Jalal Hossieni has traveled a long long distance to where he makes his home today in Puerto Rico. Born to a large and loving family in Tehran, Iran in 1968, he credits his uncle Hamid a graphic designer, for encouraging his early interest in the arts. After attending the local graphic design college, once again family stepped in to guide him on his way. Jalal's brother, Amir, was there with a job. And this was right up his alley! Working for the Board of Education in the department of film archives, sport education and export and import films. And so began his travels. For this young man these travels to Japan, Australia, Berlin and other exotic locales opened his mind and heart to a world filled with the most amazing images. Of course Jalal viewed it largely through the lens of his camera honing his visual eye and broadening his education. On one such journey he found himself in Toronto, Canada and another installment in the adventures of Jalal. Toronto was to become his home for the next ten years. Fate was once again smiling and Jalal found employment in a sign studio, where he not only had to learn English but had to prove himself as a designer from the ground up.His hard work paid off and when he left Toronto he was top designer for his company.

 

And once again on his travels to Puerto Rico to visit his cousin he met his future bride and a new life and home!

 

What makes a top designer you may ask?  Well if I were to use Jalal as an example I would have to say vision and a certain fearlessness. Add in a lot of  hard work and that would be a great start. In order for Jalal to create a design he must be able to transplant your vision for your self or company to something tangible . Whatever the subject matter, and after all of his hours of research, it is Jalal's ability  to make something complicated look simple and very clean that really comes across in all of his work. Today he finds himself with a diverse clientele and he is happiest when he is working at his art. In his spare time he likes to work on making mini documentaries about his family and of course his photograpy.