Mimi Fürst
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Svenska Native or bilingual proficiency
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Engelska Professional working proficiency
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Austin Rae
I worked closely with Mimi on our Vancouver Film School final project "Scouts' Oath" as we created its UI/UX assets. This experience was one that I will always be thankful for and will never forget. Mimi understands how to properly communicate with team members, always staying conscious of their tasks, and is able to produce professional level work. She makes an effort to talk with others and is willing to push herself outside the comfort zone if necessary. Mimi is a joy to be around and a wonderful friend to anyone in the workplace. Any team would be lucky to have Mimi by their side. I wish her nothing but the best as she moves towards the future.
Mateus Farias
I have little doubt that Mimi was one of the most creative people I have ever met, and I feel like a better person for doing so. During our time in VFS and our project, Scouts Oath, we shared long and thoughtful design discussions and faced several interesting technical problems, and she made it so much more interesting. By attacking problems from different angles and being legitimately engaged of all aspects of interactive media, Mimi allowed her expertise of the arts and aesthetics shine through, and made our project so much more. On the personal side, Mimi is a joy to work with. Filled with lighthearted fun and emotional strength, she was a pivotal piece in the solution of oh-so-many challenges, and I still find myself learning from what she has to share. I had a blast working with her and would prize any opportunity to do so again!
Austin Rae
I worked closely with Mimi on our Vancouver Film School final project "Scouts' Oath" as we created its UI/UX assets. This experience was one that I will always be thankful for and will never forget. Mimi understands how to properly communicate with team members, always staying conscious of their tasks, and is able to produce professional level work. She makes an effort to talk with others and is willing to push herself outside the comfort zone if necessary. Mimi is a joy to be around and a wonderful friend to anyone in the workplace. Any team would be lucky to have Mimi by their side. I wish her nothing but the best as she moves towards the future.
Mateus Farias
I have little doubt that Mimi was one of the most creative people I have ever met, and I feel like a better person for doing so. During our time in VFS and our project, Scouts Oath, we shared long and thoughtful design discussions and faced several interesting technical problems, and she made it so much more interesting. By attacking problems from different angles and being legitimately engaged of all aspects of interactive media, Mimi allowed her expertise of the arts and aesthetics shine through, and made our project so much more. On the personal side, Mimi is a joy to work with. Filled with lighthearted fun and emotional strength, she was a pivotal piece in the solution of oh-so-many challenges, and I still find myself learning from what she has to share. I had a blast working with her and would prize any opportunity to do so again!
Austin Rae
I worked closely with Mimi on our Vancouver Film School final project "Scouts' Oath" as we created its UI/UX assets. This experience was one that I will always be thankful for and will never forget. Mimi understands how to properly communicate with team members, always staying conscious of their tasks, and is able to produce professional level work. She makes an effort to talk with others and is willing to push herself outside the comfort zone if necessary. Mimi is a joy to be around and a wonderful friend to anyone in the workplace. Any team would be lucky to have Mimi by their side. I wish her nothing but the best as she moves towards the future.
Mateus Farias
I have little doubt that Mimi was one of the most creative people I have ever met, and I feel like a better person for doing so. During our time in VFS and our project, Scouts Oath, we shared long and thoughtful design discussions and faced several interesting technical problems, and she made it so much more interesting. By attacking problems from different angles and being legitimately engaged of all aspects of interactive media, Mimi allowed her expertise of the arts and aesthetics shine through, and made our project so much more. On the personal side, Mimi is a joy to work with. Filled with lighthearted fun and emotional strength, she was a pivotal piece in the solution of oh-so-many challenges, and I still find myself learning from what she has to share. I had a blast working with her and would prize any opportunity to do so again!
Austin Rae
I worked closely with Mimi on our Vancouver Film School final project "Scouts' Oath" as we created its UI/UX assets. This experience was one that I will always be thankful for and will never forget. Mimi understands how to properly communicate with team members, always staying conscious of their tasks, and is able to produce professional level work. She makes an effort to talk with others and is willing to push herself outside the comfort zone if necessary. Mimi is a joy to be around and a wonderful friend to anyone in the workplace. Any team would be lucky to have Mimi by their side. I wish her nothing but the best as she moves towards the future.
Mateus Farias
I have little doubt that Mimi was one of the most creative people I have ever met, and I feel like a better person for doing so. During our time in VFS and our project, Scouts Oath, we shared long and thoughtful design discussions and faced several interesting technical problems, and she made it so much more interesting. By attacking problems from different angles and being legitimately engaged of all aspects of interactive media, Mimi allowed her expertise of the arts and aesthetics shine through, and made our project so much more. On the personal side, Mimi is a joy to work with. Filled with lighthearted fun and emotional strength, she was a pivotal piece in the solution of oh-so-many challenges, and I still find myself learning from what she has to share. I had a blast working with her and would prize any opportunity to do so again!
