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VR CONCEPT DESIGN EXHIBITION DESIGN USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN USER INTERFACE DESIGN SERVICE DESIGN
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MOTIVATION
My passion is to transform creative ideas into innovative design concepts.
As a concept designer, I constantly try to realize designs environments, which combine technological with artistic, cultural and urban trends. With my passion and my extensive knowledge in the area, I will find creative solutions and bring resourceful detail to screen and exhibition design concepts.
My profession is to produce innovative concept ideas in the creative sector.
During the past years, I have worked as a freelance curator and designer, always under conflicting deadlines. My projects range from user interface designs to virtual reality videos. With a strong background in Adobe CC and self-motivated conceptualization skills, I will bring optimizing workflows and a new visual experience to concepts ranging from service design to exhibition design. My approach is interdisciplinary combining commercial and artistic composition strategies. I have focused on graphical illustrations and motion graphics in my recent project ‘Seven Movements’. Developing this project, I got inspired by China’s urban areas, and I created illustrations based on vector graphics. Also, I constructed a 360 degrees 2D Animation, which users can view through VR goggles (Virtual Reality). Working at Screen Interaction, I will help the team with my expertise in design and production of such graphics and video environments.
My Mission is to launch creative thinking in multicultural settings.
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I have worked on projects in international teams in Shanghai, Berlin, Maastricht, and Seoul. In particular, through my experiences in Shanghai and Seoul, I have shaped my understanding of commercial, cultural and artistic trends. There, I have worked on design projects with people of different backgrounds and communicated in various languages. As a result, I developed an analytical mind and a creative team spirit. With these skills, I will hit the ground running creating a positive atmosphere at work and supporting my colleagues with constructive criticism. I would appreciate the opportunity to meet with you to discuss how my qualifications will help your company exceed its expectations for success.
Looking forward,
Victor
VR Victor Ramón Stoljarow vr@stoljarow.de
VR EXPERIENCE & HONOURS
VICTOR RAMĂ“N STOLJAROW German vr@stoljarow.de
Jan. 2015 till present
Design and Art Projects Freelance Designer/Curator Tasks: Designing UX/UI of virtual reality environments, creating motion graphics and animation, user-centered audio-video installations and exhibtion designs
Aug. 2014 to Pantocrator/Pan Stage, M50, Shanghai Dec. 2014 Freelance Designer/Curator Tasks: Website UX/UI, designing artists catalogues, conceptualising and designing exhibition objects and spaces
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REFERENCES
Aug. 2014 to +Acumen/IDEO, Shanghai Dec. 2014 Freelance Designer Tasks: Researching personas, scenarios and usability in UX/UI design concepts for urban mobility in Shanghai
Galerie Eigenheim Weimar
Snap! Shanghai
Mingsheng Art Museum
Oct. 2012 to Mar. 2013
Circle Culture Art GmbH, Berlin Intern/Gallery Assitent Tasks: Web and print design, researching and consulting art collectors, art sales
Feb. 2012 to Jun. 2012
MaRBLe Honours Programm Awardee Maastricht University, Maastricht Tasks: Conduct a research-based project (interviews, personas and scenarios)
EBPC (European Business
Promotion Center, Shanghai)
Pantocrator/Pan Stage
Circle Culture Art GmbH
Vice Germany
Berlin Promotion
EDUCATION COMPUTER SKILLS Omnigraffle
After Effects Photoshop Illustrator
Indesign
Premiere
Nuke
Apr. 2013 to Aug. 2016
Double Master’s Degree in International Integrated Media Art and Design Studies (IIMDS):
Expected Graduation: Aug. 2016
Master’s Degree 2: Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) College of Arts and Media, Tongji University, Shanghai Specialisation: Interaction Design/UX/UI Design
Graduation Nov. 2015
Master’s Degree 1: Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Faculty of Media, Bauhaus University, Weimar Specialisation: 2D/3D Animation/Motion Graphics Master Thesis (with distinction): “Seven Movements”
Maya
Arduino
Processing
