About GDO
Gerami Design Orbit is a multidisciplinary design studio founded by Mehdi Gerami. We work with cultural institutions, ambitious companies and academic partners on identity systems, product design and design organization.
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Concept-first
Every project starts from a written concept, not a moodboard.
02
System over surface
We prefer systems that compound to surfaces that decay.
03
Bilingual by default
Identity and product work ship in their primary cultural language and English.
04
Pedagogy as practice
Teaching sharpens what we make; what we make informs what we teach.
Mehdi Gerami
Assistant Professor of Design · Founder, GDO
Mehdi is a multidisciplinary designer and assistant professor working across visual communication, brand identity, design systems and culture/strategic design. He teaches design studio and visual communication at university level and lectures on design culture and pedagogy.
- Assistant Professor · Visual Communication
- M.A. Visual Communication
- Lectures on design pedagogy
- Founder of GDO
Talks & lectures
- 2025
Designing systems for institutions
Iran Design Conference
- 2024
Pedagogy as design practice
AGI Symposium
- 2024
Persian type in motion
Type Forum, Berlin
- 2023
The cultural strategy of small studios
Brand New Conference
Selected publications
- 2025
On orbital information architecture
Eye Magazine, online
- 2024
Bilingual design systems: a working method
Smashing Magazine
- 2023
Studio as a teaching surface
Design Observer
Awards & recognition
- 2024
Brand Identity, Bronze
European Design Awards
- 2023
Editorial, Selected
Type Directors Club
- 2022
Best Design Studio Site
Awwwards