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Hasti is an Iranian interdisciplinary graphic designer and visual artist currently pursuing their MFA in Graphic Design at Yale University. Their practice lies at the intersection of conceptual storytelling and experimental design, bridging traditional and digital processes to explore time, memory, identity, language, and transformation. Drawing from film, photography, book design, typography, sound, and interactive media, they create poetic and research-driven works that blur the boundaries between art and design. Through both collaborative and independent projects, they seek to build experiences that are emotionally resonant, visually compelling, and critically engaged with the world around us.


Endless In-Between
Film and Media
This project  explore recurring dreams the artist had for years, dreams about fish. In these visions, they see themself and the fish locked in a looping examination, asking: “Who are you?” The project is loosely connected to the inkblot test, a psychological tool used to uncover the unconscious. Through this work, they attempt to examine their own unconscious and search for the reasons behind these persistent images.




Recurrent
Recurrent explores the cyclical relationship between time, life, and memory through the language of layering. Drawing from natural processes like sedimentation and fossilization, it reflects on how traces of existence accumulate, decay, and transform. The sound was recorded using real fossils, capturing the act of breaking rocks and searching through layers to echo the passage of time. Each layer, whether material, sound, or image, becomes a record of life’s continuous unfolding, where endings and beginnings coexist within the same plane.
Resurface
An experimental study of time and transformation. A brachiopod fossil found in Cincinnati, Ohio placed in ice and recorded as it melts. Through motion, and generative falling numbers, the work mirror sedimentation that shows the slow passage of time. 


From Ashes to Ashes


Farsi / English
2024Book Design

Dimension2.6 x 3.5 inThis book captures the cycle of life, death, and rebirth in the most profound way. During the process of making and test-printing,  they collected scrap papers and test prints, burned them, and used their ashes to design the book. The cover is crafted from handmade paper, created from the very scraps they collected turning waste into art, death into new life. Inspired by Iranian artifacts and the timeless myth of the Simurgh, every detail reflects the circular journey we all take. Sometimes, growth quietly asks us to endure, to let go, and to reshape ourselves through the weight of our experiences.

Ripple of Defiance

English
Fall 2024

Dimension11.2 x 17 inRipple of Defiance is an anthology that explores the intersections of language, identity, and resistance. Rooted in the act of reclaiming my mother tongue, Gilaki, after years of suppression, the book reflects a personal gesture of survival and defiance. Inspired by Samad Behrangi especially The Little Black Fish, it gives voice to what is silenced and celebrates the courage to seek freedom beyond the boundaries. Through typographic experimentation, color, spaces and layered narratives, the book stands as a visual exploration of resilience and transformation.
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Book Design

English
Spring 2025 Sky is the same color everywhere

Dimension5x 7 inThis project reflects on the emotional geography of displacement and belonging. Using imagery of the sky alongside reflective paper, it suggests that no matter where we go, the sky remains unchanged, but how we see it is shaped by what we carry inside. A reflective circular paper on the front cover invites viewers to face their own reflection before opening the book.  Prompting a personal entry point into the narrative. The work questions the idea of home, offering a quiet meditation on memory, migration, displacement and inner struggles! 

Photo
Winter 2025Traces

Dimension
7 x  8 in
This project continues an archival photo series the artist began in Iran and has developed into an ongoing life practice. Photographs of plants and trees that survived in harsh environments are placed inside blocks of ice and wrapped with red thread. As the ice melts during the presentation, the red pigment spreads across the images, making the passage of time visible. The photos slowly reappear with new marks, showing how resilience and experience leave traces. Using raw, tactile materials, the artist looks for direct, physical ways to see and feel these processes.