Education
Academic Appointments
2018 – Present Shenkar – Adjunct Professor, DEED Masters program, “Shenkar – Engineering. Design. Art” , Tel Aviv, Israel.
2016 – Present NYU – Adjunct Professor, ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY.
2015 – 2016 Research Resident Fellowship – ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.
- UX design and development of collaborative web-based drawing tools for real time visual communication.
- Interactive non-linear storytelling.
- Study of motion and animation as a way for non verbal communication.
2014 – 2016 Pratt Institute – Adjunct Professor, School of Design, Undergraduate Communications Design, New York, NY.
2012 – 2013 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Undergraduate Communications Design, Jerusalem, Israel.
Professional Experience
2018 – Current
Sr. UX & Motion Designer – Waze ( Google), Tel Aviv, Israel.
2016 – 2018
Sr. UX & Motion Designer – Google , New York, NY.
- Designing interactive experiences through motion for Google Jamboard.
2016
UX & Motion Designer – Local Projects, New York, NY.
- Freelance UX & senior motion designer.
- Designing interactive experiences through motion for museums and public spaces.
August 2014 – May 2015
UX & Motion Designer – Google, New York, NY.
- Freelance UX & motion designer for Google Search.
- Working with Google’s UX, development and production teams.
2007 – 2016
Creative Director and Founder – Animishmish Creative House.
- Developing creative experiences for a wide range of international clients.
- Leading multi disciplinary creative teams on large scale interactive installations.
- Consulting leading tech and media companies on digital tools for mass production of video and animation.
2011 – 2013
Creative Director & VFX Supervisor – Comedy Central
“The Green Project” – TV Show ( 2 Seasons )
- Leading visual design, animation, edit and sound teams.
- Creating automation tools for mass VFX compositing .
- Supervising & coordinating post production abroad.
Country of Broadcast: Israel, Lithuania, Uruguay, Norway, Argentina, China
2010 – 2011
Independent Animation Director
“Heart of Glass – Skin Diary cover“
Stop motion & Post production music video ( Berlin – Tel Aviv production)
Vimeo’s Staff Pick, Siggraph Animation Festival 2011, Fantoche Animation Festival
2006 – 2007
Motion Design, Animation, Compositing – Primus Design & Animation
Motion design for title sequences, broadcast graphic packages and TV ads.
Favorite project : re-designing and animating Sesame Street’s ( Israel) show opener.
2004 – 2005
Motion Design & Animation – RhinoFX ( New York)
> Motion design & illustration for commercials, TV packaging and other motion graphics projects for leading customers.
Honors and Awards
Adobe Design Achievement Awards, 2015 – Animation, Semifinalist, 2015
Vimeo’s Staff Picks, “Heart of Glass” music Video, 2011
Prix Ars Electronica – Interactive Art, Honorary Mention award for Taxilink Project, 2010
FutureEverything Award nomination for TaxiLink Project, 2010
Exhibitions
//2017
Indiebo Festival – “Subway Stories” ( With Jeff Ong) , Bogota, Colombia.
Jewish Culture Festival – “TaxiLink” ( With Lila Chitayat) , Krakow, Poland.
Dumbo Light Year, “Passenger Moment“- “Skin Deep” ( With Rosalie Yu) , Brooklyn, NY.
Dumbo Light Year, “Passenger Moment“- “Skin Deep” ( With Rosalie Yu) , St. Petersburg, Russia.
//2016
Indiebo Festival – “Skin Deep” ( With Rosalie Yu) , Bogota, Colombia.
New York Transit Museum – “Subway Stories” ( With Jeff Ong), Brooklyn, NY.
Tribeca Film Festival, Interactive Playground – “Skin Deep” ( With Rosalie Yu) , New York, NY.
ISEA 2016– “Skin Deep” ( With Rosalie Yu) , Hong Kong.
