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PRESS

Magazine feature opening spread, “Material World”: Taher Asad-Bakhtiari sits barefoot on a pale ridged rug. Photography Ankita Chandra, words Amanda Randone Feature text page carrying the pull quote “I’ve always gone against the grain. I want people to think, ‘What is this?’” An orange and yellow triangle kilim from the Tribal Weave Project, hung from a pole inside an unfinished concrete building Taher Asad-Bakhtiari wrapped head to foot in a black gabbeh and lace piece, standing in a bare concrete interior Upcycled oil-barrel stools, glazed red, green and black, among scaffolding and orange columns on a building site A yellow and black arrow-patterned runner from the Tribal Weave Project hanging from scaffolding, workers resting behind it Two scaffold stacks wrapped in arrow-shaped kilim and gabbeh, one cream and gold, one red and black Taher Asad-Bakhtiari dressed in black, leaning against tall orange columns on a construction site Architectural Digest Middle East May 2021 cover, 'At Home With Taher Asad-Bakhtiari', man behind a red patterned armchair Magazine spread “New Nomad” on Taher Asad-Bakhtiari’s Dubai villa: gallery wall of framed art, green sofa, patterned rugs Editorial spread, quote 'I like an eclectic, organic feel... we just mix and match', interior with painted barrel stools Magazine spread: article text with a large blue drop cap, facing a living room with a lilac sofa and yellow cushions Magazine spread: a man working on black-and-white patterned textiles, textile-filled interiors, and a garden table Magazine spread: a bearded man holds up a large red patterned textile; pull quote ”Vibrant vintage fabrics are unfurled…” Vogue Arabia January 2021 cover, 'The Golden Year of Mona Zaki', portrait in gold eye makeup and red gloves Magazine spread 'Dream weavers': striped arrow-shaped stair runner in a frescoed hall, beside a portrait of the artist Magazine article page headed 'حياة Living' with a yellow and blue chevron-patterned rug and a pull quote on materials Architectural Digest Middle East cover, Dec 2020/Jan 2021, 'Fresh Look' — designer seated in a mural-lined living room AD Design Awards 2020 page: Archer rugs for cc-tapis, white triangular pieces with black edging on stone steps Vogue cover, Dec 2020: “An audience with Beyoncé”, figure crouching in a black ruffled blazer against a grey wall Vogue page: overhead view of a woman in a purple armchair on a blue striped rug, art books on a round table Architectural Digest October 2018 cover, The New Creatives: Designers on the Rise, silver-grey room with fireplace Architectural Digest 'New Creatives' page on Taher Asad-Bakhtiari, shown with his Iranian tribal kilims Surface magazine cover, The Travel Issue, with a portrait of Christo, grey-haired in dark-rimmed glasses Magazine spread 'Textile Message' — the artist before a blue woven hanging, with geometric textile works opposite ”Tastemakers profile” page: Taher Asad-Bakhtiari in white beside a bay horse, red patterned textile at left, blue backdrop AD Middle East article “A Tribal Heart” on Taher Asad-Bakhtiari’s debut textile collection for Bernhardt Design AD Middle East page, stacked woven rugs, quote: “I hope to show the world the originality of this dying craft” Editorial page headed ”profile Tastemakers”: striped Ashayer textile draped on a white paddock fence, horses beyond AD magazine page 'AD + Vestiaire Collective, le meilleur de la décoration' with patterned wall hanging and chairs AD tastemakers cover headlined 'prince of PERSIA', Taher Asad-Bakhtiari holding a falcon on a kilim in the desert Editorial page quoting 'I wanted to reach out to the semi-nomads...' above kilims on a terrace under a low desert sun AD Middle East Tastemakers page: rugs hung on wooden poles in desert sand, from the metallic wool series Magazine spread headed ”Tastemakers”, man with kilim-draped camels in desert, quoted on pushing kilim design AD Middle East Tastemakers page: geometric kilims hung on a sunlit desert courtyard wall with potted shrubs Magazine page with a red and indigo Baz-series carpet hung above a pool, quoted on making traditional craft contemporary Magazine ”Get the Look” page featuring a Taher Asad-Bakhtiari handwoven screen and blue oil drum among furniture COVER magazine Autumn 2016 cover: geometric pink and teal rug, headline 'Geometry by Esther Stewart' Magazine spread ”Pond Memories” on Taher Asad-Bakhtiari: a derelict tiled room with a sunken pool and painted arches French magazine page on Asad Bakhtiari: portrait of a bearded man, a wool-dyeing workshop and a blue-bordered rug FourTwoNine magazine cover, black-and-white portrait, cover line 'Nico Tortorella Is Younger Than You' Magazine spread 'Getting Knotty' by Joseph Akel, on Taher Asad-Bakhtiari bringing the kilim into the 21st century AD Middle East March/April 2016 cover, First Anniversary Issue, black-and-white portrait of Zaha Hadid AD Middle East page ”All for one”: two men beside a black and gold chest, woven hanging behind AD Middle East ”Modern Bedouin” Radar trends page featuring Taher Asad-Bakhtiari Baz Series striped runners Harper's Bazaar Interiors cover, 'New Wave - Taher Asad-Bakhtiari Leading the Design Charge'; two people, painted stools ”Boy Wonder” spread on Taher Asad-Bakhtiari's home: gallery wall of framed art, patterned rugs, man standing at right Interiors spread quoting 'the house feels homely and not too over-the-top'; woman on a navy sofa, man standing behind her Magazine spread headed “LIFE”: article page beside a wall of framed folk portraits over a leather trunk and white sculpture Harper's Bazaar Interiors cover, Pop culture — man in a navy suit beside a Warhol-style Marilyn print ”The Majlis Reinvented” page in Harper's Bazaar Interiors: grey majlis room with white benches and black-and-white rugs Magazine page showing a high-rise living room with white sofas, metal lanterns and black-and-white geometric rugs Magazine page: white sofas and floor covered in bold black-and-white geometric patterned rugs Editorial page: majlis with charcoal-and-cream rug, backgammon set, gold Arabic calligraphy, and a quote on majlis design Cover magazine, ‘Carpets & Textiles for Modern Interiors’, cover line: ‘Graffiti designs: street art for interiors!’ Magazine spread of yellow and black triangle kilims, quoted: “Limiting the complexity... allowed the weave to speak out” Harper's Bazaar Interiors cover, Issue 11 July/August 2013, man and woman in a styled living room, “Freshen Up” Harper's Bazaar Interiors 'New Talent' page on Taher Asad-Bakhtiari's kilim debut, the designer seated before a hanging rug