Interaction Design

Hjörtur Hilmarsson

Co-Founder, Creative Developer and CEO at 14islands

Faculty Profile

Hjörtur is the CEO of 14islands, a design and development studio from Stockholm in Sweden and Floripa in Brazil. He co-founded the studio in 2011 and since then they've done work with companies such as Google, Adidas, Disney, Facebook, HBO, Shopify, Ericsson and many innovative startups in the world. Their projects have won multiple awards such as the FWA, Awwwwards, CSS Design Awards, and European Design Awards.

After discovering the internet in 1997, Hjörtur worked as a creative developer for over 20 years. He cares deeply about building digital experiences that spark joy and bring value to people. To make websites and apps that both inspire and explore boundaries of what's possible on the web.

Experience

October 2011 - Present
CEO and Co-Founder
14islands, Stockholm, Sweden
July 2010 - September 2011
Interactive Developer
Fantasy Interactive, Stockholm, Sweden
February 2007 - May 2010
Leader of Online Banking
Landsbankinn, Reykjavik, Iceland
2003 - 2007
Web Developer
eSkill, Reykjavik Iceland

Education

2000 - 2003
Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science, with minor in Business Administration
Reykjavik University
1999 - 2000
Web Design using Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash
The Multimedia School of Iceland
1999 – 2000
Computer hardware, software and mathematics.
Reykjavik Technical School