{"id":9,"date":"2018-08-27T15:54:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T15:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.farshad-saffari.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-07-07T04:22:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:22:03","slug":"aboutme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.farshad-saffari.com\/index.php\/aboutme\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"margin:0 0 28px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.farshad-saffari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/farshad-saffari-about-2026.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Farshad Saffari with the FS kynd pillows\" style=\"border-radius:24px;width:100%;max-width:560px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Hi! I&#8217;m Farshad \u2014 industrial designer, maker and technologist in Milan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I run products end-to-end: from brief and ideation through prototyping to first-batch production. By day I&#8217;m Industrial Designer &amp; Innovation Specialist at <strong>Eco Step Italia<\/strong>, an R&amp;D and manufacturing partner where international clients outsource difficult product development. Since 2022 I&#8217;ve carried <strong>24+ products from concept to production<\/strong>, helped secure <strong>18+ tenders<\/strong>, and designed outdoor IoT systems and urban infrastructure with assemblies beyond 100 components \u2014 programming the CNC that cuts my own aluminium profiles and refining 1:1 sheet-metal prototypes with the operators who build them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FS kynd<\/strong> is my independent practice: design research around calm, tactile, emotionally durable technology. Current projects include <strong>Wuddy<\/strong> (a physical focus companion), <strong>NAS000<\/strong> (an upcycled, privacy-first home server) and <strong>EranNameh<\/strong> (UX contributor to an iOS\/Android cultural initiative with a 50k+ community).<\/p>\n<p>I trained at <strong>Politecnico di Milano<\/strong> (M.Sc. Integrated Product Design, 110\/110) \u2014 my thesis <strong>NAVITILE<\/strong> was a wearable haptic navigation system I built down to its custom PCB \u2014 and before that at the Art University of Isfahan.<\/p>\n<p>What makes my work different is the overlap: design craft (sketching, surfacing, CMF, rendering), manufacturing reality (injection and rotational moulding, sheet metal, DFM) and embedded technology (Arduino, ESP32, Raspberry Pi, KiCad). I don&#8217;t just draw products \u2014 I wire them, print them, and stand next to the machine that makes them.<\/p>\n<h3>Milestones<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2025<\/strong> \u2014 FS kynd founded; Wuddy &amp; NAS000 in daily use<\/li>\n<li><strong>2024<\/strong> \u2014 ENHANCE Crystal Light lamp in production &amp; US retail (Accessory Power)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2022<\/strong> \u2014 M.Sc. 110\/110, Politecnico di Milano; NAVITILE at Polifactory<\/li>\n<li><strong>2020<\/strong> \u2014 A&#8217;Design Award Winner (PinTheTime) \u00b7 Hack The Crisis Winner (Canary Biometrix)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2019<\/strong> \u2014 Vodafone 5G Challenge Finalist (WAW \u2014 Wellness at Work)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Get the full story<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.farshad-saffari.com\/portfolio\/farshad-saffari-portfolio.pdf\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#232B38;color:#fff;padding:12px 26px;border-radius:999px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;margin:4px 8px 4px 0\">Download my CV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or just say hi: <a href=\"mailto:saffari.farshad@gmail.com\">saffari.farshad@gmail.com<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/fsdgshda\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fsdgshda\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! 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