Ilan Graicer

5 Manne St. Suite#5

Tel Aviv 64168, Israel

email: ilangr<at>gmail.com

 

 

Profession: Experience Designer for games, applications and virtual worlds

 

Higher Education:

 

1990 -1993      BA Advertising Design, Academy of Art College, San Francisco

 

Experience:

 

1992

Peter GabrielÕs ÒExploraÓ

Multimedia CDROM

 

 Head Designer

Brilliant Media/Real World Studios

 

Silver Medal, New Media awards

 

 

 

1994

ÒThe Dead Sea ScrollsÓ

Multimedia CDROM

 

Art Director, Interface Designer

Pixel Multimedia, Israel

 

Bronze medal, New Media awards

 

 

1994

ÒTransportation ChallengeÓ

Edutainment CDROM

 

Project Manager, Art Director, Interface Designer

Pixel Multimedia, Israel

                       

1995           Established ÒFantasy Junction LTDÓ – an interface design studio

                   Art direction, interface design, usability and rapid prototyping

 

1995

ÒOlympic GoldÓ

Multimedia CDROM

 

Art Director, Interface Designer

S.E.A. Multimedia, Israel

 

Gold Medal, Milia Õ96

 

                         

1995

ÒUltimate ChessÓ

Computer Game

 

Art Director, Interface Designer

Plastronics , Israel

                         

1996 - 2004

Sample clients:

 

 

eLearning prototypes

Logal, Israel

 

eCommerce site and 3D web plug in interfaces

DesignLabs, Israel

 

Starband application

Gilat Satellite Communications

 

Broadband service prototype

Gilat Satellite Communications

 

Intranet

Barak Communications

 

Web applications and cellular interfaces

Netfun

 

CDROMs and applications

GEO / Emblaze

Websites:

Natura , Optivera , Silicon Sands , Novawind , Vertex Management, CAP ventures, Lapidot, Ethos NetworksÉ

 

 

 

 

 


Companies:

 

1999-2000       Co-founder and Experience Designer – Impressia

                        Developed a rich media point of sale display for the web

 

2003-2005       Experience Designer – BeInSync LTD

                        Developed a PC application for peer to peer sharing and backup

                        (sold to Phoenix Technologies in 2007)

 

2005-2009       Founder and Creative Director – Funtactix Inc

                        Online games startup – developing technologies and original IPs

Co-managed the company, led and supervised the creative team
and art resources. Developed Duo (a procedural game prototype), Slider Party (a 3D top down shooter),

and Moondo (a virtual world of avatars and games with 100,000 registered users, now closed)

 

Teaching:

 

1992-1993       Computer arts, Academy of Art College, San Francisco

1997-1999       Interface design and multimedia, VITAL Art School, Tel Aviv       

1998-2000       Web design, academic manager, John Bryce Training, Tel Aviv

 

Computer and art skills:

Design                         Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, FontographerÉ

Photo editing               Photomatix, PTGui, astrophotography packages É

3D modeling and animation     Maya, Poser, Silo3D, Bryce, Cinema4D, BlenderÉ

Scripting and programming     HTML and PHP, LuaÉ

Game development       Flash, Director, Unity3D, OgreÉ

Video Editing               Final Cut Pro, After Effects

 

Related activities:

 

2005 -              Founder and organizer - Geekcon: an annual geek festival/hacker conference

                        www.geekcon.org - held 5 years in a row.

 

As part of The Institute of Contemporary Archeology art collective

 

2002                ÒPain and Suffering CorporationÓ Performance art at 4th Hearat Shualim

2003                Ò2000 year old minigolfÓ - Performance art at 6th Hearat Shualim
 JerusalemÕs Tower of David

2006                One Pink Rose exhibition

(http://www.maarav.org.il/classes/PUItem.php?lang=ENG&id=1027)

 

Professional photographer: motor sports, wildlife and landscapes for
Israeli magazines and websites

Developer and photographer at http://www.freeisraelphotos.com