FOUNDER
Marianne Sahouri

Born and raised in Jordan, with summers often spent in Bethlehem with my aunt who practiced as an interior architect, I spent my childhood surrounded by design, art and color. My aunt would take me to project sites, and workshops, and would show me how to express an idea, and then how to bring it to life from the humble confines of the paper on which it began. My experiences were tactile and real, seen, felt, and understood. These experiences helped create a visual library of design and expression that, to this day, comprise a fundamental part of who I am as a designer.

As a student of graphic design later in my life, I found a deep passion in the form of visual communication inherent in graphic design. My childhood playthings had become my world of work, and in that I found a sense of fulfillment. After graduating, I worked in design and advertising in Amman, where I remained for seven years. This field gave me an avenue to practice design, as well as gain a solid grasp over pertinent business considerations. I later took those skills forward into my subsequent role as corporate Communications Manager and Gallery Director at Zara Gallery in Amman, where I spent eight years exploring the dichotomy between the purity of artistic expression and practical demands of running an art-centric business.