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:
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1992 |
Peter
GabrielÕs ÒExploraÓ |
Multimedia
CDROM |
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Head Designer |
Brilliant
Media/Real World Studios |
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Silver
Medal, New Media awards |
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1994 |
ÒThe Dead Sea ScrollsÓ |
Multimedia
CDROM |
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Art Director,
Interface Designer |
Pixel
Multimedia, Israel |
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Bronze
medal, New Media awards |
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1994 |
ÒTransportation ChallengeÓ |
Edutainment
CDROM |
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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
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1995 |
ÒOlympic GoldÓ |
Multimedia
CDROM |
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Art Director,
Interface Designer |
S.E.A.
Multimedia, Israel |
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Gold
Medal, Milia Õ96 |
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1995 |
ÒUltimate
ChessÓ |
Computer
Game |
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Art Director,
Interface Designer |
Plastronics
, Israel |
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1996 - 2004 |
Sample clients: |
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eLearning prototypes |
Logal,
Israel |
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eCommerce site and 3D web plug in interfaces |
DesignLabs,
Israel |
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Starband application |
Gilat
Satellite Communications |
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Broadband service prototype |
Gilat
Satellite Communications |
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Intranet |
Barak
Communications |
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Web applications and cellular interfaces |
Netfun |
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CDROMs and applications |
GEO /
Emblaze |
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Websites: |
Natura
, Optivera , Silicon Sands , Novawind , Vertex Management, CAP ventures,
Lapidot, Ethos NetworksÉ |
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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