Gilad Bar
Gilad is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Jaffa. Having grown up in Israel with reduced exposure to his family’s pre-aliyah Persian culture, Bar set out to learn more about southwestern-Asian aesthetics and their modernization upon studying design as a young adult. Follow him on Instagram: @gilad__bar.
Gilad Bar’s fantastical conception of Tehran, constructed through fictional mid-century artifacts, souvenirs, and everyday items like cigarettes and legal tender- presented as if they were seen or collected on a vacation that cannot occur in reality.