Maciek Janicki
Creative Director
Los Angeles, CA, USA
+1 650-557-8992
www.maciekjanicki.com
Maciek Janicki employs drawing, animation, painting, film, music, and design to realize imagined city scapes and the intersection of people within it. From an early age, his love for skateboard culture formed his style and concepts behind his work. Inspired by city scapes and how skateboarding coexists within the architecture, his work developed to reflect and pursue the simplicity of function and geometry within these ecosystems. Also exploring imaginary and fantastical figures that might lay within the city, his work becomes a highly satisfying peek into his surreal imaginationary metropolises. Janicki’s work is a reflection of magical dimensions, going beyond reality and materialized by concepts design, shapes, and small details.
Janicki’s projects include working with Disney, The Van Gogh Museum, AMC, Redbull, Suzuki, Quicksilver, Coca-Cola, Slam City Skates, and Microsoft. His work has been exhibited in cities throughout Europe, Asia and South and North America, including The Exploratorium, San Francisco, Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo, Milano Film Festival, Italy, Illustrative Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong, amongst others. He co-owns and acts as Art Director of the skateboard company 79th. Janicki was born in Poland and lived and worked in London, United Kingdom for 8 years. He is now based in sunny San Francisco, CA.
Janicki’s projects include working with Disney, The Van Gogh Museum, AMC, Redbull, Suzuki, Quicksilver, Coca-Cola, Slam City Skates, and Microsoft. His work has been exhibited in cities throughout Europe, Asia and South and North America, including The Exploratorium, San Francisco, Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo, Milano Film Festival, Italy, Illustrative Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong, amongst others. He co-owns and acts as Art Director of the skateboard company 79th. Janicki was born in Poland and lived and worked in London, United Kingdom for 8 years. He is now based in sunny San Francisco, CA.
Work Experience
FOREIGN.PICTURES
Founder and Creative Director
FOREIGN.PICTURES is working on 3D, AR, VR, ANIMATION and UX projects for clients such as Microsoft, Google, Comedy Central and Clearchannel.
January 2019
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California, United States
MACIEKJANICKI
Freelance Art and Creative Director
January 2019
- Present
San Francisco, California, United States
NIO
Art Director of Interior Experiences.
I am currently exploring the world of sensor driven storytelling.
June 2018
- January 2019
California, United States
Microsoft
Lead Motion Designer and Illustrator
During my time at Microsoft I was working as the main motion designer for Skype. My responsibilities would include motion design for product and brand but also I'd participate with various VR projects within other departments of Microsoft. I also designed an illustration language for Microsoft Teams.
September 2015
- June 2018
San Francisco, California, United States
Skype
Motion Designer
During this project I was working with Joe Phillips and Andreas Koller on creating Skype Motion Language. Our roles were fluidly morphing between designing, advocating and working in collaboration with developers on the implementation to all the platforms. It was a great pleasure to collaborate together
July 2013
- September 2015
United Kingdom
79TH.
Creative Director
Working with clients such as: Disney XD, Coca-Cola, P&G, Red Bull, Quiksilver, Suzuki, Electronic Arts...
June 2009
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Poland
Education
London College Of Communication
Bachelor of Graphic Design ( Interactive Moving Image )
August 2009
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London, United Kingdom
Languages
English (Fluent),
Polish (Native),
German (Conversational),
Russian (Conversational),
Awards
Skills
3d,
3d Animation,
3D Illustration,
3D Illustration,
3d Modelling,
3d Puppets,
3D Texturing,
Adobe After Effects,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Photoshop,
Animation,
Art Direction,
Art Direction,
C4d ,
Cinema 4D,
Creative Direction,
Creative Direction,
Digital Photo Manipulation ,
Editing,
Film Photography,
Graphic Design,
Hand Drawing,
Ideas,
Illustration,
MAYA,
Motion,
Motion Design,
Storytelling,
UI,
Unity,
Unreal,
Ux,
UX Design,
Video Manipulation,
Videography,
Virtual Reality,
Visual Effects,
Vr,