mike fischer

e.ject

just a moment

Me

My name is Mike, and I am a designer / developer from Chicago, Illinois, currently residing in Bern, Switzerland.

I make beautiful and useful things by blending a strong minimalist aesthetic with cutting edge technology. They are unique, informed and poignant.

Some things I've made are here.

Some things I've written are here.

I made both of those, from the ground up, including each of their backends, by hand.

Some things I'm working on are here and here.

Send me things here.

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I am currently available for projects.

Experience

I've had the pleasure of making things with the folks at:

  • Maxomedia (2014 — )
  • Nothing Interactive (2013 — 2014)
  • AWE Schaffhausen (2012 — 2013)
  • BBF Schaffhausen (2011)
  • Vokal Interactive (2011)
  • Brian Hall Chicago (2010 — 2011)

Education

I've had the pleasure of learning things at:

  • University of Illinois at Chicago (BA Design, honors)
  • Fachklasse Grafik Luzern (Study Abroad)
  • College of DuPage (Associates, honors)

Knowledge

I like to make things with HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, the MEAN stack, and occasionally Processing.

The things I make are responsive, performant, readable and open source.

I also like making things with Cimena 4D and AfterEffects — not to mention the rest of Adobe's Creative Suite.

I can speak english perfectly, schwiizerdütsch recht guet, hochdeutsch flussig, y un poquito de español .

I love outer space, loud music, riding bikes, playing the bass, travelling to other countries, and drinking their tasty beers.