Culture & Editorial
Writing, translation, publishing, editorial development, audio projects and cultural production.
Berlin / Business, Media, Culture
Ideas, brought into form.
Brand Developer & Strategy Consultant
Editorial, Publishing & Cultural Practice
I help people and organisations clarify their positioning, build stronger narratives and turn ideas into structures and actionable decisions. Alongside this, I write, translate and develop books, audio projects and cultural work.
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- Strategy
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- Publishing
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- Narrative
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- Sound
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- Research
01 / Practice
Two fields.
One practice.
From the first idea to a clear form, across cultural work and business.
Business & Strategy
Brand development, strategic consulting and business development. Positioning, narratives and decisions that move work forward.
02 / Ventures
Two principal ventures
Kernel and Schrifton bring together the two professional centres of my work: strategic advisory and brand development, and publishing and narrative media.
Strategic advisory & brand development
Kernel
Kernel is the professional home of my strategic advisory and brand-development work: sharpening positions, clarifying narratives and turning ideas into workable structures.
Visit venture ↗Publishing & narrative media
SCHRIFTONSchrifton
Schrifton is the publishing and narrative-media platform where ideas and stories take public form across books, sound, podcast, music and related media.
Visit venture ↗ATTENTURE
A developing conceptual project on attention, uncertainty and how we act when outcomes remain open.
Explore ATTENTURESelected work
Publishing & translation
Literary work across languages, with translations of François Cheng and Daniel Schreiber.
Books & editionsMIDNIGHT
DOCTRINE
DOCTRINE
Midnight Doctrine
Control / Noise / Fear / Time
ListenIdeas & Accessibility
Attention / Uncertainty / Perception / Change
Attention & Uncertainty
On attention and action before an outcome is certain.
ReadAccess, perception and navigation
Lived experience, research and design attention come together as a field of inquiry and public practice.
Explore accessibilityEhsan Afshar
I am a Berlin-based Brand Developer & Strategy Consultant with a connected practice in writing, translation, publishing and cultural production. I am also a doctoral researcher at Freie Universität Berlin and hold an MA from Berlin University of the Arts.
Full biographyResearch / Freie Universität Berlin
Byzantine Studies
MA / Universität der Künste Berlin
Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftskommunikation
07 / Collaboration
Strategic advisory & brand development
I work with individuals and organisations to define a sharper position, build a clear narrative and turn ideas into structures and decisions that can be acted on. If your brand, venture or organisation needs a more coherent direction and form, we can begin with a focused conversation.
- Brand positioning
- Narrative architecture
- Venture and organisational structure
- Decisions and paths to execution
An occasional note.
Ideas, work and things taking shape.