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Biography
Kouros Maghsoudi (born 1995) is a New York-based furniture designer and urban designer.
Early life and education
Maghsoudi grew up in Highland Park, Illinois.
He graduated from the Parsons The New School of Design.
Work
In 2021, the designer presented Mehmooni, their debut furniture collection. It was designed share the spirit of a Mehmooni, “gathering” or “party” in Persian. Maghsoudi is inspired by his Persian and Iranian background and includes his Taarof table, a modular cocktail table with an optional built-in ice bucket, ashtray, and fruit bowl, as an example this.
In spring of 2023, he presented his Bundle Collection, a line of metal-based pieces inspired by gauche New York hedonism. Works in this collection made by the designer include the Dose Table, a pill-shaped small table with a fuzzy interior cavity; a Thong Chair, a steel piece with an undergarment design; a Hairy Neo-Lounge Chair, inspired by Space Age furry exteriors, and a Hug Ashtray, a hand-poured ceramic work.
Maghsoudi shows alongside Studio Boheme, Atelier Caracas, and OM Editions at Primaried Studio in Miami, Florida.
The designer's works are made from renewable resourceswith FSC-certified wood, handmade in New York. He cites Sam Stewart, Eny Lee Parker, RATIO ET MOTUS, Gae Aulenti, Joe Colombo, Mario Botta, and Radical Design movement in Italy as references.