Aki Fukai

Aki Fukai

Art Director, Designer, Freelancer

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  • 22765 Hamburg
  • Germany

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Personal information

Professional experience

  • Employment status
    Freelancer

Educational background

  •  
    HAW Hamburg, Fakultät Design, Medien und Information, Department Design

    Kommunikationsdesign / communications design

    Klassische Werbung/Kampagnen, Konzeption und Design von Online Projekten (u.a. Internetauftritt der Fachhochschule '98), Corporate Design, Zeichnen (Vormals Fachhochschule Hamburg)

  • Languages
    German (First language), English (Fluent), French (Basic knowledge)

About me

Contact:

web ......... http://www.fukai.de
eMail ....... mail(at)fukai.de


Art direction, concept & UI design for digital communication since 1998 such as:

  • rich data and high traffic portals & online shops aiming at joy of use
  • corporate websites (CMS based and/or accessible websites/portals)
  • web apps
  • emotional & usable brand websites and promotions with dynamic content, rich media
  • small & fine static websites
  • corporate identity, corporate design & branding (print & online)
  • business presentations (print & online)
  • online campaigns
  • and apart from that always open for good and practical solutions

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Clients

  • Various renowned and small but powerful agencies
  • small-sized companies of various branches (SME)

References:

  • Daimler (Mercedes Benz)
  • Audi
  • CTS Eventim AG
  • Telefónica o2
  • Rossmann
  • academics.de (Die Zeit, Forschung & Lehre)
  • STURM und DRANG, Innovation Insights
  • Sony Deutschland
  • LG Electronics
  • Chrysler (Jeep, Chrysler)
  • Baden-Württemberg Ministry of State
  • Sqoops, Doomster (doomster.de) until 11.2008
  • JPC
  • KRAFT Foods (Milka, Kraft)
  • Siemens Medical Solutions
  • BMW (bmw.com)
  • Trilux
  • Tipp-Kick / Edwin Mieg
  • Deutsche Bahn AG
  • Gameplay
  • Otto Reisen, Reiseland
  • Bentley
  • University of Applied Sciences, Department of Design HAW, Hamburg
  • many medium-sized companies & multinational groups of various branches & municipal institutions


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STATUS: Q1 2012
 

A selection of current projects:

for any questions or a printable PDF portfolio that fits your needs, please get in touch with me

Currently in process:

  • Concept and design direction: Various projects for of one of Germany's largest drugstores (Drogeriemarkt) and an ambitious social media monitoring provider from Switzerland – web IA/UX/sr. art direction/UI design & further projects with WowBiz
  • Further e-business, e-commerce and other projects with focus on concept for online-shops, websites, web applications and web services, UI design and design lead and coaching
 

currently in process, concept & design completed:

    • Concept and design direction: shop relaunch of one of Germany's largest drugstores – web IA/UX/UI design & further projects with WowBiz
    • Concept and design direction: User stories, wireframes and design of a rating system for one of Germany's largest drugstores
    • Concept and design direction: various projects for one of Germany's largest drugstores
    • Sr. art direction: E-Commerce Pitch for a well reknowned German retailer
    • Design conception for Gelbe Seiten
    • Redesign of a mid-sized B2B industry corporate site 

    Completed projects 2012:

    03.2012
    http://periop-med.org
    7. Symposium perioperative Medizin
    • Consulting, coding & design, project management


    Completed projects 2011:

    09.2011
    Telco portal and e-commerce relaunch
    • Design lead, senior art direction & design, styleguide
    • with Neue Digitale / Razorfish

    08.2011
    Day-care centre with three branches in Hamburg
    • Information architecture, conception, art direction & design, usability optimisation

    04.2011
    Facebook App and Ads for Sony Germany
    • Conception, art direction & design
    • in cooperation with version zwei

    04.2011
    Launch of Baden Wuerttemberg's energy supplier's portal
    • Conception, art direction & design, usability optimisation

