Faculty of Islamic Design - Meysam Khodashenas

Name Meysam Khodashenas
Academic Position Assistant Professor
Degree PHD
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Name: Meysam Khodashenas
Appointment Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Industrial Design. Since 2012
Office Phone: +9834519703
University Mailing Address: Tabriz Islamic Art University 
Faculty of Design, Industrial Design
Hakim Nizami Ganjavi Sq.Tabriz 51647-36931, IRAN
Email: m.khodashenas@tabriziau.ac.ir
mkhodashenas@ut.ac.ir
Unit: Faculty of Design

Educational background

PhD, Comparative and Analytical History of Islamic Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran.
(2017-2022)
Thesis Title: Profiling Design Culture of Qajars (19th-Century Iran) Housewares with Emphasis on Iranian-Islamic Identity
M. A., Industrial Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran
(2008-2011)
Dissertation Title:
B. A., Industrial Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran

Teaching Experience

Date Level Courses
2012-2017 B. A. The History of Art
2012-2020 B. A. Modeling 2
2012-2017 B. A. Project 4 (Creativiyt and Design)
2014 B. A, Introduction to Visual Arts 1
2018-2020 B. A. Project 6 (Design for Now and Future)
2019-2023 B. A. History of Industrial Design
2022-   Futurology in Design
2020-2023 M. A, Theory and Foundamentals of Creative Design
2023- PhD Social and Cultural Approaches in Design

Research Interests

Design History and Design Historiography
National Identity and Product Design
Postcolonial Studies and Socio-Cultural Approaches to Industrial Design
Participatory Design and Co-Design Approaches
Creativity, Innovation, and Design Processes
Interaction Design

Abstracts

2026
  1. Khodashenas, M. (2026). A conceptual shift in the historiography of industrial design: From design history to the study of design history. Journal of the History of Science, 24(1), 35–64. https://doi.org/10.22059/jihs.2026.411280.371880
  2. Nazifi, M., & Khodashenas, M. (2026). Culture-based design: Patterns of applying cultural elements in product design [Article in Persian]. Jelve-ye Honar. https://doi.org/10.22051/jjh.2025.49169.2274
  3. Fouladpanah, B., Pakzad, S., & Khodashenas, M. (2026). Evaluating the factors affecting the perception of digital educational service quality based on the Kano model: A case study of design education services [Article in Persian]. Management, Education and Development in the Digital Age, 3(4), 1–21.
2025
  1. Khodashenas, M., Taji, F., & Pedrammehr, S. (2025). Postcolonial re-creation of Iranian-Islamic identity in Iranian industrial design with an emphasis on the concept of border agency [Article in Persian]. Bagh-e Nazar. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.22034/bagh.2025.528965.5901
  2. Pornaderi, S., Shah-Hosseini, A., Pakzad, S., Khodashenas, M., & Bolat, M. (2025). Investigating the role of emerging technologies in the convergence of sculpture and furniture design and the creation of interdisciplinary sculptural-furniture products [Article in Persian]. Jelve-ye Honar. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.22051/jjh.2024.48157.2225
2024
  1. Khodashenas, M., & Gilani, M. (2024). Investigating the impact of socio-cultural factors on culture-based product design. Journal of Design Thinking, 5(2), 243–254. https://doi.org/10.22059/jdt.2025.393498.1152
  2. Khodashenas, M., & Taji, F. (2024). Rethinking urban furniture: A review of ecological and user-centered approaches for sustainable cities. Journal of Design Thinking, 5(2), 301–318. https://doi.org/10.22059/jdt.2025.396376.1155
  3. Azhand, Y., & Khodashenas, M. (2024). Identifying patterns in the construction of national design in confrontation with global design [Article in Persian]. Rahpouyeh-ye Honarhā-ye Tajassomi, 7(1).* https://doi.org/10.22034/ra.2022.545842.1161
  4. Pornaderi, S., Shah-Hosseini, A., Pakzad, S., Khodashenas, M., & Bolat, M. (2024). A model of the factors influencing the development of contemporary sculptural furniture with an interdisciplinary approach [Article in Persian]. Honarhā-ye Zibā: Honarhā-ye Tajassomi. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.22059/jfava.2024.381139.667324
2023
  1. Jourabchi Amirkhizi, P., Khodashenas, M., & Marcuccetti, A. (2023). Art as a source of inspiration in design: From Pavel Janak to Giacomo Balla. Journal of Design Thinking. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.22059/jdt.2023.367911.1106
  2. Khodashenas, M., & Noormohammadi, T. (2023). Comparative analysis of written and verbal ideation techniques in enhancing creative output among Iranian students of industrial design. Journal of Design Thinking, 4(1), 161–174. https://doi.org/10.22059/jdt.2024.356028.1112
2022
  1. Azhand, Y., & Khodashenas, M. (2022). Essentialist approaches to national designs through the lens of Herder’s theory of national personality [Article in Persian]. Bagh-e Nazar. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.22034/bagh.2022.321651.5085
2015
  1. Khodashenas, M., & Faraji, A. (2015). Formic and functional parameters of interface designing for interaction between the blind and paintings. Mitteilungen Saechsischer Entomologen, 114, 1068–1078.
2011
  1. Khodashenas, M. (2011). Universal outdoor game designing for physically disabled children. Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal—Annual Review, 5(1), 109–120. https://doi.org/10.18848/1833-1874/CGP/v05i01/38003

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