My understanding of design began long before I knew it as a profession.

It began in my mother’s fashion studio, which became my first school. I grew up surrounded by fabric, color, pattern, proportion, and form, watching how each element was carefully considered in relation to the human body.

What fascinated me was not simply the beauty of what was created, but how it was created—how material could influence movement, how proportion could create harmony, and how function and detail could come together to transform an idea into something extraordinary.

Those early observations quietly shaped the way I began to see the world.

As my path moved into architecture and design, the scale changed, but the questions remained the same. I became interested in the relationship between people and the spaces and objects that surround them: why some environments feel effortless and enduring, while others quickly become temporary or disconnected from the people who use them.

Over time, this became the foundation of my work.

I came to understand design and architecture not simply as visual disciplines, but as forces that influence how we move, how we feel, how we behave, how we make decisions, and ultimately, how we perform within an environment.

What began with the human body, fabric, proportion, and movement became a lifelong exploration of form, function, material, human experience, and time.

Leila Farsiani