Designer
Farah Ebrahimi
Farah Ebrahimi is the art director of e15. The brand's official biography says she was born in Iran and studied art and fashion at Otis/Parsons School of Art and Design in Los Angeles, graduating in 1987.
Biography
Background
Farah Ebrahimi is the art director of e15. The brand's official biography says she was born in Iran and studied art and fashion at Otis/Parsons School of Art and Design in Los Angeles, graduating in 1987.
Fashion and teaching
She taught fashion design and dress history at her former school and established her own fashion label, Ef. Her later fashion roles included design director positions at BCBG Max Azria and DKNY in New York.
Work with e15
After meeting architect and e15 co-founder Philipp Mainzer in New York, Ebrahimi relocated with him to Frankfurt in 2001. The e15 biography records their work transforming Bergman, described there as Germany's first concept store, into a retail and exhibition space.
Recognition and products
Ebrahimi and Mainzer received Germany's federal Design Award for the Shiraz sofa in 2008 and an Interior Innovation Gold award for Kerman in 2017. The same page lists Kerman and Shiraz among products by Farah Ebrahimi.