Juraj Andrascik — Designer

Designer

Juraj Andrascik

Portfolio

Projects, works and awards

Gallery

Author of the Sabina statue on the town square

Stainless steel, permanent statue on the square in Sabinov. City Award 2014.

Author of the monumental Oscar Statue memorial

Cor-ten steel, 80 plates. Permanent sculpture on the square in Sabinov for the 50th anniversary of the Oscar film award in the foreign-language film category.

Forbes 30/30 Award

Ranked among the 30 most prominent personalities under 30 in Slovakia for innovations in technology and design. The selection evaluated contributions in business, art, and technology. The award was given based on achievements in the gaming industry, industrial design, and public art. Forbes Slovakia, announced in 2015.

In the collection of the Slovak Design Museum

Alumined design, exhibited and archived in 2016.

Design studies in Australia: College of Visual Arts in Sydney

Design studies in 2004.

Sydney Opera House Exhibition 2004

Solo graphics exhibition at the Quay Side Gallery near the Sydney Opera House.

Author of the world's fastest rooftop cargo box

Design and construction from concept through prototype to serial production. In the permanent exhibition of the Slovak Design Museum and in the collection of the state museum. Presented at Denver Auto Show 2019 alongside premium automotive exhibitions.

Founder of the Statistiky.sk portal

Slovakia's public data in one place and in a form people can actually use. The portal brings together the company register, data from the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic and other public sources: company profiles, a filter across the whole register, changes in companies, expiring public contracts, rankings, data on all 2,928 municipalities, 79 districts and 8 regions, population, work and wages, a data catalogue, and business intelligence that finds a company its next customers based on what it sells. I am the author of the methodologies behind it: how the sources are joined, how companies are matched to public lists without a shared identifier, and how the figures are calculated across more than 1,200,000 companies. Every number carries its source and the date it was collected.

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Lead game designer for Emmanuel Macron's 2022 presidential campaign

Technology delivery and creation of interactive applications for Emmanuel Macron's presidential campaign in France in 2022. Our role was to create a 3D interactive web campaign targeting a younger audience. We delivered two applications with 3D browser technology.

MTV Game Awards: Best Browser Game 2009

Little Wheel. A minimalist point-and-click adventure set in a world of robots, where after 10,000 years of sleep, the last functioning robot awakens. A fully original project in collaboration with Viliam Krafcik. Awarded Best Browser Game at MTV Game Awards. The game also won awards from Adobe and Kongregate (game of the month). It was featured on hundreds of gaming portals worldwide and became one of the most popular flash games of its era. On Miniclip.com, the game had over a million plays per day.

Google Play TOP10 Award

Our game Adam and Eve was ranked in the top 10 most downloaded games on Google Play in 2015.

Author of an application recommended by the Ministry of Education

Minibe. An AI application for children that teaches effective and safe use of artificial intelligence. Officially recommended by the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic for use in primary and secondary schools in Slovakia. The app combines educational content with interactive elements and is designed to be safe and appropriate for young users.

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Founding the Museum of Artificial Intelligence

Museum AI. An interactive educational platform in 6 languages focused on artificial intelligence and its impact on society. A digital online version, plus 21 large-format touchscreen displays, custom software, and an immersive experience. Visitors learn how AI works, where it is used, and how to work with it safely.

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BeGamer.com: A gaming portal built to 500,000 daily visits

A custom gaming portal built from scratch. Hundreds of games including original titles and games from external developers. Complete operation: platform development, monetization, distribution, community management. Sold to Israeli company Intango in 2013.

Founder of multimedia company FUNCTU, Sydney 2004

A development studio with over 20 years of experience and more than 100 completed projects for clients worldwide. Specializing in games, web applications, AI solutions, and interactive installations. Collaboration with Disney, Microsoft, Intel, Google, and dozens of other brands.

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Giant 2048: Our app installed in millions of cars

Google Gamesnacks. Pre-installed in millions of vehicles worldwide as part of the entertainment system.

Collaboration with Disney

Signed collaboration following the success of Little Wheel. Disney consulted with us on story, style, and product atmosphere. The entire collaboration is protected by an NDA.

Microsoft: Co-author of a pre-installed application on Windows Phone

Exclusive partnership. Application pre-installed on Microsoft's first Windows Phone devices. We became pioneers in porting applications for new devices directly for Microsoft.

Author of 100+ puzzle games

Little Wheel, Adam & Eve, Milk Quest, Zombie Cats, The Wok, SleepWalker, and dozens of other original games.

Best Innovation 2015 by the Ministry of Transport SR

Legendarium. A GPS mobile application connecting real locations with local legends and stories. Users visit a place and the app plays a story related to that location. Awarded in the tourism and technology category.

1st place, Android Code 2015, for Legendarium

First place in the Android Code 2015 awards, Slovak Application category, for Legendarium, a tourism application connecting real locations with local legends and stories. Authored by Functu. Awarded in Bratislava on 27 January 2016.

Founder of Gallery Open

Original design of the appearance and construction of 12 outdoor aluminum gallery stands. Gallery Open brings art into public spaces through open-air exhibitions accessible 24 hours a day. The stands are engineered to withstand weather conditions while aesthetically complementing the urban environment.

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Intel Software Partner

Certified technology partner for software solutions. In collaboration with Intel, we test processor performance on our products.

T-Systems Austria: the beginning of entrepreneurship

First major IT contract at age 17 (Juraj). A multimedia 3D presentation of the largest building in Central Europe, in 2003. Our role was to analyze architectural plans and build a 3D simulation of new office spaces, which we presented to T-Systems top management in Vienna.

Exhibitor at Denver AutoShow, USA

Alumined, the world's fastest rooftop cargo box, was presented at one of the largest auto shows in the USA. Alumined customers included Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Jeep, and Infiniti. Denver, Colorado, 2019.