Unche Studio | استودیو آنچه

Luna Park Three-channel video installation, light box, crystal dome magnifying glass, laser print on transparent film, LED Cube Seat 33 min 40 sec Warhol Museum, 2026 . Luna Park immerses the viewer in a three-channel video installation composed of a first-person walking simulator and two phantom rides, reflecting on a parking lot once shared by Luna Park and Evin Prison in Tehran during the 1980s, a decade deliberately obscured from both state archives and public memory. . Directed by Afrooz Partovi and Rambod Vala Written by Afrooz Partovi . Sponsored by @cmuschoolofart , @studioforcreativeinquiry , and kennerroomcmu

⁨ ⁨ ⁨ بر آن‌ها که کرامت‌مان را بر سفره‌های خالی معیشت و بر آن‌ها که حیثیت‌مان را بر تاج و تخت سلطنت به سخره گرفته‌اند زن، زندگی،‌آزادی را فریاد می‌کشیم. شب‌های پنج‌شنبه و جمعه را به آتشفشان این خروش روشن کنیم. پژواک فریادتان، در هر کجا شنیدنی خواهد بود.⁩ #زن_زندگى_آزادى⁩⁩ #ژن_ژیان_ئازادی

زیبایی‌شناسی طره‌ی «ط»ی طفره درباره‌ی فونت «تکنو» در فونت‌ایران و «شباهتش» به لوگوی موسسه لینگو اثر استودیو ملی فونت عنوان متن: «دانگ» اثر ایلیا سلیمی

Deleted Account 8k Video, 25:25 min, 2025 —————————————————————————————— Deleted Account is a virtual exploration of absence, where a deactivated Telegram account sparks a journey through a fragmented memory palace, under the doomed moon in Scorpio. —————————————————————————————— Thanks to: @ramin_akhavijou @elnazsalehi @mehdisoltan_ —————————————————————————————— This project was made possible with the generous support of @studioforcreativeinquiry

Poster designed for our recent video work اکانت حذف‌شده/Deleted Account ———————————————————————— Deleted Account is a virtual exploration of absence, where a deactivated Telegram account sparks a journey through a fragmented memory palace. ———————————————————————— #poster #posterdesign #typographicposters #posters #graphicdesign #design #designstudio #exhibition #art #graphicdesign #visualart #typography #contemporaryart #videoart #typosters #پوستر #unchestudio #unche #biscriptual #multiscriptual#typeSTAr

Designed for “The Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers,” a group exhibition curated by Lila Nazemian presenting works by Levon Kafafian, Fatemeh Kazemi, and Levani at @cueart ———————————————————————————— Artists: @visionsoftransition @afimoh_____ @levanmindi Curator: @just.lila Mentor: @mjosephm ———————————————————————————— The artists in “The Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers” utilize installation, sculpture, assemblage, textile, sound, and performance to delve into the significance of marriage rituals from the Caucasus region. Together, they create new worlds that reimagine these traditions through a speculative and queer lens. The exhibition title references a phrase common in Iranian wedding ceremonies: “عروس رفته گل بچینه”, spoken as part of a playful consent ritual at the altar. When the bride demurs at the first or second offer of marriage, guests chime in with various lighthearted reasons for why she cannot respond, before the inevitable “yes” arrives. Within the exhibition, the eponymous bride becomes a metaphor for the fluid and evolving nature of identity. Each artist engages with the concept of alter egos as a vehicle for exploring and reinterpreting inherited practices. They embody ancient deities and iconic literary figures to question societal norms, reposition archetypal constructs, and expand the boundaries of established customs. Through their work, “The Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers” transforms the exhibition space into a sanctuary, inviting viewers to consider how ancient traditions and contemporary realities intertwine to shape our individual and collective understandings of love, identity, and community. ———————————————————————— #poster #posterdesign #typographicposters #posters #graphicdesign #design #designstudio #exhibition #art #graphicdesign #artist #visualart #typography #contemporaryart #typosters #پوستر #unchestudio #unche #biscriptual #multiscriptual#typeSTAr

