KHN — Khial Navazan
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01About

A founder-led agency working between strategy and culture.

KHN — Khial Navazan is based in Tehran and works with brands that want a position, a world and a reason for people to stay.

Helia Ghaleh, FounderFounder
Helia Ghaleh — Founder & Creative Strategy Director

The agency is led from the front: strategy, creative direction and the client relationship sit in one place, supported by specialists assembled per engagement.

Biography, career history and speaking engagements to be supplied by KHN.

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Based
Tehran, Iran
Languages
Persian · English
Model
Founder-led, specialist network per engagement
02Approach

Four movements, one world.

01Interrogate

We start from the business problem, the category truth and the cultural context — not from a moodboard.

02Position

One defensible idea, written plainly enough that the whole organisation can repeat it.

03Build the world

Identity, language, image, sound and space designed as one coherent place.

04Open the doors

Launch, activation and cultural programming that let audiences enter and return.

Strategy is the part of the work nobody photographs.
KHN Studio
03Capabilities

What we are hired for.

01

Brand Strategy

Positioning, brand architecture and narrative that give the business a defensible idea before anything is designed.

PositioningArchitectureNamingNarrative
02

Creative Direction

A single controlling idea carried across every touchpoint, art direction and production decision.

Art DirectionCampaign IdeaCasting
03

Visual Identity

Identity systems built to survive scale: type, motion, image language and Persian/Latin parity.

Identity SystemTypographyBilingual
04

Brand Experience

Launches, activations and destination experiences people walk into, feel and remember.

ExperientialLaunchDestination
05

Cultural Platforms

Long-running platforms that give a brand a role in culture rather than a moment in media.

PlatformProgrammingPartnerships
06

Spatial Concepts

Spatial narrative and concept design for retail, hospitality and exhibition environments.

SpatialRetailExhibition

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