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Wed, 06/18/2014 - 13:48
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Selection of contemporary book cover designs to go on display at IAF

TEHRAN,June 18(MNA) -- A collection of Iranian book cover designs will go on display in an exhibition at the Momayyez Gallery of the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) from June 19 to 27. The exhibition is organized by the graphic designers Parisa Tashakkori and Majid Kashani. The exhibition will run under the title of “A Selection of 35 years of Contemporary Iranian Books and a Review on Iranian Book Cover Designs History”. Tashakkori and Kashani collected 534 book designs published in different parts of Iran over the past 35 years and 100 designs were selected for the exhibition. The works, which will go on display during the exhibition, were picked by renowned graphic designers Qobad Shiva, Ebrahim Haqiqi and Saed Meshki. All the cover designs are published in a book entitled “Iranian Book Cover Designs History”, which will be introduced at the exhibition on Thursday. The bilingual book is released by the Mirdashti Publication and Honar-e No Publication in Persian and English. The first part of the book is dedicated to academic articles on the art of book cover design by renowned artists like Aidin Aghdashlu, Ebrahim Haqiqi and Bijan Seifuri. A collection of book cover designs from the past 35 years are included in the second part of the book. The Iranian Artists Forum is located on Musavi St., off Taleqani Av.

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