🌺 ANNOUNCING: “The Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers,” a group exhibition curated by Lila Nazemian presenting works by Levon Kafafian, Fatemeh Kazemi, and Levani.  Join us at the opening reception on Thursday, January 30th at CUE 🥂 The artists in “The Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers” utilize installation, sculpture, assemblage, textile, sound, and performance to delve into the significance of marriage rituals from the Caucasus region. Together, they create new worlds that reimagine these traditions through a speculative and queer lens. The exhibition title references a phrase common in Iranian wedding ceremonies: “عروس رفته گل بچینه”, spoken as part of a playful consent ritual at the altar. When the bride demurs at the first or second offer of marriage, guests chime in with various lighthearted reasons for why she cannot respond, before the inevitable “yes” arrives. Within the exhibition, the eponymous bride becomes a metaphor for the fluid and evolving nature of identity. Each artist engages with the concept of alter egos as a vehicle for exploring and reinterpreting inherited practices. They embody ancient deities and iconic literary figures to question societal norms, reposition archetypal constructs, and expand the boundaries of established customs. Through their work, “The Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers” transforms the exhibition space into a sanctuary, inviting viewers to consider how ancient traditions and contemporary realities intertwine to shape our individual and collective understandings of love, identity, and community. For this show, organized as part of CUE’s open call for curatorial projects, Nazemian is receiving mentorship from curator Martha Joseph. Read more and RSVP for the opening at links in bio. 🔗 🖋️ Graphic design: Unche Studio (@unche.studio ) / Rambod Vala (@rambodvala ) 📸 Photos and videos: details of works in progress, all courtesy the artists, 2025. —— The Bride Has Gone to Pick Flowers January 30–May 10, 2025 Gallery Hours: Wed–Sat, 12–6 pm Artists: @visionsoftransition @afimoh_____ @levanmindi Curator: @just.lila Mentor: @mjosephm Graphic Design: @unche.studio #thebridehasgonetopickflowers #cueart

(ticking frozen in time) This Too 120x120x30 in Plywood, Steel 2024 ———————————————————————————— Special thanks to: @p_s_won  @warholfoundation  @cityofiowacity  @protohaven  @lightsoundslike  @theestrawman  @h.e.givler ———————————————————————————— This Too, is derived from the phrase “This too shall pass,” believed to have originated in Farsi and among Sufi poets. The adage aims to bring joy in times of sorrow and melancholy in times of satisfaction, serving as a reminder of the ephemerality of all conditions. The written phrase, “.این نیز بگذرد” contains twelve characters, which, for us, echo the numerals on a clock. ———————————————————————————— #iowacity #warholfoundation #unchestudio #ContemporaryArt #Sculpture #TypographicDesign #IslamicArtInspiration #CelticKnotArt #TimeAndSpace #Spacetime #ClockDesign #KufiScript #GirihPattern #Arabesque #EphemeralDesign #ThisTooShallPass #ArtInstallation #GeometricArt #snow #DesignAndArt #VisualPoetry #CircularDesign #Typographic #ArtAndDesign

This too shall pass as we journey through a point of no return This too shall pass as terror binds itself into the fabric of the real This too shall pass as the untimely shifts from an exception to a new norm This too shall pass as we scroll through suffering on screen rolls This too shall pass as manifestos fuel another passive gesture This too shall pass as ideals crumble into the dust of collapse This too shall pass as remnants of absence linger all around This too shall pass as we embrace the lapse of memory’s bound This too shall recall what has been cast into the depths of forgetting This too shall dissolve bloody borders into fields of tulips This too shall bear the weight of time, frame by frame This too shall strike in the name of discipline and balance This too shall break down under the guise of progressive justice This too shall flicker in endless darkness, eternally beyond fingerprints This too shall cease to recognize itself as it once was This too is what you hold the least, yet it lingers long This too is what you fear the worst This too is who you miss the most This too is where you leave behind This too is when you lose beyond ———————————————————————————— This Too 120x120x30 in Plywood, Steel 2024 ———————————————————————————— Special thanks to: @p_s_won @warholfoundation @cityofiowacity @protohaven @lightsoundslike @theestrawman @h.e.givler ———————————————————————————— This Too, is derived from the phrase “This too shall pass,” believed to have originated in Farsi and among Sufi poets. The adage aims to bring joy in times of sorrow and melancholy in times of satisfaction, serving as a reminder of the ephemerality of all conditions. The written phrase, “.این نیز بگذرد” contains twelve characters, which, for us, echo the numerals on a clock. ———————————————————————————— #iowacity #warholfoundation #unchestudio #ContemporaryArt #Sculpture #TypographicDesign #IslamicArtInspiration #CelticKnotArt #TimeAndSpace #Spacetime #ClockDesign #KufiScript #GirihPattern #Arabesque #EphemeralDesign #ThisTooShallPass #ArtInstallation #GeometricArt #DesignAndArt #VisualPoetry #CircularDesign #Typographic #ArtAndDesign

