Inside Arian Lori-Amini's Seattle Studio — Where Computer Science Meets Pop Art Sculpture

The HYPNOTIQ XPERIENCE studio sits in Seattle, Washington — the Pacific Northwest's quietest contemporary art secret. From the outside it looks like a warehouse. Inside, it's where two decades of computer-science engineering discipline meets balloon-letter pop iconography, where smart mannequin circuit boards are calibrated next to fashion-grade body-painting spray rigs, and where every piece you've seen online took shape over weeks of obsessive iteration.

The Engineering DNA

By training, Arian is a computer scientist with one of the more unusual shipping resumes in technology. His product work has spanned XBOX ONE gaming hardware, Microsoft Windows operating systems, the Office productivity suite, the Surface tablet, a medical-grade heart defibrillator, and aerospace systems. That arc — next-gen gaming console, productivity software, premium hardware, life-critical medical devices, and aviation engineering — doesn't just build technical depth. It builds an instinct for shipping at quality, designing for reliability, and treating every joint of a system as load-bearing. Apply that instinct to sculpture and you get HYPNOTIQ: pieces that look effortless but were engineered to museum-grade tolerances.

A Day in the Studio

Morning is shaping and structural work — sculpture armatures get welded, foundation forms get cast, and material decisions get locked. Afternoon is finish work: high-gloss resin layering, color glazing, fashion-grade body painting on smart mannequin pieces. Evenings are tech — calibrating sound-reactive circuitry, programming embedded LED behavior, doing in-room walkaround tests with music to dial the response. AI-assisted tools speed up the design iteration loop.

What's on the Workbench Now

At any moment the studio has three to five pieces in production: typically a Venus Series sound-reactive sculpture, a LUXE LOVE BAG commission, one or two smart mannequin builds for retail or private collectors, and prototypes for upcoming Companion Series releases. Collectors who commission custom work get weekly progress photos from this workbench.

Studio Visits

Serious collectors are welcome to visit the Seattle studio by appointment. The visit takes about 90 minutes: a tour of works-in-progress, a walkthrough of materials and process, and a private conversation about which pieces would fit your space. Out-of-state and international collectors get the same experience via Zoom or FaceTime walkaround — a real-time tour with Arian narrating.

Why This Matters for Your Acquisition

When you acquire a HYPNOTIQ piece, you're not just buying an object — you're entering a relationship with the studio. Direct artist access for the life of the piece. Remote firmware updates on tech-enabled work. First-look on new collections. And the knowledge that every piece you own was built one-of-one in a Seattle studio that treats its craft with the same shipping discipline applied to next-gen consoles, productivity software, medical devices, and aviation.

Book a Studio Visit

To schedule an in-person studio visit in Seattle, a virtual walkaround, or to discuss a commission: info@hypnotiqxperience.com or +1 (206) 499-1380. Follow @HYPNOTIQstudio on Instagram for daily build footage and behind-the-scenes from the workbench.