Hussain Almossawi | |
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Born | |
Education | University of Alberta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Known for | Design, CGI, founding nCycle |
Website | mossawistudios |
Hussain Almossawi (born 1988) is a Product Designer, CGI Artist, and bestselling author of The Innovator's Handbook: A Short Guide to Unleashing Your Creative Mindset,[1] based in New York City.[2]
Almossawi is known for his futuristic designs including his work on automotives, footwear and CGI.[3] He has designed products and concepts for companies like Nike, Adidas, EA Sports, and Ford.
Hussain Almossawi is a Brooklyn-based designer from Bahrain. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and subsequently received his Master of Design at University of Alberta.[4]
Hussain Almossawi began his career designing official websites and logos for NBA players such as Derrick Rose, Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady. He also designed official websites for Adidas Basketball.[4] Almossawi created Type Fluid, a 3-D typography experiment.[5][6] He was named one of Fast Company's "10 Inspiring Type Designers From A New Generation".[7] In 2016 he designed a pair of sneakers based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with footwear designer Quintin Williams.[8][9] That same year, Almossawi designed Enfuse, a custom tea maker.[10]
Almossawi was a graphic designer at Ogilvy & Mather before working on the user interface design for the Electronic Arts game FIFA 15.[11] Afterwards, Almossawi was a design consultant at Nike, Inc. on multiple projects, which included working on Nike Basketball's signature shoe lines for athletes such as Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.[12][13] Almossawi was a senior designer at Adidas from 2016 until 2019, and worked on projects for athletes such as James Harden and Damian Lillard.[4]
Almossawi and Marin Myftiu designed the Jaguar XKX concept car in 2012,[14] which was featured on the cover of Jaguar Magazine.[15] He collaborated with Myftiu again to create the nCycle, an award-winning folding e-bike.[16] The nCycle was runner-up at the 2013 Core77 Design Awards[17] and was one of Yanko Design's "Best Transportation Designs of 2013".[18] It was exhibited at Eurobike 2014, and the nCycle Special Edition was released in 2015.[19][20] Based on the success of the nCycle, Almossawi and Myftiu designed the nThree, an electric three-wheeled vehicle, based on a hybrid of an electric car and an electric bike.[21] He also designed the Huracan City Rover, an environmentally friendly microcar designed for urban transport.[22] The rover won the 2016 Michelin "Mobility for All" Challenge Design.[23]
In 2019, Almossawi founded his own design studio Mossawi Studios in Brooklyn, which focuses on VFX and product design, and serves as the studio's Chief Designer.[24] He has worked with brands such as Apple, Nike, Versace, Ford Motor Company, LG, Pepsi, and Samsung.[25] Mossawi Studios works on designs for products in the footwear, automotive and medical industries.[26][27] The studio's designs include Oxygem, a pulse oximetry smart ring designed for individuals living with Sickle cell disease,[28] and the 411 Porsche concept car.[29]
His designs have been featured in publications such as Fast Company,[30] Wired UK,[31] Hypebeast,[20][32] Motor1.com,[33] Mashable, Auto Motor und Sport,[34] Highsnobiety,[35] Yanko Design,[36][37] SoccerBible,[38] Gizmodo,[39] and Adobe's Substance 3D Magazine.[40]
From 2018 to 2019, Hussain Almossawi was an adjunct professor at The New School, where he taught Human factors and ergonomics,[41] and now serves as a member on the advisory panel for Pace University’s Lubin School of Business in New York, Design Thinking Program.[42] He is a frequent public speaker, and has presented workshops and designs at events such as, Bike to the Future,[43] Solidworks Conference in Bologna, Saudi Design Week, and -ING Creative Festival in Dubai.[44] He frequently publishes design tutorials and articles in magazines and trade publications.[45][46][47]