WHO ARE WE?

Our firm produces some of the most inspring and beautiful site-specific, large format, digitally printed public space murals in this creative field. These works enhance interior architectural spaces to engage audiences and enhance the user experience. In the case of healthcare environments, there are often additional benefits including relaxation and “distraction therapy" for patients, visitors and even staff members. But for any type of public space, be it institutional, hospitality, educational, medical or corporate, we help create an immersive environment that enriches the people who enhabit or visit them.

 

WHY US?

Creative Chops and Client Satisfaction: Collaboration - we listen to your needs and ideas. The feedback from users has always been enthusiastic, sometimes vividly so.

 

Themes are open to the imagination to meet the needs and unique qualities of the client/locale. The works can be narrative or purely visual, made up of original photography, images from original artworks, archival material as needed, and, really any type of imagery that helps tell the story or look and feel you wish to convey.

 

Flexibility: These immersive works can be fabricated in many formats and sizes for direct wall application, printing on glass, rigid panels and 3-dimensional shapes. All designs are created in-house, and we utilize recognized printers, fabricators and fully-insured installers to take the works to fruition in your facility. The entire process from concept to installation is meant to be creatively stimulating, joyful and satisfying, with minimally-invasive, efficient installations.

 

Artist / owner James Kimak has over 35 years experience as a designer, art director, photographer, digital artist and exhibiting painter, having honed his skills working with top firms and institutions.


Let us work with your team to realize your vision, or create one you hadn't even imagined!

 

 

 

AWARDS and RECOGNITION:

  • Creativity Annual International Design Awards (4): Environmental Graphics
  • 2009 Distinguished Service Award by Rockland County Legislature (NY) for Art in Public Spaces
  • Madison Square Garden's Garden of Dreams Foundation: for creation of murals for several family /
    foster care centers in New York. Sponsored by the New York Knicks, Liberty and Rangers.
  • Elf Foundation: Recognition for the creation of mural environment for a pediatric multimedia theater /
    classroom at New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center.
  • How Magazine and the Society of Illustrators: Illustration awards and publication

 

 

MEMBERSHIPS

The Society for the Arts in Healthcare

The National Association of Photoshop Professionals

The Society for Environmental Graphic Design

 

 

STAFF & FREELANCE Prior to 2006

NBC 1996-2001

Creative Director, CNBC.com - Fort Lee, NJ 1999 - 2001

Design of news, investment tools, TV integration content, user interface, branding development and staff management.

Art Director, NBC Interactive / NBC.com - New York 1996 - 1998

Art Direction, staff management and hands-on design for NBC Interactive media including NBC.com and online shows, the NBC 1996 Summer Olympics site and NBC Interactive Neighborhood, a local internet initiative for NBC affiliates.

 

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION

Sr. Art Director, Digital Media Studios - Tarrytown, NY 1995 ( Early broadband / iTV programming studio.)

 

PRODIGY (AN IBM / SEARS PARTNERSHIP)

Editorial Design Manager - White Plains, NY 1985 - 1994

Art direction and staff/freelance management for editorial design of ground-breaking online network. Built editorial design group, covered major news events with graphic packages, developed first online syndicated editorial cartoons.

 

NBC:

Illustration & Design Coordinator, NBC Teletext - NY 1983 - 1984

 

CBS:

Computer Graphic Artist, CBS Venture One - Fairlawn, NJ 1982 - 1983

News artist for this early, pioneering home / consumer interactive service. Evolved later into Prodigy.

 

THE HERALD NEWS:

Editorial Artist - Passaic, NJ 1979 - 1982

One-person editorial art department for daily newspaper: Layout, illustration, editorial cartoons, photo editing.

 

FREELANCE

CLIENTS: Marvel Comics, DC Comics, NYNEX, Dow Jones, The New Haven Register, WeatherBug, Berlex Pharmaceuticals, Cyracom Language Services, and NBC Shows and Sports, among others.

 

 

EDUCATION

University of Bridgeport, CT, BS Fine Art, cum laude 1976

ALSO: Advanced Managers Course at Fairfield University and seminars and courses on design and digital media at SIGGRAPH, AIGA and Aspen Design conferences.