About the Designer

Mina Tafazoli is an Iranian jewellery maker and product designer. Daughter of an architect, since young she has been exposed to different cultural and artistic movements that sparked her interest in innovative ideas and concepts.

Her story starts in Tehran, where she grew up during the war between Iran and Iraq and its aftermath. The destructive consequences of this war were enormous, and affected her life in many ways.  

The war had a serious impact on Iran’s industrial sector as many factories closed down, and imports from the West were banned. But this was what inspired Mina and pushed her to follow a career in industrial design.  

In 2003, she started studying Product Design at Azad university of Tehran where she explored new design processes.  

In 2008, after completing her Bachelor studies and before continuing her MA studies in Industrial Design, Mina moved to the UK and obtained a MA in “International Design & Communication Management” at University of Warwick.

Upon the completion of her studies in the UK, she returned to Iran and continued her MA in Industrial Design. 

During the following years, Mina collaborated with various companies and universities while she started bringing her ideas to life through sculpture.   

In 2020 Mina decided to move to Canada in order to improve her French and further explore different cultures of the world.

Living an international life and being always surrounded by different cultures broadened Mina’s horizons and gave her a new perspective of life that she tries to express through her jewellery.