Adam Hickey, Online Portfolio
This is the personal portfolio site of Adam Hickey. I live in the Twin Cities and am a graphic designer specializing in new media.
INTERACTIVE
My interactive work consists of (X)HTML/CSS websites (with a little JavaScript and PHP) and Flash/ActionScript projects designed for freelance clients and in agency settings.
Cargill Recruitment Website
My Role: Co-XHTML/CSS/Flash Developer, Graphic Designer
Employer: Level Brand
Cargill is one of the largest privately owned companies in the world. This site was designed to recruit MBA graduates into their Stategic Business & Development Program.
LEVEL Navigation System
My Role: Co-Flash Developer, Graphic Designer
Employer: Level Brand
My focus was creating a visually rich navigation system for LEVEL, an ad agency in downtown Minneapolis. Concept: "LEVEL builds brands and reputations around the clock."
Generations.com Redesigned
My Role: XHTML/CSS/Flash Developer, Graphic Designer
Employer: Pixel Farm Interactive
This site was redesigned to bring a contemporary look and feel while maintaining a user-interface that was easy to navigate... for all generations.
Whirlpool Touch-screen Interface
My Role: Interface Designer
Employer: Pixel Farm Interactive
This alpha-stage interface design proposal is part of a collaborative project with Whirlpool and Central Park Interactive. Touch-screen LCD computers are to be mounted on family refrigerators and tested.
T-Mobile E-Learning Interface
My Role: Interface Designer
Employer: Pixel Farm Interactive
T-Mobile requested an interface that would fit with their corporate brand, specifically the Engineering division, while having a look and feel separate from their consumer marketing.
EMPI Email Marketing
My Role: Graphic Designer
Employer: Pixel Farm Interactive
A bold and visually interesting image of a technician working on the back-end of a website serves as an eye-catching centerpiece for this email.
adamhickey.com v1.0
My Role: Flash Developer, Graphic Designer
Employer: Personal
My first online presence at adamhickey.com. This project is basically the Flash "experience design" equivalent to my current site.
Tesfa Foundation Website
My Role: Graphic Designer
Employer: Level Brand
The Tesfa Foundation raises money to build schools in Ethiopia. My focus was to bring an academic, home-made, and hard-working global feel to the interface. (In Progress)
Flashloaded Homepage Redesign
My Role: Graphic Designer
Employer: Freelance
The client asked for Web 2.0 look. Bold colors and a layout that would display well on wide-screen monitors were a couple devices used to achieve a contemporary feel.
TCIC Inc Website Redesigned
My Role: XHTML/CSS Developer, Graphic Designer
Employer: Freelance
This site needed a lot of help from both a design and development standpoint. One of the biggest challenges was redesigning a system to manage a large amount of content.
RentWise
My Role: Flash Developer, Co-Graphic Designer
Employer: ByDesign
RentWise is an educational program that informs renters on various issues. I focused on creating a design that would appeal to a young, energetic audience.
INTEGRATIVE CAMPAIGN
Western Bank
My Role: Flash Animator & Developer
Employer: Level Brand
I offered to extend this award winning "We see more than money." campaign to Western Bank's website in order to increase the time spent by customers on the site.
ANIMATION
Below are a couple examples of my experience with motion and sound.
Burrito Bandit
My Role: Animator, Graphic Designer
Employer: Personal
How far would you go for a burrito? Enjoy this compelling After Effects adventure of one ant's mission to survive.
Roby, The Robotic Razor
My Role: Animator, Graphic Designer
Employer: Personal
This somewhat offbeat animation is a 1950s commercial about the future of shaving starring... myself. The style is very much inspired by Adult Swim's "Tom Goes to the Mayor."
I come from a print based background. Below are a couple branding projects that have helped define me as a designer.
Whole Approach Logo
My Role: Graphic Designer
Employer: Pixel Farm Interactive
Whole Approach is a natural health care medication used to treat Candida. The all-natural feel depicted through leaf imagery as well as the notion of "whole" or "complete" was explored.
America's Healthy Chef Logo
My Role: Graphic Designer
Employer: Pixel Farm Interactive
This project focused on creating a corporate face for Chef Kurt Styles. Many avenues of illustration style and imagery were explored before reaching a solution that closely resembled the chef himself.
National Institute on Media and Family
My Role: Graphic Designer
Employer: Pixel Farm Interactive
This illustration depicts media around the world consuming the classroom with its overwhelming destructive presence.
Damaged Goods
My Role: Graphic Designer
Employer: Personal
Identity system for punk record label. My focus was to depict the raw nature of punk rock through a combination of digital and analog techniques.
PowerTrak MBA
My Role: Graphic Designer
Employer: Personal
Identity for Saint Mary University's PowerTrak MBA program. My goal was to convey the idea of speed and advancement through the presence of three sweeping paths, or "tracks".
LINKS
Some quality spots for inspiration, reference, and entertainment.
Graphic Design
- » Beautiful Decay......(beautifuldecay.com)
- » Design Is Kinky......(designiskinky.com)
- » I-Manifest......(i-manifest.com)
- » Threadless......(threadless.com)
- » Shepard Fairey......(obeygiant.com)
- » Eyeball NYC......(eyeballnyc.com)
- » Electric Heat......(electricheat.org)
Web Design
- » A List Apart......(alistapart.com)
- » Favorite Website Awards......(thefwa.com)
- » CSS Zengarden......(csszengarden.com)
- » Kirupa......(kirupa.com)
- » Fuse Kit......(mosessupposes.com)
- » Tiny Awards......(internettinyawards.com)
- » Lightbox......(huddletogether.com)
- » sIRF......(mikeindustries.com)
