Farsi Cast in Iron | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Farsi Cast in Iron

October 14, 2026
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A perian manhole cover with ornate details and text.

Maryam Hosseinnia ’02, MFA wrote a blog post for Eye Magazine celebrating the typography of Persian manhole covers. Hosseinnia reflected on how studying graphic design in the United States opened their eyes to how design is applied to everyday objects.

As Hosseinnia explains “...the covers were examples of graphic design – type, framing, proportion, contrast…each form changing shape depending on its position in the word.” The entire article is available in the link below.

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