The ORIAVI Journal

The verses that appear most often on Persian walls, in the original and in plain English — and why the Rumi most people have read in translation may not be...

Two rules settle most rooms: span about two-thirds the furniture below, and centre the piece at eye level. A size chart, hanging heights, and what our own exchange requests reveal...

The winged figure above the kings of Persepolis has three competing explanations, and the one most people quote is the newest of them. A look at what the Faravahar meant...