    03.2011
    Collaborative, branch specific consumer insights database for STRUM und DRANG Innovation Insights
    • Concept & design
    • with STRUM und DRANG Innovation Insights

    03.2011
    http://www.murrelektronik.com/en/home.html
    Redesign of a multinational industrial automation B2B corporate site (incl. catalogue)
    • Conception, art direction & design, usability optimisation

    02.2011
    http://periop2011.de
    6. Symposium perioperative Medizin
    • Consulting, coding & design, project management
     

    Completed projects 2010:

     
    11.2010
    http://www.bw-egermann.de
    Comprehensive relaunch of the auditing company & tax consulting office from Southern Germany after a merger
    • Art direction & design, conception, usability optimisation, logo revision
     
    10.2010
    http://www.bornhold-hamburg.de
    Launch of a tiny but nice website for the exclusive interior specialist from Hamburg
    • Art direction & design, conception, consulting & internal project management
    • with WowBiz (technical realisation externally executed)
     
    09.2010
    http://www.solar-log.com
    Comprehensive relaunch introducing new features and a realigned branding for Solar-Log
    Solar-Log is a manufacturer of photovoltaic monitoring systems (B2C & B2B)
    • Art direction & design, conception, usability optimisation
     
    08.2010
    http://www.rossmann.de
    Bespoke relaunch from scratch of the corporate website
    • The newly conceived baby world, Rossmann quality brands and the carrer portal were integrated
    • Art direction, conception & IA, UI design
    • with WowBiz (technical realisation externally executed)
     
    04.2010
    http://www.kariertundzugenaeht.de
    Kariert & Zugenäht, Magento Shop für exklusive konfigurierbare Baby-Textilien
    • Design support, optimisation and refinement, UI design
    • with WowBiz
     
    04.2010
    http://www.dietingen.de
    accessible regional portal, based on WEBERkommunal/typo3
    • Art direction & design, conception, screen design & usability optimisation, production styleguide
     
    03.2010
    http://periop2010.de
    5. Symposium perioperative Medizin
    • Consulting, design and usability optimisation, project management
     

    Completed projects 2009:
     
    10.2009
    http://www.academics.de
    Relaunch: Academic carreer portal of "DIE ZEIT" and "Forschung & Lehre"
    • Concept development, user experience design, user interface design, art direction
    • after winnig the pitch in july 09 with the underlying concept and design the new web service launched october 09
    • with keen – independant agency
     
    09.2009
    http://onlineshop.murrelektronik.com
    Redesign of an industrial automation B2B online shop based on SAP (DE and EN)
    • Art direction & design, conception, screen design & usability optimisation
    • further steps will follow
     
    08.2009
    http://vonkroghhomes.com
    Fine Homes and Properties in Florida and Sardinia
    • Art direction & design, UI design
    • with WowBiz
     
    05.2009
    http://www.foerstergroup.de
    An other typical mid-sized business industry B2B corporate site, based on typo3 (DE and EN)
    • international rollout: USA (.com), .it, .fr, .co.uk (more to follow)
    • Art direction & design, conception, screen design & usability optimisation
     
    02.2009
    http://wiernsheim.de
    next generation accessible regional portal, based on WEBERkommunal/typo3
    • Art direction & design, conception, screen design & usability optimisation
     

    Completed projects 2008:

     
    12.2008
    http://www.logistik-bw.de
    Launch: Accessible logistics portal for Baden-Wuerttemgerg
    more information about accessibility of the portal can be taken from here: http://www.move-online.de/index.php?schrift=1&modus=g&am...
    • Art direction & design
     
    09.2008
    http://www.eventim.de
    Relaunch: Europe's largest ticket portal and -online-shop
    • Art direction, interface design, usability/UX design
    • Close cooperation with consultant and coders, styleguide
     
    05.2008
    relaunch of one of german's leading games publisher's, devoloper's and distributor's corporate website,
    1st step is online & completed, hopefully followed by a second step taking the site on a higher level.
    • Check http://www.behance.net/AkiFukai for more insight
     
    04.2008
    http://www.weber-ebusiness.de
    Launch: e-business agency's website and corporate design elements
    • Art direction done, but not all features implemented yet (another Typo3 website)
    • In addition to the website product flyers, case study hand outs and other collateral materials were done.
     
