art director at Cinemax
Czech Republic
- Current
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- moderator at Inclubator @ Radio 1 91.9 FM
- A&R, label owner at Kaktusrecordings.org
- senior art director at Cinemax
- Past
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- graphic designer at Easycatering / Fullservice / Konferencnicentrum
- lecturing DJ and producer at LIVC
- graphic designer at Ultramix
- graphic designer & IT at Terminal Bar
- graphic designer at JRC
- Executive editor-in-chief at JRC / ALERT magazine
- Education
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- Střední průmyslová škola sdělovací techniky, Panská 3
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Matěj Sychra’s Summary
Skilled graphic designer focused on providing flexible services. Specializing in work related magazine design, corporate identity and computer games development. Interested in typography, localization and game design including sounds and music.
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Cinemax was launched in 1998. The company has since become a significant player in the field. In addition to its expertise in DTP, the company is one of the major players in multimedia, interactive entertainment and the Internet. Cinemax studio projects are known for their commitment to quality and excellence. High-quality graphic implementation and optimal functionality are our hallmarks.
From its very beginning, Cinemax has dominated the Czech market as an important developer and producer of PC games. Even before 1998, the co-founders of the company were applying themselves to the development of PC games, either in other studios or within independent projects. The beginnings of our development activities date back to the era of 8-bit computers, therefore we can draw on 15 years of experience in the field of interactive entertainment and software development. Being connected to the birth of a global boom of PC games, we are able to build on a firm basis, which gives us an important insight. In the past, we contributed (as a development team or independent developers) to several game projects. To name the most popular ones: Hlava Kasandry - The Head of Cassandra (1992, LetDisk), Gravon (1994, Suma), Gooka (1997, JRC), Nodus Domini (1997, Cybernetic Cinema), Husita - The Hussite (1998, Phoenix Arts), Operation Flash Point (2001, Bohemia Interactive).
Currently, we have been developing a number of our own titles, providing a production and supporting developer teams. After the successful game Ve stínu havrana – In The Shadow of The Raven (1999) we released an attractive strategy game State Of War in July 2001. Next released games - Necromania: Trap Of Darkness, Bugs Escape 3D, Daemonica.
Matěj Sychra’s Specialties:
typography, user-interface design, independent-art-supportive
Matěj Sychra’s Experience
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moderator
Inclubator @ Radio 1 91.9 FM
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
It's a big honor to run monthly electronic music talents show Inklubátor at Radio 1, the legendary alternative music scene determinant in Czech Republic. This show, formerly known as Šlahoun, was recently run by Pierre Beneš and Carlos Kropáček.
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A&R, label owner
Kaktusrecordings.org
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
November 2001 — Present (7 years 9 months)
Free MP3 music label supporting emerging electronical music artists.
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The underground crowd connected with dnb scene and the Prague's Punto Azul club are familiar with the various artists on this label since 2001, but throughout the rest of Czech Republic and the world around it's known only to a few trained listeners.
Kaktus came out in a flash in 2001 first releasing the 12" vinyl Kaktus001, where its authors - Igraczech and Touchwood - have shown off their own production style. Since then, Kaktus was standing dormant, flooded with ideas and growing. Now the time has come to show that after six years it's still there. The web you're watching now is our new home and all the musical stories will be available here as free downloadable high quality MP3 releases.
Kaktusrecordings Dot Org is familiar with every musical style and genre. As opposed to many dancefloor-specialised labels, we expect our music to get to our listeners through their ears more than their feet :-) -
senior art director
Cinemax
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)
August 1998 — Present (11 years)
I've been working at Cinemax since its very beginning, before the actual company was formed. First team found by Marek Nepožitek, Jan Hovora, Štěpán Kment, Vladislav Igielski and me began working on a computer game project in 1996. After two years, Cinemax was formed running our own game development and providing graphic design services to local biggest computer magazines CHIP, Level and Official PlayStation Magazine. I've been art directing these magazines for three years. Lately, most of my work up here consists of graphic and user-interface design and for computer games, corporate identity, advertisment design, packaging, magazine design, typography and localizations.
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graphic designer
Easycatering / Fullservice / Konferencnicentrum
(Events Services industry)
2000 — 2007 (7 years)
Together with Vladimir Dolejs, we were running a number of projects from simple promotion design to light-engineering, event/party/catering production and even organizing local DJ awards and schools.
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lecturing DJ and producer
LIVC
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
August 2002 — September 2004 (2 years 2 months)
DJ/music production lecturer at three consecutive LIVC DJ School Summer Camps 2002-2004.
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graphic designer
Ultramix
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Music industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years)
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graphic designer & IT
Terminal Bar
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1998 — November 1999 (1 year 4 months)
Terminal Bar was preceeding NEXTRA company in providing internet in late 90's bringing new-age, experimental, hippie, smart-drug and cyberpunk art into Prague. I had an opportunity to work with different people and practice various dialects speaking with people from Australia, USA, Great Britain and many others incl. tourists stopping at this hot venue.
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graphic designer
JRC
(Computer Games industry)
1994 — 1997 (3 years)
Specialist for ATARI ST/TT/Falcon platform, graphic design and editor of ALERT magazine for ATARI/APPLE computers, package and promo design.
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Executive editor-in-chief
JRC / ALERT magazine
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1994 — September 1996 (2 years 1 month)
Editorial, executive work and magazine design for ALERT magazine specialized on Atari and Apple computers.
Matěj Sychra’s Education
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Střední průmyslová škola sdělovací techniky, Panská 3
digital telecommunications 1996 — 1999
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Matěj Sychra’s Interests:
computer graphics, typography, music production, DJing
