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Ehsaan Mesghali

Ehsaan Mesghali

Culver City, CA, US

 

About 

Ehsaan Mesghali is a Creative Director trained in Architecture, professionally involved in branding, marketing and digital design since 2008.

Holding senior positions at various agencies in the Los Angeles area, today he works primarily as a creative consultant and educator.

Professional roles have involved 2D and 3D design solutions for internationally-recognized brands in the sports, music and entertainment space.

With a background that touches on multiple disciplines at a professional level, his studio is able to curate a brand's presence across various touch points, whether through print, digital or experience.

Ehsaan currently directs the architecture program at Culver City Unified School District under the guidelines of the CTE curriculum standards. He also teaches at the Los Angeles Institute of Architecture and Design and previously Cal Poly Pomona and GSAPP.

In 2015 he started a series of personal design experiments surrounding themes of color, pattern, perspective and type. The project was exhibited with Puma Basketball at Art Basel Miami in 2018, among other cultural events.

Elsewhere:

Employment 

LAIAD, Los Angeles, Instructor

Part of the faculty at LAIAD responsible for digital craft courses, namely Rhino3D as well as Adobe Illustrator.

Sep 2015 - current
 

Mesghali Studio, Culver City, CA, US, Creative Director

Ehsaan Mesghali is a creative director trained in architecture, professionally involved in branding, illustration, fabrication, apparel and web design since 2005.

Holding senior design positions at various firms and agencies in the Los Angeles area, he works primarily as a Creative Director through his agency Mesghali Studio, and as a design educator at the Los Angeles Institute of Architecture and Design as well as Culver City Unified School District. He obtained a bachelors of architecture from the California State Polytechnic University of Pomona in 2010 and a Masters of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in 2012.

Jun 2009 - current
 

Guild, Los Angeles, Senior Architectural Designer

Nov 2014 - Jun 2016
 

SPF:architects, Culver City, CA, US, Project Designer

Project Designer working on the APMAS museum of film on the LACMA campus along-side RPBW. www.spfa.com

Feb 2013 - Jan 2015
 

Columbia University, New York City, Studio Assistant

Digital assistant for the MSAAD program. In-studio TA for Nanako Umemoto's advanced studio as well as digital assistant for digital craft course where students learned the basics of 3D modeling and animation as applied to architecture.

May 2011 - Sep 2012
 

Education 

Columbia University, New York City, Masters, MSAAD

Post Professional Degree in Advanced Architectural Design.

May 2011 - May 2012
 
Sep 2005 - Jun 2010
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills