Interview with Samin Mousavi

I love telling stories through design.

I proudly chose it.

I focus on conceptual and modern avant-garde costumes for my films and photos, along with set designs for my projects. These days, I'm also exploring AI to enhance the conceptual development of my visuals.

Never think of yourself as a legend—just keep growing.

Intuition and emotional connection to their design.

Authenticity. When a design is a genuine expression of the creator, it elevates the designer into an artist.

Uniqueness, Because it helps people stand out and be authentic.

For anyone who wants to see themselves inside a story through design. nothing else!

An international, multidisciplinary project combining photography, video art, and installation performance, based on Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.

Not striving for perfection, just following what I truly believe in.

Alejandro Jodorowsky, Zaha Hadid, Alexander McQueen, and Tim Walker.

Alexander McQueen’s avant-garde gothic designs. He fused concept and form into something far beyond functionality, they were storytelling tools. Symbolic set designs of Alejandro Jodorowsky's films

The costume design for my character “Pine Lady.” From idea to execution, it took just two days. I didn’t overthink it, I trusted the process, and it found its own way to be seen.

Believe in the vision inside your head, and keep trying to bring it to life—find a way, no matter what.

A politician.

Design makes life better and more comfortable for living beings. But beyond that, it should make people think and feel deeply.

The entire universe.

Having the courage to follow what felt right to me.

Turning my technical limitations into real-life creations.

Through competitions, concept stores, and with the help of a good marketing consultant.

Projects with multicultural concepts that touch on global peace at different levels.

To be an artist and for my designs to go beyond utility and become poetic forms of expression.

Depth and originality.

When designers embed morality and meaning into their work, it shapes culture and conscience.

A feature film I’m producing, where I’m also exploring a completely new way of being a designer.

The ones where my vision was fully realized projects where I developed the dramaturgy of the story based on my perspective. I believe in storytelling through design.

I hope it becomes more conceptual and artistic.

It’s merging with technology and media, especially AI.

It depends. Sometimes just 3 days, sometimes over 3 years.

By gathering a trusted team.

Magic can always happen.

Both, it’s a dialogue.

It depends on the project, but I love having AI as a creative assistant.

Depending on the project: Adobe Creative Suite, DaVinci Resolve, Sony and Canon cameras and lenses, ARRI and Godox lights.

They breathe life into a design and determine how it emotionally connects with the user.

Nothing. I prefer to hear their experience of it.

"This design is alive ,how can I connect with it?"

Reliable collaborators who can execute ideas. And yes, I believe in co-design.

Anyone who believes even the hardest ideas can be born—and helps make them real.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

By studying interdisciplinary fields like literature, philosophy, psychology, and dramaturgy. I wanted to go beyond technical design and give my work artistic soul.

Friedrich Nietzsche and Alejandro Jodorowsky.

My greatest joy comes during the design process. When it’s finished, I release it to the world and start something new. Fame is nice, but the real joy is in creating.

Black and white. The whole world. French fries. Spring and autumn. My camera. Coca-Cola Zero.

I once presented a super-minimalist model for a stage design—just a silver bowl with wine and a candle. While others made detailed models, I confidently explained mine conceptually. My professor was so stunned he joked about failing me because of my boldness.

Wandering aimlessly through chaotic city streets with a creative friend, discovering authentic places and objects.

Not really—I seemed more like an actress or performer. I was always singing and dancing.

Dinosaurs might come back to Earth.

I'm just a simple person who loves creating art in different forms. If you like what I do, thank you, that means a lot. But please don’t call yourselves my fans. In my world, you’re all my friends.

I work as an Art director & Photographer for modekey magazine but i have my own design studio and do freelance projects such as set and costume design , photography and film making . i really want to focus on conceptual fashion photography and directing fiction and fantasy movies adaptet from mythology and fantasy literature.
i have started to work in digital marketing since 2016 and i'm CCO and CMO of our ecommerce team right now but im still a junior marketer.

as Duchamp said you can not define electricity.the same can be said of art.the hard question is how would a Designer be an artist?a designer uses arts to respond human needs but an artist can favourite the way of showing the aim of her art.artist designers always wonder of right way to choose their design approachs.how can a designer apply her philosophy into a product for consumers who their personal needs are against that philosophy??this can be the second hard question after defenition of art.

Avantgarde Costumes and furnitures
Expressionist Sets
Conceptual Fashion Photography
Directing Fantasy & Fiction movies

Tim Walker in photography photography
Tim Burton in Filmmaking and animation
Alexander Mcqueen in Fashion

a headwear covered by orange dry leaves instead of hijab scarf for my fashion photography shootong

when i break all my rules and frameworks

The occurrence of a drum by my design

i find myself distanced from limits of humanity

i live in Tehran , Iran
of course,

i usually work by short time or Projects

Break The rules

Photoshop,Premiere,Lightroom,After Effects
plays, Philosophy and Mythology books, The story of the legendaries , short stories from Sadegh Hedayat , Kafka , Edgar Allan Poe

why your artworks are so dark?

directing my on short experimental fiml " Resident of the Limbo "

Polo
Catena Watch
New Hijab
Nilmoti

Surreal , ٍٍExperssionism and Dada designs
they are breaking human limits

i would like to focus on conceptual fashion photography and

i am by myself

im working on a project rebuilding some of historical characters of persian literature
it has huge Pre-Production and i have searched for a sponsor since 2016 but i was hopeless .

Email : saminmousavi.sm@gmail.com
website : www.saminmousavi.com
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