Sep. 2009 to Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Arts and Culture Sept. 2012 FASoS, Maastricht University, Maastricht Specialisation: Creative Research/Human-Centred Design Bachelor Thesis (with distinction): “Guide to Temporal Sites of Memory”
Pure Data
Html5
MS Office
SCHOLARSHIPS
LANGUAGES 1. GERMAN 2. SPANISH 3. ENGLISH 4. CHINESE
(mothertongue) (mothertongue) (fluent) (intermediate)
Jul. 2015 to Nov. 2015
Creative Fund for Young Academics (Kreativfonds Nachwuchs) Institution: State of Thuringia/Bauhaus University
Sep. 2014 to Strategic Partnerships Scholarship Dec. 2014 (Strategische Partnerschaften) Institution: DAAD Aug. 2013 to One Year Scholarship for graduates in Fine Arts/Design/ June 2014 Film departments of German Art Schools Institution: DAAD, Feb. 2012 to June 2012
MaBLe Project Fund Institution: Maastricht University
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EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES V I D E O
E X H I B I T I O N D E S I G N
P E R F O R M A N C E
Dec. 2015 ‘Teatro Panico‘, experimental improv theater, Project 1, Weimar (performance)
Nov. 2016 ‘Transmediale Landschaften‘, concert & live Performance,
Hinterzimmer Weimar (exhibition design, virtual reality video, performance)
Nov. 2015 ‘Seven Movements‘, Solo Show, Galerie Eigenheim Weimar,
Weimar (exhibition design, virtutal reality video, performance)
May 2015 ‘Meeting Cheng Hsiung Hung‘ at Modern Hermit,
Fundacja Razem Pamoja, Crakow (exhibition design, performance)
Dec. 2014 NYE Gallery Opening, Snap! Gallery, Shanghai (exhibition design, performance)
Dec. 2014 ‘IN RESPONSE TO: „A SWIMMING POOL THAT CAN STILL HEAR THE OCEAN‘ WITH VISION MAGAZINE‘S TAGGING ART PROJECT,SLATE’, KTGA Winter Fair, SLATE, Shanghai (performance)
Nov. 2014 ‘WHAT IS SEEN‘, SLATE, Mingsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (performance)
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Nov. 2014 ‘Opaque Reflections 窗花’, Soo Hong, Pan Stage, Shanghai (curation)
Oct. 2014 ‘EMPTY‘ WITH THE SECRET GATHERING OF FIREFLIES II’, SLATE, Datian Lilongs, Shanghai (performance)
Oct. 2014 Sunland EBCP October Fair, Trade & Exhibition Centre, Shanghai (curation, exhibition design)
Sept. 2014 ‘Fenced” 围墙’,Byron Huang-Dean, Pan Stage, Shanghai (curation)
Sept. 2014 Hi Park life paining performance, Shanghai (performance) Aug. 2014 August Residency Exhibition, Pan Stage, Shanghai (co-curation) Nov. 2013 ‘2g13‘, Group Show, Bauhaus University, Weimar (animation) Jul. 2013 ‘Summaery 2013‘, Group Show‘, Bauhaus University, Weimar (animation)
Jan. 2013 ‘AP - From Dusk Till Dawn‘, Open Studio Show, Art Space Lübecker Str, Berlin (painting, exhibition design)
Jul. 2012 ‘A Temporal Sight of Memory‘, Video Mapping, Maastricht (exhibition design, projection mapping)
PROJECTS SHANGHAI WEIMAR BERLIN
七乐章
SCHERZO GRANDIOSO
SEVEN MOVEMENTS
I created a LIVE exhibtion/VR design and Video Mapping combining motion graphics with 2D vector graphics.
I created an exhibtion/VR design and Video Mapping combining motion graphics with 2D vector graphics.
AIR TRACKR
DUST TILL DAWN
I created a concept, UX/UI for a wearable which helps to track air pollution.
I created a concept design/UX/UI for an interactive e-storybook as a VR environment.
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SEVEN CONCEP T
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SEVEN MOVEMENTS is an exhibition presented at Eigenheim Gallery Weimar in November 2015. The exhibition consists of four parts: Texts, Illustrations, an Installation with a virtual reality video and a performance piece. All parts build on each other. The illustrations for instance are an interpretation of the texts and the virtual reality video is an interpretation of the illustrations and the performance summarizes all parts of the exhibition.
The performance and the virtual reality video are both accompanied by music, which was especially composed for the exhibition by Eli Oshejack, a Shanghai based sound designer and artist.
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七乐
The four parts also express the centuries old Chinese tradition of passing on and combine ancient Taoist philosophy with a contemporary dystopian view on technological acceleration. In addition to that interpersonal dialogues embody the connector and guide between the separate objects. These dialogues also have the task to highlight some connections between Chinese philosophy and traditions and transpose them into our contemporary three-dimensional world.