Experience
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Toca Boca
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Sweden
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Mobile Gaming Apps
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100 - 200 Employee
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UX Designer
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Aug 2021 - Present
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Goodbye Kansas Group
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Sweden
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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UI/UX Designer
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Jan 2021 - Jul 2021
UI/UX designer at Goodbye Kansas (Virtual Brains) UI/UX designer at Goodbye Kansas (Virtual Brains)
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Sprung Studios - UX-UI Design
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United Kingdom
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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UI/UX Designer
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May 2019 - Dec 2020
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Vancouver Film School
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Canada
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Higher Education
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300 - 400 Employee
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Scouts' Oath
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Nov 2018 - Apr 2019
"Scouts' Oath is a single player 3D 3rd person action platformer where the player must rescue their scout friends who are trapped in a burning tree house by using his trusty slingshot." -Developed a storybook inspired stylized art style together with the environmental artist.-Created concept art, modeled, textured, rigged and animated 4 characters that shared one rig.-Animated 14 animations and worked together with the programmer with animation blending.-Created a playful and simplistic UI.-Created a logotype.-Wrote script, casted and directed actors. Show less
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Prop Artist and Level Designer - JetRabbit
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Sep 2018 - Oct 2018
"JetRabbit is a 3D 3rd person endless runner, where the player take the role as a bunny that must escape a from a spaceship that's abducting them."-Developed concept art, created the final concept art for the character.-Created low poly country side props in a cartoony artstyle.-Designed the level beats - patterns and pacing of obstacles.
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Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts
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Sweden
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Animation Guest Teacher and Supervisor
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Jan 2016 - Mar 2018
I taught animation and puppet making in a few courses. I also mentored students in their individual projects. I taught animation and puppet making in a few courses. I also mentored students in their individual projects.
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Animation Substitute Teacher
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Jan 2016 - Mar 2018
I was a part time teacher at Animationsakademin, mainly during stop motion, cut out and 2D projects. I was a part time teacher at Animationsakademin, mainly during stop motion, cut out and 2D projects.
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Freelancing Animator and Illustrator
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2015 - Dec 2017
During 2 years I freelanced and got to work on a variety of projects. Some examples of my work is: background projections for the touring band "The Forbidden Orchestra", stop motion animated information films for RFSU (The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education) and I also developed the indie game project "Smelly Memories" together with a small team.
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Smelly Memories/Stinkande Minnen
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2015 - 2017
Together with a small team I developed "Smelly Memories"/ "Stinkande Minnen", a stop motion animated point and click game where the player takes the role as Lena, a 115 year old woman. The player explores a few key memories from her life in the Stockholm Suburb Hässelby where I from (and where the game also was developed). The game takes place in different locations at different times in Hässelby's history. I got to know about Hässelby's strange, but intriguing history from Henrik Henriksson and Hässelby history society. They told me about places like Lövsta dump in the beginning of the 20th century, where they had pigs living and eating the garbage. The idea was to kill two birds with one stone - getting rid of trash and getting cheap pork. This is an example of an environment that was used in the game. The game was funded by The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Make Equal and Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. Miniatures and trailer was exhibited the National Museum of Science and Technology and I held public speeches about the project. Show less
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Dead Animals/Döda djur
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2014 - 2014
Dead Animals/Döda djur is a series of 3 bilingual books that I illustrated. They were published by the micro publishing house Pionier Press in 2014. It consists of the titles: City Fox/Stadsräven, Nobel Chickens/Nöbelhönsen and Lab Rats/Labbråttorna. Dead Animals/Döda djur is a series of 3 bilingual books that I illustrated. They were published by the micro publishing house Pionier Press in 2014. It consists of the titles: City Fox/Stadsräven, Nobel Chickens/Nöbelhönsen and Lab Rats/Labbråttorna.
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DOCKHUS ANIMATION AB
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Sweden
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1 - 100 Employee
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Internship
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Sep 2013 - Nov 2013
During my studies at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts I had the amazing opportunity to work at the cut out animated children feature film and TV-show "Tänk om..."/"What If..." based on Lena Sjöberg's adorable book with the same title. Directed by Linda Hambäck and Marika Heidebäck. Animated at Dockhus Animation AB. Sung/Narrated by Nina Persson. I mainly modeled and digitized the cut out puppets in clay, but I also did some animation and compositing in After Effects. During my studies at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts I had the amazing opportunity to work at the cut out animated children feature film and TV-show "Tänk om..."/"What If..." based on Lena Sjöberg's adorable book with the same title. Directed by Linda Hambäck and Marika Heidebäck. Animated at Dockhus Animation AB. Sung/Narrated by Nina Persson. I mainly modeled and digitized the cut out puppets in clay, but I also did some animation and compositing in After Effects.
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Education
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2018 - 2019
Vancouver Film School
Game Design Diploma, Game Design -
2012 - 2015
Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Animated Film -
2010 - 2011
Södertörns högskola
Literature Studies and Creative Writing
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