“We believe not only that design is not art, but also it has nothing to do with it at all,” stated Touraj Saberivand, Logo Designer at DESIGN VAND. The Iranian agency instead focuses on solving problems and making designs that have an impressive aesthetic quality but, more importantly, communicate on their own. We spoke with Touraj at DESIGN VAND to learn more about design in Iran, how Iranian culture seeps into DESIGN VAND’s work, where they turn for inspiration, and much more.
This post is a recurring series where we interview designers and agencies with ties to the countries affected by the immigration ban. This is an effort to promote an understanding of the cultures, and we hope that these insightful Q&As highlight the need for diversity in all aspects of life. If you are or happen to know agencies or designers in any of the included countries, please reach out to us directly: [email protected]
DESIGN VAND: DESIGN VAND is a studio with dim lights, smooth instrumental music and the scent of coffee. No more than two or three people are there at the same time. Though freelance designers, strategists, typographers, illustrators and motion graphic artists, programmers and communication experts do cooperate in different projects with us, DESIGN VAND longs to be silent. Outside the studio on the other hand, it’s not as quiet at all. DESIGN VAND has been the focus of branding community and media for its international partners, awards, minimalistic logos and various articles. But the black shades of the office are almost always closed! Well, we are obsessed with black and it’s the color of our visual identity.
