Why Afidot
What modern design forgot
For a century, technology made objects simpler, cheaper, faster — and stripped away their roots. We believe every object deserves a function and a soul. So we revive heritage forms — beginning with Persian — through AI-driven design and zero-waste 3D printing, made one at a time from 100% recycled material.
Our philosophyThe collection
Five objects. Endless intention.
The studio
An architect and an artist walk into a fab lab
Afidot is Afi Barati — sculptor, product designer, maker of 11 public artworks — and Amir Ashtiani — architect, Pratt Institute educator, and the engineer behind our AI-driven, zero-waste printing workflow.
Born in Iran, based in New York, exploring the world's design heritage one object at a time.
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