Project Timeless
- Project: Digital Provenance Platform
- Company: Sepehr Noavar Avizhe Hoshmand (SNAH)
- Client: SNAH / Timeless
- Date: 08 October, 2025
- Duration: 4 months (Phase I)
Project overview
Timeless is a digital provenance platform designed to safeguard the identity, story, and economic value of handcrafted Persian art—from silk carpets to inlaid backgammon boards. Each piece receives a durable NFC/QR tag that resolves to a verifiable, tamper-evident record combining origin details, artisan credits, materials, and high-fidelity media.
Built with a modern web stack (Next.js + Node.js/TypeScript) and a clean separation of concerns, Timeless enables galleries, artisans, and collectors to issue, transfer, and verify digital certificates. The system supports multilingual storytelling, media-rich narratives, and optional on-chain attestations for high-value pieces.
The result is trust at every step: origin is documented, authenticity is inspectable, and ownership transitions can be tracked—empowering buyers while unlocking export-grade integrity for cultural heritage goods.
Client challenges & requirements
Protecting cultural assets at scale requires reliable identity for physical items, verifiable provenance for digital twins, and a storytelling layer that travels with the object.
- Robust linking between a physical artifact and its digital record without compromising privacy or usability.
- Media-rich, multilingual narratives (EN/FA/…) that render fast on global networks and low-power devices.
- Interoperable signatures/attestations for marketplaces, wallets, and institutional archives.
Project solution
We designed a layered architecture: physical tags (NFC/QR) connect to signed records; an admin CMS curates media and metadata; and verifiers can check authenticity online or offline. Optional on-chain attestations anchor high-value claims. The platform favors clean APIs, testable modules, and audit-friendly logs.
12+
Content types
48+
Admin endpoints
95%
Verification uptime (pilot)
3+
Pilot partners
Your complete FAQ guide to Timeless
Common questions about how Timeless preserves authenticity and adds value to cultural artifacts.
It creates a trustworthy, portable identity for physical artifacts—linking them to verifiable digital records and media-rich provenance.
No. Most items are covered by signed certificates and secure storage. On-chain attestations are optional for high-value use cases.
Tags use unique IDs and cryptographic checks. The digital record includes integrity proofs and audit trails for key events.
Yes. Narratives, captions, and metadata support multiple languages so artisans can tell authentic, local-first stories for global buyers.
Timeless exposes clean APIs and embeddable components so galleries or shops can display verification badges, media, and certificates.