Ehsan Aghdami founded Aghdami Design in December 2016 to create magical products for companies in different industries. Products that are enchanting and unique. Whose symbiosis of timeless aesthetics and function has the power to make the associated brand inherently iconic. The journey to the key for distinctive, truly innovative product designs began for the German-Persian in his childhood in Tehran. As a child, he drew robots and experimented with electronics. As a teenager, he put his knowledge to good use and began selling very successful IT and Audio Studio Equipment. In tandem with his enthusiasm for technology, he developed a strong fascination for products that were much more loved and profitable despite having the same or similar function. In his twenties, he opened his own store and studied information technology at the Iran University of Science and Technology in parallel. But it wasn't the knowledge he gained from his studies that helped him attract increasingly exclusive customers. It was his instinct for the right products at the right time, complemented by business acumen, negotiating skills and the appropriate high-quality ambience of his store. Among his customers was an architect who was very impressed with the interior Design of Ehsan's store. He awakened Ehsan's enthusiasm for German architecture and the Bauhaus school. He also gave him a valuable piece of the puzzle: contact with a brilliant proficient Industrial designer, Iman Maghsoudi. Ehsan understood that design is where the magic happens and practiced sketching tirelessly. He learned the German language as his Hobby, completed his first degree in field of engineering in Tehran, successfully applied to German universities. In 2010, he left his home country and completed his second degree in Industrial and Transportation Design at the Braunschweig University of Fine Arts.
Ehsan Aghdami gründete Dezember 2016 Aghdami Design, um für Unternehmen unterschiedlicher Branchen magische Produkte zu entwickeln. Produkte, die verzaubern und einzigartig sind. Deren Symbiose aus zeitloser Ästhetik und Funktion die Kraft hat, die dazugehörige Marke zur Ikone zu machen. Die Reise zum Schlüssel für unverwechselbare, wirklich innovative Produktdesigns begann für den Deutsch-Perser in seiner Heimat Teheran. Als Kind zeichnete er Roboter und experimentierte mit Elektronik. Als Jugendlicher nutzte er sein Wissen und begann extrem erfolgreich IT-, Audio und Videoprodukte zu verkaufen. Neben der Begeisterung für Technik entwickelte er eine starke Faszination für Produkte, die trotz gleicher Funktion deutlich beliebter und gewinnbringender waren. Mit zwanzig eröffnete er sein eigenes Ladenlokal und studierte parallel Informationstechnologie an der Iran University of Science and Technology. Doch es waren nicht die Erkenntnisse aus dem Studium, die ihm halfen, immer exklusivere Kunden zu gewinnen. Es war sein Instinkt für die richtigen Produkte zur richtigen Zeit, ergänzt um Geschäftssinn, Verhandlungsgeschick und das passende hochwertige Ambiente seines Ladenlokals. Unter seinen Kunden war auch ein Architekt, der von diesem Interieur und Ehsans Portfolio sehr angetan war. Er weckte Ehsans Begeisterung für deutsche Architektur und die Bauhaus Kunstschule. Zudem gab er ihm ein wertvolles Puzzle-Stück: Den Kontakt zu einem Designer, der Ehsan das grundlegende Rüstzeug beibrachte, um eigene Produktkonzepte zu entwickeln und skizzieren. Ehsan verstand, dass Design die Magie ausmacht und übte unermüdlich das Skizzieren. Er erlernte die deutsche Sprache, schloss sein erstes Studium ab, bewarb sich erfolgreich an deutschen Universitäten. In 2010 verließ er seine Heimat und absolvierte sein zweites Studium in Industrial and Transportation Design an der Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Braunschweig.
2016 Aghdami Design • Independent designer and product consultant
2015 – 2016 Chief Industrial Designer/Projekt Manager• Ophardt R+D GmbH
2012 – 2013 Internship at PHOENIX DESIGN • Stuttgart
2010 – 2011 Tutorial at the institute for transportation design • Braunschweig
2004 – 2009 Exclusive distributor of Sennheiser Communications A/S + Native Instruments GmbH • Teheran
2022 Prize Designs for Modern Furniture + Lighting • THE CHICAGO ATHENAEUM MUSEUM OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN • Winner
2022 Prize Designs for Modern Furniture + Lighting • THE CHICAGO ATHENAEUM MUSEUM OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN • Winner
2022 ICONIC AWARD • German Design Council • Innovative Interior • best of best
2022 ICONIC AWARD • German Design Council • Innovative Interior • Winner
2021 LIT Lighting Design Awards • Messier
2017 German Design Award • Special Mention • Transportation Design
2015 First prize • LIONEL DESIGNPREIS • Automotive+Industrial Design
2015 IDSA Industrial Designers Society of America • Feautured Finalist
2014 Winner of European Aluminium Award 2014
2014 Nominated Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2014
2014 German Design Award • Newcommer Nominee 2015
2014 Winner of IF CONCEPT DESIGN AWARD 2014
2013 Scholarship of Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst, STIBET I.II
2013 First prize • LIONEL DESIGNPREIS • Industrial Design
2013 Winner of IKEA Scholarship for final thesis
2013 Nominated IF DESIGN TALENT 2013
2012 Winner of the IKEA Design competition • Diskus Statistikus
2012 Nominated IF DESIGN TALENT 2012 • CATLIGHT
2011 First prize • ZETT EXTERIOR LIGHTING competition • CATLIGHT
2003 Kharazmi competition • technical field • for designing electronic safety/security smart switch • Nominated
2003 Kharazmi competition • field of philosophy • for the philosophical article What is the meaning of nothing? • Honorable Mention