hillmancurtis, inc. is a New Media design-shop in New York with over 20 years of combined experience. Principal and Chief Creative Officer Hillman Curtis founded the firm in 1998, after three years as Art Director at Macromedia, Inc. Following his passion for design, Hillman has earned and maintained his status as a leader in the new media design industry. He and his company have advised and designed digital media for such companies as Adobe Systems Incorporated, Hewlett Packard Company, and MTV among others.
We have extensive experience in the following areas:
Web design, usability and technical strategy
Rich Media including Flash and streaming video
Broadcast design
Brand development and strategy
Print design
Professional copywriting
We have proven our capabilities working with some of the world’s top brands, yet we approach each new project with a fresh, collaborative spirit to ensure the best, most compelling work possible.
Our emphasis on combining simplicity with elegance to create sophisticated yet intuitive designs has earned our shop some of the industry’s highest awards and distinctions. Additionally, we have been covered by such design magazines as Communication Arts, Print, HOW, and RES. For complete lists of former clients and awards, please see the attached pages.
http://www.hillmancurtis.com
Hillman Curtis, Principal & CCO
hillmancurtis, inc.
111 East 14th Street, #289
New York, NY 10003
T: 917.679.2725
F: 734.423.4202
E: hillman@hillmancurtis.com
ANDREW LIN
Creative Director Online, Foxsearchlight.com
Los Angeles, CA
Phone and email available upon request
KIM ISOLA
Creative Director, Adobe.com
Adobe Systems Incorporated
321 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110-2704
Phone and email available upon request
KIM CARTER
Partner, Creative Director - Interactive
EURO RSCG DSW & Partners
4 Triad Center, Suite 400
Salt Lake City, UT 84180
Phone and email available upon request
DOUG GOTTLIEB
Creative Director
RollingStone.com
1290 Avenue of the Americas
Phone and email available upon request
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Born Magazine
British Airways
Cartier, Inc.
Contagious Pictures
Cooley Godward, LLC
Craig Frazier Studio
Cysive, Inc.
Euro RSCG DSW Partners
- Intel ad series
- Iomega ad series
The Feedroom
Foote, Cone & Belding
- 3COM ad series
Fox Searchlight
Goodby, Silverstein, & Partners
- Hewlett Packard
Insider Scores
IQ Ventures, LLC.
Lycos
MTV
Manifestival
MCY Music World, Inc.
- Backstreet Boys
- LFO
- NSYNC
- Pavarotti
Mekanism
- Leo Burnett / Hallmark
- Venebles Bell & Partners / Ultimate TV
OgilvyOne Worldwide
- Lotus R5
Razorfish
Roger Black Interactive Bureau
RollingStone.com
SocialTech, Incorporated
Softcom
Sonicnet
Storyworks
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WebTV
RES Magazine 10 to Watch 2000
Multiple Communication Arts Awards of Excellence
One Show Gold, Silver, and Bronze
South by Southwest Conference "Best of Show"
South by Southwest Conference "Best Use of Design"
2 Webby Awards
"Best Multimedia of the Year 2000" - Forbes Magazine
Print Magazine Interactive Design Annual 2000
IPPA Designer One 2000: Ten Best Designers of the Year: Hillman Curtis
Amazon.com Editors Choice 2000
-Flash Web Design - computer/internet
Amazon.com Editors Choice 2000
-Flash Web Design - graphics
New Media Invision Bronze Award
Web Awards Outstanding Site
Communication Arts Site of the Week
6 Clio Short List Awards
10 Macromedia Shocked Sites of the Day Awards
Cool Site Award
"Shift" Japan Cool Site Award
How Magazine Top Ten Site
I.D. Magazine Interactive Media Design Review 1999
hillmancurtis, inc. has been featured in the leading print and online publications throughout the world, including the list below. Please visit our site to read the articles.
Adobe Magazine
Adobe Studio
Cre@te
CMYK
Communication Arts Magazine
Computer Arts
DigitalThread.com
Design Interact
Fast Company
Flashkit.com
Forbes
How Magazine
I.D. Magazine
IdN
Information Week
Macworld
The New York Times
PDN
PIX
RES
R35.com
Silicon Alley Reporter
MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer, (New Riders Publishing: May, 2002)
Flash Web Design: The V5 Remix, (New Riders Publishing: March 2001)
Flash Web Design: The Art of Motion Graphics, (New Riders Publishing: March 2000). An instant best seller on Amazon.com. Over 100 thousand copies sold to-date, and translations in 12 languages.
Adobe Design Achievement Awards
AIGA Design for Film and Television
Communication Arts Interactive Awards
I.D. Magazine Interactive Awards
One Show Interactive Awards