This Too 120x120x30 in Plywood, Steel 2024 ———————————————————————————— This Too, is derived from the phrase “This too shall pass,” believed to have originated in Farsi and among Sufi poets. The adage aims to bring joy in times of sorrow and melancholy in times of satisfaction, serving as a reminder of the ephemerality of all conditions. The written phrase, “.این نیز بگذرد” contains twelve characters, which, for us, echo the numerals on a clock. The typographical numerals, drawing from the flowing interlaced forms of Islamic knot patterns such as Girih and Arabesque, reflect the never-ending cycle of events, symbolizing the infinite nature of time and its perpetual flow. The English translation of the phrase is formed using a circular grid inspired by Spacetime diagrams and influenced by Square Kufi script, and is painted in black on the body of the clock. Aesthetically, the clock/table aims to simulate spacetime diagrams through its 720 wooden pieces and vibrant colors. A clock is an appliance that directly displays the passage of time, while a table is the object around which the passage of time takes place, whether in the form of dining, meeting, discussion, studying, planning or drawing lines of flights. ———————————————————————————— Special thanks to: @p_s_won @warholfoundation @cityofiowacity @protohaven @lightsoundslike @theestrawman @h.e.givler ———————————————————————————— #iowacity #warholfoundation #unchestudio #ContemporaryArt #Sculpture #TypographicDesign #IslamicArtInspiration #CelticKnotArt #TimeAndSpace #Spacetime #ClockDesign #KufiScript #GirihPattern #Arabesque #EphemeralDesign #ThisTooShallPass #ArtInstallation #GeometricArt #DesignAndArt #VisualPoetry #CircularDesign #Typographic #ArtAndDesign

Poster Designed for the group exhibition, This Is Not a Map at @woodstreetgalleries , 11x17 inch ——————————————————————————— This is not a map brings together eight artists from Carnegie Mellon University’s Master of Fine Arts program. This collection of new works addresses contemporary notions of place, time, and storytelling. Hailing from five continents, all now living and working in Pittsburgh, the artists are each presenting an installation informed by their diverse studio practices, utilizing a broad range of mediums, from textiles and collages to video essays and digital sculpture. Where traditional mapmaking creates rigid understandings of constructs like nationhood, gender, and language, this exhibition offers fluid systems of way-finding between shifting and interlaced worlds. A dance is re-choreographed, an altar calls the past into the present, discarded objects find a new sense of value, and sensory fragments from childhood are restaged. Memory plays a vital role across the works on view, exploring how a body can chart through space on its own terms. ——————————————————————————— Artists: Izsys Archer @izsys Naomi Chambers @naomibdaygirl Tingting Chen @tingting_cut Chantal Feitosa-Desouza @chantalfeitosa Frankmarlin @frankmartian Bulumko Mbete @bulumko.mbete Afrooz Partovi @afroozpartovi Max Tristan Watkins @maxtristanwatkins ——————————————————————————— This is not a map is presented by the Pittsburgh @culturaltrust in collaboration with @carnegiemellon . Special thanks to MFA Director Katherine Hubbard, Assistant Director Julie Hakim Azzam, Head of the School of Art Charlie White, and @cmuschoolofart at Carnegie Mellon University. Additional thanks to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust team: Davine Byon, Tara Fay Coleman, Jesse Hulcher, George Dun, Kennedy Deen, Josh Rievel, and Chris Korch. Designed by @rambodvala ———————————————————————— #poster #posterdesign #typographicposters #posters #graphicdesign #design #designstudio #exhibition #art #graphicdesign #artist #visualart #typography #contemporaryart #آرت #گالری #هنرهای_تجسمی #نمایشگاه #typosters #پوستر #unchestudio #unche

Designed for @a.n.t.i.p.o.d.e exhibition - 11 x 17 in - 4-color Risograph print —————————————————————————- Juxtaposing a luggage made of tulips with the typography of the lyric 'Tulips Rise from the Blood of the Nation’s Youth' by Aref Qazvini casts a critical eye on the recent surge in immigration following last year’s ruthless crackdown in Iran. The fact that we ourselves recently left the country with four 30kg-luggage in the aftermath of numerous 'Lālehs' (Tulips in Farsi) that rose during the protests, creates a paradox. This paradox revolves around the decision to stay and continue fighting for one's rights or to cease the struggle by simply leaving. —————————————————————————- Designed by: @rambodvala