Minoo Marasi is a multidisciplinary designer whose work sits between material exploration, human experience, and thoughtful storytelling. Her practice spans wearable and assistive design, objects, furniture, jewelry, and visual systems, with a consistent focus on how design can support emotional well-being, behavior, and everyday rituals.

Her path into design began in Electrical Engineering, where she developed a strong analytical foundation through studies in electronics and sustainable energy. While this background shaped her structured and detail-oriented approach, her curiosity gradually shifted from how systems function to how people feel within them, leading her into Industrial and Product Design. Through research-driven and hands-on projects, she developed a deep interest in wearable, assistive, and interaction-focused design, particularly where form, material, and touch influence emotional and behavioral responses. Her master’s thesis explored an assistive breathing wearable for anxiety support, reflecting her ongoing commitment to care-centered and accessible design.

Alongside her academic work, Minoo founded The Larez Jewelry, a conceptual jewelry practice through which she explores intimacy, color, craftsmanship, and personal narrative. Designing and fabricating each piece by hand, she approaches jewelry as an expressive and bodily medium, one that carries memory, imperfection, and the wearer’s identity. Beyond studio practice, she is actively engaged in design education, accessibility, and community-building, and currently serves as a Women in Design (WID) volunteer with IDSA. Minoo holds a Master’s degree in Industrial and Product Design and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Graphic Design at the University of Illinois Chicago, where she continues to explore design as a tool for creating meaningful, human-centered experiences that bridge technology, culture, and care.