Ehsan AfsharThought . Form . Impact

Ehsan Afshar / Berlin

Work

Strategy, brand development, publishing and narrative media.

01 / Projects

Natural continuations of my practice

These three projects extend the same path through culture, publishing and digital product.

Along this path · Founder

Gharar Foundation

Gharar Foundation grows from a lived experience of slowness. Visual limitations made daily life move at a slower pace; over almost two decades, that rhythm became a source of inner steadiness — a form of gharar. The foundation turns that experience into a wider cultural proposition for life in an age of acceleration: slowing down deliberately, inhabiting thresholds and moving gradually toward greater steadiness.

Festina lente. Make haste, slowly.

Ideas developed through Astanegi and ATTENTURE inform parts of this frame, while the foundation remains a distinct cultural project.

Launched October–November 2025

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Gharar Foundation

Along this path · Founder, publisher and creative lead

Schrifton

A publishing and narrative-media platform where ideas and stories take public form across books, film, sound, podcast, music and related media.

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Along this path · Founder and product originator; creative and product direction

Deep Sillage

An independent international digital product around sound, memory and lingering auditory experience — the idea that sound can remain in memory like a perfume’s sillage.

01 / Publishing & Editorial

Über die Schönheit der Seele — François Cheng

Publishing & translation

François Cheng / Daniel Schreiber

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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
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