Introduction
intric8 is the moniker and freelance umbrella for designer and online product manager Eric Hill, based in the SF Bay Area. Browse samples of work below, or check out the blog.
Work
Clients: IDG, Justin.tv, GMC, IBM, Microsoft, Dell, Sun Microsystems, KnightRidder, Palm, NetApp, The Hartford, McDonalds, Broadband Sports, and more.
The Industry Standard - identity and brand design & re-launch; all front-end UI/UX strategy, design and implementation; UI/Dev product and project management. thestandard.com
Justin.tv - Performed exploratory design work for updating Justin.tv's home and directory pages
InfoWorld - Led InfoWorld UI through multiple re-designs and launches, all front-end design and implementation, video production and support
Studio Interactive / a division of PricewaterhouseCoopers - a series of older mockups for clients, from back in the day
Video
Radium - Designed the look and feel for an FX-driven 30 second TV spot featuring the GMC Denali. Boards based off of 1-page recommendations supplied by the ad agency. The director heavily leveraged the boards in the final production.
Thesis - Drag me back to Army of Darkness. Animated short featuring 3D modeling, texturing, rigging, lighting, animation, 2D & 3D compositing and sound editing, titled Evil Dead 3 1/3.
Illustration
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Contact
eric {at} intric8 - dot - com
Ping
Ring
415.722.1499
About
A Brief History of [my] Time
I've been a professional designer for over twelve years. In the 90's, I was the second employee at Studio Interactive in Dallas, Texas, where we worked in a trendy loft in trendy Deep Ellum. You could see Mark Cuban's Broadcast.com offices from our garden rooftop. Cuban's building was absolutely covered in satellite dishes, like he was trying to impress someone. I guess it worked. We got bought out by PricewaterhouseCoopers as the bubble began to grow as fast as our heads. Too bad I didn't own a percentage of the company...
By 2000, I moved to San Francisco just as the bubble was just about to pop. By 2002, I left consulting and slid into the publishing world at IDG in a Web design capacity. Won some awards. Went back to school when we thought we might live in LA, and got my 3D animation thang on with a little toy design thrown on top. We moved back to San Francisco, and I've found myself back in the Web. For the past 2.5 years I helped bring back The Industry Standard from the ashes in an online-only format. Won a few more awards. It was a fun, wild and crazy ride. What's next?
Tid Bits
I have a strange love for horror films, although my palette has grown a bit snobbish as of late. I like to draw, design, animate in Maya or paint in Photoshop, and I really enjoy the self flagellation of being a Cubs fan since 1984.
Blog
Head to Eric's world of words here.