Emil Hammar (designer, project manager)

Educational background

• Bachelor in Philosophy from the University of Copenhagen, with electives in Digital Media Studies

Professional background

• Project assistant at the Danish Board of Technology
  • Coordinating, managing and researching projects, which address technologies (in a broad sense) in a societal context, e.g. biometrics, IT as an educational technology in schools, sustainable transportation technologies, etc..
• IT Manager/Support at the Danish Institute of Governmental Research (AKF)

Skills

Analytical approach and problem-solving

Project management

Highly motivated and hard-working

Keeping deadlines

Academic approach to written material

Not many programming skills, nor familiarity with graphic toolsets, but I would love to learn 3ds Max/Maya, Adobe CS5, and some basic programming (namely Processing).

Expectations/Ambitions

In regards to this course: I am mostly interested in learning from the development process, being inspired by the many abilities of others, applying theoretical and academic knowledge in the context of this semester, etc. That being said, I would not mind if the game in question would somehow be a bit more cerebral, by relying on e.g. non- or anticonventional design, and having semantic/representational depth.

6 games

• Grim Fandango
• Homeworld
• Silent Hill 2
• Shadow of the Colossus
• Mechwarrior 2
• Okami

Other interests

• Whatever: Epistemology, aesthetics, ethics, basketball, astronomy, classic science fiction literature and concept art, surfing NeoGAF,
• Films: Sergio Leone, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Park Chan-Wook, Werner Herzog, the Cohen brothers, Christopher Nolan, Wong Kar-wai, Martin Scorsese, some Ridley Scott
• Music: Ambient, post-metal/rock, stoner-metal/rock, triphop, early 90's hiphop, synth stuff from the 80's, Shpongle and Pink Floyd.
• TV: The Wire, Arrested Development, Futurama, South Park, The Office (British), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• steamid: hammartime