Mehdi Saeedi (Persian: مهدی سعیدی, born in Tehran) is an Iranian-born artist and designer based in Philadelphia and he is a part-time faculty of graphic design at the Towson University in Maryland,[2] United States.
Mehdi created the "Letters Melody" art and graphic design course and teaches this in Iran's Universities as well as at some international workshops.
Mehdi won several prestigious and well-grounded awards both locally and internationally resulting in becoming known as the most awarded Iranian graphic designer in Iran's graphic history Among which are: Grand Prize, Taiwan International Poster Design Award, Taiwan, 2007;[6] Grand Prize, "Five Stars Designers' Banquet", International Invitational Poster Triennial of Osaka, Japan, 2009;[7] Top Award, 15th International Invitational Poster, Colorado, United States, 2007;[8][9] First Prize, 12th International Poster Triennial, Ekoplagat ́11, Slovakia, 2011[10] and Gold Medal in "Graphis poster annual 2013", USA etc.
The book consists of approximately 70 color reproductions of posters and 46 logos and includes two introductions, by fellow Iranian graphic designer Ghobad Shiva (AGI) and French designer Thierry Sarfis.
This book is a collection of his works through 14 years of professional efforts demonstrating Mehdi's approach to figurative calligraphy (Zoomorphism or Tasvir-Negari) and Graphic Design.