Kamran Afshar Naderi is an Iranian-Italian artist, designer and architect who has attended his studies at Conquer Institute of arts (Tehran), Faculty of Fine Arts (at Tehran University) and Faculty of Architecture of Genoa (Italy). He is the co-founder of Memar Magazine and Memar Awards for architecture. He has been a prolific writer and critic of architecture, publishing over 200 articles and co-authored several books. He is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences in several Asian and European Countries.