Career
Abedini is one of the most famous graphic designers in Iran because of his modern Persian typography. He combined modern and traditional themes in his unique style. He combines simple illustrations with poetic typography and elegant layouts, exploring the beauty of the Persian language.
His design influences include Aleksander Rodchenko, Ikko Tanaka, Sani"ol Molk Ghafari, Roman Cieslewicz and Mirza Gholam-Reza Esfahani.
The award also focuses attention on the diversity of both the historical and the modern Iranian culture, recognizing the impact of graphic design as an influential international means of communication. His name is listed in Meggs" History of Graphic Design, as one of the world"s outstanding post digital graphic designers.
Growing up, Abedini’s teacher saw potential in and guided him to embrace art He then he assisted his teacher on several creative art projects.
From there, he majored in painting from the Tehran University of Art and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1992.
Upon graduating until 1993 he was the Editor of the visual section of Sureh monthly magazine. In 1993 he founded the Reza Abedini Studio. He has been a professor at the University of Tehran since 1996.
He is also an Art critic and currently editor-in-chief of Manzar magazine in.
