites you to bask in [...]

Seems like it was just last season (season six to be exact) that we got our fix of “Iranians on TV”–via the tiny Persian designer, Shirin Askari–on Lifetime‘s Project Runway. Wait…it was. But now, there’s a new Persian girl–who’s also (originally) from Texas like her predecessor–to watch on the show of shows in Fashion, Iranian-American fashion [...]

  Participating in a design contest for long-time luggage-makers Samsonite, Iranian Industrial Designer, Pouyan Mokhtarani, creates the Smart Baby Case. The inspiration behind his creation? The simple and “elliptical shape” of a common food source amongst Iranians: the egg.  “The embryo of most creatures live in an elliptical space in their early sperm life.” Says Mokhtarani. ”My unique elliptical [...]

Multifaceted Iranian designer Arash and his partner Kelly, continue to release works that are smart and functional under their trendy brand: ArashandKelly.  Their latest creation, the Genius Pad, is the result of their collaboration with a man whom they both consider ”inspirational”, Bremley Lyngdoh. Lyngdoh runs Worldview Impact, a company dedicated to protecting the environment and biodiversity through the mitigation of [...]

We know that you’re just as disappointed as we are about Iranian designer, Shirin Askari’s early departure from Project Runway’s sixth season, on episode 9 (Sequins, Feathers and Fur, Oh My!) of the show on LifetimeTV. It was a shock for Iranian viewers to see the talented young designer get eliminated far before it was her due time [...]

  Being full of ideas to make things, and with the current downturn being so turbulent, Arash & Kelly are offering three  lampshade designs for you to spend time making, hacking, modifying and improving… free of charge! Share