Hussain Almossawi

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]

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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]