//2015
Audi “City Code” Exhibition -“Collaborative Cityscapes” ( With Rosalie Yu), Beijing, China.
“Everything & More” by Rachel Rose – Whitney Museum, New York, NY.
The Moment – Interactive Art Group Show – “Skin Deep” ( With Rosalie Yu), Queens Museum, Queens, NY.
The Moment – Interactive Art Group Show – “Skin Deep” ( With Rosalie Yu), New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY.
Currents New Media Festival – “Subway Stories” ( With Jeff Ong), Santa Fe, NM.
//2014
DUMBO Art Festival – “Subway Stories” ( With Jeff Ong), Brooklyn, NY.
Siggrraph Festival Art Gallery – “Subway Stories” ( With Jeff Ong), Vancouver, Canada.
ITP Spring Show 2014, New York, NY.
NYC Resistor – “Subway Stories” ( With Jeff Ong), Brooklyn, NY.
Future of Storytelling Exhibition -“Subway Stories” ( With Jeff Ong), Manhattan, NY.
//2013
ITP Winter Show 2013, New York, NY.
ARS Electronica Campus – “The House of the Unhappy” ( With Lila Chitayat & Shalom Amira), Linz, Austria.
Tel Aviv Museum “Art Year” Opening – “White Tent City” ( With Lila Chitayat & Roee Kremer), Tel Aviv, Israel.
//2011
Siggraph Animation Festival – “Heart of Glass – Skin Diary Cover” music video, Vancouver, Canada.
Fantoche – International Animation Film Festival – “Heart of Glass – Skin Diary Cover” music video, Baden, .
//2010
ARS Electronica Festival – “TaxiLink Project” ( With Lila Chitayat, Tal Chalozin & Michael Shynar), Linz, Austria.
//2009
80 plus 1 -“TaxiLink Project” ( With Lila Chitayat, Tal Chalozin & Michael Shynar), Linz, Austria.
Conferences & Seminars
//2019
FITC Amsterdam – Speaker, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
//2017
World Usability Day, Google – Speaker, Tokyo, Japan.
Sketching in Practice – Speaker, Vancouver, Canada.
FITC Toronto 2017 – Speaker, Toronto, Canada.
//2016
FITC Toronto 2016 – Speaker, Toronto, Canada.
//2015
FITC Collide Festival 2015 – Speaker, Halifax, Canada.
FITC Camp Festival 2015 – Speaker, Calgary, Canada.
AIGA/NY – Speaker , New York, NY.
Co-Pro Interactive Documentary Pitching Forum – “Subway Stories” ( With Jeff Ong), Tel Aviv, Israel.
//2014
Siggrraph Festival – “Subway Stories” ( With Jeff Ong) Artists Talk, Vancouver, Canada.
//2013
PrintScreen New Media Festival -Speaker & Curator ( ARS Electronica Animation Program), Holon, Israel.
Tel Aviv International Animation Festival – Speaker & Curator ( ARS Electronica Animation Program), Tel Aviv, Israel.
Selected Publications
Skin Deep:
Dot 2 Dot:
Subway Stories:
The Creators Project (vice)
Core77 – Two Art Projects that Prove There’s Still Hope in the Workday Commute
psfk.com – New project brilliantly interprets the thoughts of subway riders in New York City.
Lürzer’s Archive – Editor’s Blog
Lovemoneyclothes.com – subway stories is a special kind of commute
The Absolute Magazine – Listen to the Inner Monologues of Commuters in “Subway Stories”
Makezine.com – Trends in Tech and Other Highlights from ITP’s 2013 Winter Show
flavorwire.com – Fun and fascinating art for city commuters
StreetChique.net – Narrated Thoughts
Guest Lecture & Thesis Panelist
Pratt University, New York, NY.
Parsons University, New York, NY.
Delhi College of Art, Delhi, India.
Shenkar School of Engineering & Design, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
H.I.T Institute for Technology and Design, Holon, Israel.
Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, Israel.