Faculty
Dr. Mojgan Jahanara
Professor
Alliance School of Design
Dr. Mojgan Jahanara holds Ph.D. in Design Theory and visual communication from Kobe Design University, Japan. She completed her Ph.D. under the able guidance of Professor Sugiura Kohei, a pioneer in the field of Graphic design.
She has also been associated as a visiting faculty with the design program of IIT Kanpur, Nalanda University Persian studies and honorary Professor in IIT Guwahati in India. She is an esteemed researcher at the Research Institute of Asian Design RIAD, Kobe Design University, Japan; and has been a fellow of Japan Foundation in RIAD and Japan Foundation’s cultural adviser in Iran. She has also chaired the Textile Design Department at the University of Art, Tehran, Iran.
Publications
Article: Zarthushti Bridal Shawl, (English) Conference Catalogue, Everlasting Flame, Threads of Continuity, India New Delhi, March 2016
Article: - Sema artistic presentation of Rumi in performing art – (English) Bulletin of International symposium of Rumi in thought and art, Chanakkale University, Turkey, 2006.
Article: The birth and development of Paisley motif- (Japanese), Bulletin of Kobe Design University 2003.
Article: " Sema; a movable and musical form of worship" – (English), Journal of Transcendent Philosophy. Institute of Islamic Studies, London 2002.
Books
Seminar Book of: Naghsh va Naghshband, Ghiyath O Din Naghshband life and works,
Publisher: Iranian Academy of Art, October 2018, Tehran – Iran, Persian Language.
Mountain Floats to connect this world and the other, Asian Design Institute (RIAD),
Publisher: Kobe Design University (KDU) December, English and Japanese language,
December 2012.
Research:
- Study on motifs: Iranian Motifs: “Sarv” Cypress tree– Tree of life
- Study in Traditional Textile and costume:
A) Remaking of Iranian old coat "Arkhaloq" with Kalamkari technique
B) Remaking Iranian Qaba and Indian Chuqa - Study of the Form in Rituals Chariotes: Nakhl Chariote in Ashura in Iran
- Study on Color in Persian Art
- Design based on study on Iranian Classical literature stories Nizami, Haft Peikar:
- Storytelling Textile: The story of Tree of Life based on Zoroastrian book of creation “Bundihashn”
- Study on comparative forms in Asia:
A) The Study of elements in 'Kaen Daiko' used in Bugaku and its relation to the motif of 'Tree of Life' in Persian culture
B) Water Cosmology in Iranian and Japanese Garden design
Awards
Honor to have Japanese Foreign Minister`s Commendation for Promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and Iran, Tehran September 2022
