2006
Founder and CEO, Shahrouz Varshabi working as a taxi driver and freelance graphic designer in Iran.
2006
2011
Founder and CEO, Shahrouz Varshabi working as a taxi driver and freelance graphic designer in Iran.
2011
2014
In order to afford tuition + NYC living costs, Shahrouz starts freelancing on the side, only this time he gives his fellow classmates his client’s projects.
Epic lightbulb moment.
2014
2015
Designity beta 1.0 is born as DesignedIn, providing students with real-world projects outside of their education.
2015
2016
LinkedIn doesn’t like that Shahrouz was inspired by their name, so LinkedIn sues Designedin. The name was changed to Designity to merge design and community together.
It sounded better anyway.
2016
Epic lightbulb moment.
2017
Creative directors are introduced to the platform to enhance the quality of work. Creatives outside of universities join too.
2017
It sounded better anyway.
2018
Designity attracts the interest of Amazon’s Audible investment firm (NVP), who invested into the future of creativity.
2018
2019
Gary Vee suggests Designity’s per-project model should transition to monthly plans instead. Shahrouz took the idea and ran.
2019
2020
COVID-19 strikes and Designity’s bulletproof remote model grows more than ever.
Designity: 1,000
COVID-19: 0
COVID-19: 0
2020
2021
Designity welcomes new internal team members and major clients like Oracle, FSC, Kung Fu Tea, Anaheim Ducks, etc.
Things are growing...fast.
2021
2022
Designity welcomes the metaverse by hosting company-wide meetings in virtual reality and creating its first NFT with a client.
2022
Designity: 1,000
COVID-19: 0
COVID-19: 0
Things are
growing...fast.
growing...fast.
