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photo: Tony McNicol.
About Hawken King
Role:
Date: December 28th, 2006
Hawken King is a multi-disciplined illustrator, designer & coder, living and working in the heart of Tokyo, Japan.
Available for freelance work; 12 years professional experience in web design, 2 years iOS (iPhone & iPad) and around 7 years experience in commercial illustration. Ability to take on projects large and small, just drop him a line: [email protected]
find Hawken on twitter @hawkenking
Personal Projects
Founder & Director of Dadako – Games studio based in Tokyo.
Creator of Facemakr – Flagship title for iPhone from Dadako.
Clients worked with
Sony, Nintendo, Sega, Atari, Capcom, Hasbro & Konami.
BMW, NEC, Honda, Redbull, AKQA, Lessrain, Ultra Super New, Transport for London & Pantone.
Echo, Warp, Ninja Tune, Sony Music, & Apple Corps.
TED, Oxfam, World Vision, One & Peoples hope Japan.
Chronology
- Born 1978, Cornwall, UK
- 1999 – London
- 2001 – Tokyo
- 2002 – Brighton, UK
- 2005 – Tokyo
Work History
- 2009 – Freelance & Dadako Studios founder – Tokyo
- 2007 – Eat creative – web producer – Tokyo
- 2005 – Freelance – Tokyo
- 2003 – Babel media – art director – Brighton, UK
- 2001 – Furifuri company – web designer – Tokyo
- 2001 – WCRS – online advertising designer – London
- 1999 – Kleber – web designer – London
- 1996 – Planet 13 cyber cafe – web designer, barista – Cornwall, UK
Publications
- Aug 2011 – Web Designer Magazine – UK
- Feb 2011 – Eurobiz Magazine – Japan
- Nov 2010 – Yahoo News, SanFrancisco Chronical, Huffington Post, The Japan Times
- July 2008 – Web Design Note – Japan
- June 2008 – Web Designer Magazine – UK
- June 2008 – Metropolis Magazine – Japan
- 2007 – Brutus – Japan
- 2002 – IDN iconography – Japan
- 2002 – EGM – America
- 2002 – Fresh rmx – Australia
- 2001 – webdesigners file – Japan
- 2001 – narita extended – Japan
- 2001 – Shibuya PPP – Japan
- 2000 – +81 – Japan
- 1999 – cre@te online – UK
Charity work
- FIT
- ONE / data
- World Vision / Oxfam
- sport in africa
- Peoples Hope Japan
Accolades
Hawken has a green blue peter badge.