Pouya [pronoun: او (ū)] is a designer, writer, editor, publisher, and educator. ū’s research explores the intertwined material and typographic manifestations of language and power through publishing, installations, and lecture-performances. ū is interested in the West Asian articulation of and complicated relationship with modernity. Pouya is the founding editor of Amalgam , an independent press and a journal on poetics and politics of language and typography. Additionally, ū is the founder of Amalgam studio, whose clients include Museum of Contemporary Arts of Chicago, Design Museum of Chicago, Experimental Film Society of Ireland, Neshan magazine, Sector 2337, Public Works gallery, Verge Books and Green Lantern Press, among others. Pouya has served as a guest editor and editorial board member of Neshan magazine from 2009–20. ū has presented at venues including Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW Berlin), MoMA PS1, Yale School of Art, HFG Karlsruhe, VCU/ICA Richmond, Typographics NYC, Adobe Live, and TypeCon. ū’s work has been exhibited at the Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design, Dubai Design Week, AIGA Eye on Design, the Type Directors Club and East Sea International Art Biennale, among others. Pouya is currently an associate professor of graphic design at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) → mail@pouyaahmadi.com