2006
Founder and CEO, Shahrouz Varshabi working as a taxi driver and freelance graphic designer in Iran.
2011
Shahrouz moves to NYC and follows the American dream to advance his skills as a creative by attending Parsons School of Design.
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.
2015
Designity beta 1.0 is born as DesignedIn, providing students with real-world projects outside of their education.
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.
2017
Creative directors are introduced to the platform to enhance the quality of work. Creatives outside of universities join too.
2018
Designity attracts the interest of Amazon’s Audible investment firm (NVP), who invested into the future of creativity.
2019
Gary Vee suggests Designity’s per-project model should transition to monthly plans instead. Shahrouz took the idea and ran.
2020
COVID-19 strikes and Designity’s bulletproof remote model grows more than ever.
Designity: 1,000
COVID-19: 0
COVID-19: 0
2021
Designity welcomes new internal team members and major clients like Oracle, FSC, Kung Fu Tea, Anaheim Ducks, etc.
Things are growing...fast.
