Happy New Year :D

hi there :) such a long time i havent been here :) well in fact i was really busy with my dissertation which was just finished in the 2nd decade of March, i did not sleep for 2 nights therefore i got sick foe a week!!! then i went for an eye surgery called "Lasek" in order to make my glasses useless!!! of course after that surgery i could not work with computer for a long time. it took me 2 weeks to be able to watch TV and work with computer. tnx God it was the new Iranian year's holidays and i could rest at home :D
21st of March is the the start of the Iranian New Year called "Norouz" which means "the new day". the Iranian calender is exactly based on the solar system and exactly on the hour, minute and second that the earth finishes its journey around the sun the new year begins.As our new year starts with the first day of spring we have many many nice traditions that i can not explain here. but u can find them by searching "Norouz" in google and be sure u will find nice things ;)

The Handbook of 2009

i received s.hting really intersting today called "The handbok of 2009" it talks about many matters as;

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2008.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.


Personality:

11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.


Society:

25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Last but not the least:

40. Please tell abut this to everyone you care about :)

The M.A teachers

Studying Master of Arts in crafts i ve had many good teachers and i m really proud of being their student and today i wanna talk about two of them Mr.Hamid Severi and Dr.Hamid Keshmirshekan in this post. Mr.Severi's main field of study is photography and history of art. He has studyed Art history in one of the U.S.A universities. He taught us "The applied Arts History" and "Research methodologies". He is a real good teacher i will never forget his classes. here's his own website: http://www.hseveri.com
Dr.H. Keshmirshekan had PHD in Art history & researches from Eastern Studies, Oriental Institute, Oxford University. wow! it was really exciting for me that he was graduated from Oxford! He taught us "ART Criticism". I'm still proud of being in contact with him via e-mail and i believe that he is a real unique man in his field of study.
in this picture from left u can see Mr.Severi- Dr.Keshmirshekan and Mrs Farah Osouli (one of the most famous contemporary female Iranian painters) she's very kind i ve talk to her ;)

The Grandfather

Some people believe that "Morteza Momayez" is the Godfather of the Graphic in Iran. Well there have been people who studied and taught Graphic Design before him but no one can deny that he has been the most hard working Iranian Graphic Designer in the last decades. I had the Chance to be his student for 1 term in the faculty of fine Arts- University of Tehran where he was the manager of the Graphic Design group in visual Arts department. He taught us how to talk about a poster, how to criticize a graphic art work. He also taught us to be decisive and responsible and impartial for writing an Art critic. He died of Cancer (after many years of fighting it) in fall 2005 when i was just about to graduate. He was really kind i loved him but I can never forget the authority of his eyes. God bless him/

My Great Teacher

Speaking of my teachers, i can never FORGET THE 1ST person who taught me what the Graphic Design is.
THE 1ST person who told me what a poster is?
THE 1ST person who told me who the famous graphic designers are?
THE 1ST person ...
this first person is just one of the most famous iranian graphic designers round the wrold, Who won the 100,000,000 Euro Grand prize of the prince Klaus cultural center for his creativity and iranian identity base disigned posters; my great teacher Reza Abedini
:)
i ve really missed him.The last time he answered my e-mail he made me pretty pretty happy for several days. I wish he and his family all the best wishes in the world wherever they are :) and i m always proud that i was his student in the faculty of fine arts :)

My Teachers

Speaking of Mr.Meshki i decided to talk about my other teachers. I talked about the 5thcolor art group in my last posts. here is a photo of them. From the left:
1-Saed Meshki- I had my "Corporate Identity" class with him and I chosed Saadabad muesum for this class.i will upload my designs for this class soon.
his website: here
2-Alireza Mostafazedeh- package design class- i will soon upload those works too- he is the Art Director of Eshareh design Agency now.
3- Bijan Sayfouri- i did not have the chance to directly attend his classes but i learnt a lot from him - here's his website well i guess you can find more about him in google.
4-Majid Abbasi- I learnt alot from him too- He's very good in package Design and He is the Art Director of Did Graphic here's also his own website: here
I always follow what they do from this artistic group "the 5th color"'s website

Qajar photos

Hi again. I found a nice Iranian website which contains beautiful photos from Qajar period (iran in more than 200 years ago)
Verrrry nice photos of kings and princes and their foreign guests!
Here take a look : http://www.artofp.com
:) my younger sister Elaheh sent this website to me as she loves photography and she is a real good photographer :)
pay attention to the iranian tapestry's motives in the top of the photo.

1st of January

Today was a nice rainy day in Tehran. i drived to MFT institute to teach "photoshop and corel" to my students. that was a good class we talked about one of my professor's works named "Saed Meshki"
I told them that he has designed posters and logos with iranian identity bcz he has used ancient iranian motives in his works and special iranian calligraphy. His posters reminded me those nice 3 months that i worked as his assistant in his studio. He was really kind and i enjoyed working with him :)