Bijan Sayfouri, born 1968

Education: B. A. in Graphic Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University, 1993

Professional Activities: Working in his studio in Tehran as an Art Director and Graphic Designer since 1988 and his major design focus is on posters, books, magazines, Typography, logos and corporate identities for cultural events, periodicals, and publishers / teaches Graphic Design and Typography in design universities in Tehran

Memberships: Advising member of the Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS)

Honours: Honorary Diploma from the first Iranian Book Design Exhibition, Tehran, 2003 / Cultural poster award from the first Islamic World Poster Exhibition, 2004 / Selected artist invited for Remastered project, USA, 2006

Selected Exhibitions: “A Persian Cry” Poster Exhibition, Echirolles 2002, Chaumont 2003, La Louviere 2004 / 21th international biennial of Graphic Design, Brno, 2004 / “50-50” Poster Exhibition, Palermo, Italy, 2005

Selected Bibliography: The Design of Dissent, Rockport Publishers, USA, 2005 / “Hamdast”, Yassavoli Pub. Iran, 2005 / Bouf-e Kour, Yassavoli Pub., Iran, 2003 / The Book of Signs, Yassavoli Pub., Iran, 2003

Additional Activities: One of the co-founders of “The 5th Color” / Member of the jury for national and international events since 1993