UK-based industrial design team, Arash + Kelly debut two new pieces: the Seventy Pound Note piece and the Lord of the Flies fly swatter. And with all the Quantitive Easing going on, it seems the £50 note is about to get a run for its money, being the head of the clan.

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 [...]