Culturally-rooted design & experiences across food, art, style and connection.

Parisa Parnian is a designer, culinary creative and cultural architect shaping bold, immersive worlds through visual storytelling and sensory-led cultural experiences and products.

Where Vision, Culture, and Experience Converge

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I don’t believe in borders—only layers.
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These Persian-Mexican lamb kabob tostadas are a love letter to the immigrant heartbeat of L.A.—where cumin and cilantro dance, and every bite tells a story of survival, spice, and sovereignt

“How do I cook with spices if I’m not a chef?”

Easy. You already know more than you think.

Sauté it. Rub it. Blend it. Marinade it. Sprinkle it.

(Yes, this is also how to spice up your life.)

If you want a shortcut with s

Persian x Mexican Avocado Tostada

For hot days when you want flavor but just can’t be bothered:

•Smashed avocado
•Radish
•Fresh herbs (mint, cilantro, dill)
•Chopped tomatoes
•Barberries
•Pickled red onion
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Honor Your Layers

I’ve spent my entire life trying to figure out where I belong, personally, professionally and socially.

Over the years, I’ve gathered fragments of a new way to live and navigate life as a multi-layered human in a worl

Reading The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali cracked something open in me.

Through the voices of Homa, Ellie, and Bahar, I saw the echoes of my own lineage across three generations.

I am Bahar’s generation, myself a child of the early

HÜMAN.
I created this mural for every layered being who’s ever asked where they belong.

For those raised between languages, between deserts and borders, between the sacred and the surreal.

Two femmes—braided together—stand gr

PICKLE SERIES // ترشی No. 01

She holds the sour.
Carries its pungent flavor, like memory, like her legacy.

Sour. Fermented. Untamed.

This is diasporic nostalgia—salty, sacred, and refusing to fade in memory.

Conceptual art by Parisa Parnian

Nowruz is a portal—an invitation to renewal, resilience, and rebirth.

This illustration celebrates the powerful feminine forces of tradition and transformation, weaving the past into something bold and alive.

The long braids symbolize conti

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