TEXT-BASED OBJECTS
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Seven illustrations and seven texts are printed on Chinese rice paper. All prints are attached to scrolls
Size: 150 cm x 70 cm
ILLUSTRATION-BASED OBJECTS All scrolls are attached with fish string to ceiling in order to hang free in the exhibtion space
Back-lighting for Chinese lantern effect Size: 100 cm x 70 cm
VR-player on smartphone splits equirechangular video in two parts.
Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/162446376
VR-glasses are hanging from ceiling in a dark room to be accessible to visitors in a secluded environment
VIRTUAL REALITY VIDEO-BASED OBJECT
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SCENARIO
PERSONA
This is Aaron Kent! - 26 years old - American - Professional dancer
Aaron gets a lot of inspiration for his choreographies from art, and he visits art exhibitions very frequently. Today he visits an exhibition with a virtual reality simulation on display. The presented VR world consists of 2D vector graphics with moving elements and dancing silhouettes. The VR world reminds him of the 1980s cyberpunk novels such as Neuromancer and Snow Crash. Inspired by the visuals experience he movements, which mimic the makes a new choreography movement of objects within the with many staccato VR world.
Video is projected onto the performer’s body
PERFORMANCE-BASED OBJECT
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SCHERZO GRANDIOSO CONCERT - PERFORMANCE - VIRTUAL REALITY VIDEO
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Scherzo Grandioso is a performance which combines a virtual reality video with a live projection mapping onto a dancers body. Part of the projected video is a black & white vector graphic video and sequences of passing landscapes. The footage of the landscapes was filmed in Iceland. These uncanny landscapes are shown through the windows of a car and the performer
is the spectator through his tableau vivants. His mind is travelling with the landscapes and his body is reacting to his view. The performance is accompanied by J. Maksymiuk’s piece of the same name and played live during the performance by the pianist duo Anna Lysenko and Mai Shinada.
Smartphone view on VR-player, ready to insert into VR-glasses.
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Equirechtangular view of car interior.
Car interior projected onto the body of the performer
Vimeo Trailer: https://vimeo.com/147854548
AIR TRACKR UX/UI - SERVICE DESIGN - INFOGRAPHICS -
This is Juliette Roche!
PERSON
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- 32 year s old - French Expat in Shangha - Works i at Creat ive Capit - Reacts al sens pollution itive to high air
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SCENARIO
Due to her J ob, Juliette has to atten business me d etings outsid e the Creati Capitals’s o ve ffice, someti mes several day. Her bo a dy reacts ve ry sensitive pollution. Th to air at’s why she likes to be u date with th p to e current Air Quality Inde to know wh x Value ether she ha s to wear a drugs for he mask or adache pain relief. Just b she is about efore to go out, s he measures with AIR TR the AQI ACKR on he r window. A moment, th t th e AQI is 276 e , and she re time again to a li z e s it’s bring the m ask.
Goal: Users receive insight
from the visual infographics explaining the health impact of air pollution in Shanghai. The screen design is a visualization of the interactive installation with a PN2.5 sensor and Arduino and Processing.
My Role: I created the
wireframes, prototypes, and UI design as well as the installation setup.
Result: The prototype has
been exhibited at the Tongji Design and Innovation Center.
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Within the wearable a PN2.5 sensor is connected to ARDUINO UNO. The sensor measures the amount of dust particles in the air and sends signals to ARDUINO, which translates the signals into numeric values.
DUST TILL DAWN CONCEPT - UX/UI - VR VIDEO
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PERSONA - 28 years old - Shanghainese - Working in retail at China Unicom -
SCENARIO Zhou Wei takes the subway from the outskirts of Hongkou District to the People’s Square in Shanghai every morning and evening during rush hour. Every day he spends approx two hours on the subway. During that time the subway is extremely packed. So that there is just enough space to watch the display on a smartphone. Li Wei opens the Dust Till Dawn App and enjoys the short interaction sequences of video, image, sound and text, which are easy to understand.
This is Zhou Wei!
360 Degree VR Environment
Goal: Dust Till Dawn is an
interactive e-storybook in nine chapters. The in smartphones integrated accelerometer and gyroscope control motion and position within the VR world. Through tilting and swiping the content of each chapter can be accessed including image, video and text.
My Role: As a UX/UI
designer I created the IA and researched visual composition combinations of image, video and text, produced user flows and VR interface design.
Result: The user interfaced
design was presented as part of the Dust Till Dawn exhibition at LĂœB Art Space Berlin.
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