    04.2008
    http://www.mercedes-benz-mobile.com
    Upgrade: The microsite was extended and alligned to the eMB next generation website
    …and a more flexible and sleek design
    • Content: Telematics, bluetooth, comfort telephony and media interface from Mercedes Benz
    • Art direction & design, conception, screen design, usability
    • with DDD
     
    02.2008
    http://microsites.audi.com/a3cabriolet/
    Launch: A3 Cabriolet Experience – microsite for Audi taking the brand new car through all seasons
    • Art direction + design and concept in collaboration for the highly dynamic flash microsite with a movie at its core
    • with DDD
     

    Further projects:

     
    http://www.mercedes-benz.de/mein-mercedes
    Parts of MyMercedes – Next Generation
    • Art direction & design, screen design
    • with Nolte&Lauth
     
    http://www.gemeinde-bisingen.de
    Comprehensive relaunch of an an accessible regional portal, based on WEBERkommunal/typo3
    • Art direction & design, conception, screen design & usability optimisation
    • 07.05.2008: Bisingen wins InternetDorf/2008 – best municipal portal in Baden-Württemberg
     
    doomster.de
    Launch: Online shop for real gamers – until 11.2008
    • Art direction & design, conception
    • Based on the Intershop enfinity back-end of the existing shop sqoops.com we designed a lot of new features and redesigned the complete frontend focusing on the real gamers out there – right in time for the games convention.
    • The Shop has been relaunched 12.2008 (Sadly nothing was left from the sophisticated shop interface)
     
    http://www.countrycomfort.de/shop
    Launch: Country Comfort online shop, based on xt:Commerce
    • After the launch of the website 09.2006 the realisation of the online shop was accomplished.
    • With xt:Commerce a powerful and extendable solution was found and had to be aligned with the clients requirements.
    • Complete execution except programming: Concept, consulting, design & project management.
     
    http://www.countrycomfort.de
    Launch: Exclusive retailer website for a start-up with tradition at Timmendorfer Strand.
    • Complete execution except programming: Concept, consulting, design & project management.
     
    http://www.trilux.de
    Relaunch: Corporate- and brand website of a market leading luminaires manufacturer
    • Art direction & design, conception, screen design
    • with plan.net
     
    http://www.mercedes-benz-mobile.de
    Lauch: Microsite as web based application for DaimlerChrysler.
    • Content: Telematics, bluetooth and comfort telephony from Mercedes Benz
    • Art direction & design, conception, screen design, usability
    • with DDD
     
    mein-holland.de
    • Launch: Web 2.0 touristic portal for holland fans
    • Art direction & design and screen design for parts of the portal
    • with KMF
     
    http://www.murrelektronik.com
    http://www.murrelektronik.com/de
    Relaunch: Corporate website of a worldwide leading manufacturer of electrical engineering and electronics
    • International rollout: murrinc.com (USA), Brasil (.com.br), China (.com.cn/cn), more to follow
    • Art direction & design, conception, screen design, usability & branding
     

    More:

    For informations about earlier commissions as art director / designer / concept developer such as bmw.com, Siemens Medical Solutions, LG Electronics, JPC, Otto Reisen, pitches & unrealised projects and various further websites, concepts, wireframes, logos, icon families, corporate- and graphic designs, illustrations and hand made stuff please check http://www.behance.net/AkiFukai or get in touch with me for suitable references as a PDF.
     
    For a quote please send me an eMail to mail(at)fukai.de or connect via xing.
    Thank you.
     

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