Etienne Mineur
Graphic designer Incandescence - France
33 (born in May 1968), graduated from the ENSAD (National Superior School of Decorative Arts) with a thesis on The Design of Interactive Media. Founded Index+ together with E. Olivier, in charge of art development (91/92); worked for Desgrippes & associés (92/94) and for Hyptique (96/97), nowadays a freelance graphic artist, art director and producer. Collaborates regularly with the Nofrontiere agency (www.nofrontiere.com) in Vienna, Austria while working out of Paris. Founded the Incandescence creative studio in Paris with Yacine Aït Kaci, Etienne Auger, Arnaud Dangeul and Pierre Wendling. A member of the AGI (International Graphics Alliance) since October 2000. Worked on offline and online projects; increasingly involved in video projects. Along with working as an art director and producer, designed the videographical and typographical setting for the closing evening of Salon Europrix (late November 1998, Vienna, Austria) in collaboration with the Nofrontiere design agency. Maintained ties with Nofrontiere working on a CD-ROM on Sigmund Freud. Designed the visual identity for a range of companies (NeMo, Virtools, RealGarden, Wakama ), designed and/or created many products.
Contribution:
3D real time website
Presentation by Etin Toys; e-commerce website for toys Presentation by Swimtank.com; 3D real time WebZine Presentation by Virtools Music; real time 3D website for a music label The issue: What can 3D add to the web? Advantages and disadvantages. 3D typo or typo in a 3D environment. Reading codes. The problem of reading and navigation in a 3D environment... Relationships with video games, how to use video game codes in other environments...