Children of Time is a living archive of urban narratives, cultural memory, and contemporary expression. Rooted in the streets of Berlin yet shaped by global influences, COT explores the aesthetics of everyday life.

Founded by Salar Mousavi, COT is the result of a deeply personal journey—one shaped by the layered contrasts of 1980s Tehran and the structured landscapes of Germany. Growing up in the vibrant chaos of Tehran, a city where architecture, signage, and cultural artifacts silently narrate history and transformation, left an indelible mark. This duality—melding the richness of one city with the minimalist clarity of another—became the foundation of COT’s vision.

With an academic background in architecture, Salar’s understanding of space, form, and the urban landscape strongly informs COT’s approach to visual storytelling. The ability to dissect, observe, and reinterpret environments—how light interacts with surfaces, how textures shape perception, how signs and symbols define a city’s identity—drives each project forward.

But COT is not about nostalgia—it is about reimagining the past through a forward-thinking lens. At its core, COT takes overlooked elements—urban structures, cultural symbols, and fleeting impressions—re-examines their significance, and integrates them into new forms of contemporary cultural expression. This act of reinterpretation transforms history into an aesthetic language that bridges past and present, tradition and reinvention, memory and innovation.

Children of Time does not follow trends—it evolves through lived experiences, cultural shifts, and an intuitive understanding of the world.

COT is a movement. A documentation. A continuous dialogue between time, place, and identity.

Revealing the overlooked. Preserving the transient. Transforming moments into timeless narratives.