Nicolas Barradeau

Generalist creative developer with a soft spot for real-time online 2D/3D graphics, animations.
Dataviz, ML and GenAI savvy (6+ years with Google).
Fascinated by code as a creative medium.

SKILLSET

• teamwork
• WebGL, JS, CSS, GLSL
• Python, ML, Dataviz, Computer Vision
• design tools : 2D, 3D & video
• misc. : Unity, AR, VR, plotters, cutters...

you can reach me here : barradeau@gmail.com

or there : bluesky  instagram  twitter  github  codepen  behance  I also have a dormant blog : YOUPI!

CV

CV in french CV in english

WORK

2019-NOW (6 years) Google Arts & Culture

Artist in residence at the Google Arts & Culture Lab. I released a couple of projects but mostly did internal R&D, prototypes and exploration. I learnt a lot about Machine Learning, data management, backend and generative AI.

(non-Google) projects

2024

• Immersive Garden code audit & tech review

2023

• Unganisha data pre-processing, WebGL, 3D Tile Map System & rendering

2021

• Marseille data pre-processing, WebGL, interactions, navigation, etc. & a companion article

2020

• Frontside Conference spoke about creative coding slide deck and the video (french)
• un printemps suspendu mesh rendering and 3D workflow with Upian (l'équipe)

2019

• spoke at micromesomacro, here's the slide deck
• GROW Paris organized the the 3rd and last edition

2018

• Airshaper model viewer, UI improvement
• Happy Unboxing kinect driven, 360°, 2D fluid simulation in Unity for Hands Agency (Lancôme)
• Publicis Sapient AR app in Unity for La Poste at Vivatech
• became a father
• GROW Paris organized the 2nd edition (~6 months)

2017

• GROW Paris organized a creative coding event and did some funny generative badges
• ECAL led a workshop and wrote 2 articles about creative coding: PCG, data & space and process & systems
• OUI GO pinball for Merci Michel: technical consulting and functional prototpye, set up the 3D workflow (SNCF)
• Unpaid but fun R&D

2016

• t-SNE Map Experiment for Google Arts and Culture
• the great animal orchestra (blog)
• a short journey (blog)
• a conference on creative cartography

2014 / 2015

• Collapse worked for a year on Ubisoft's "the Division" website for BETC
• My Deejo, a knife configurator, first WebGL project
  

before 2013

• We Are Data (2013, last Flash Project)
• HD not retouched (2011)
• Bulgari B-zero (2010)
• Cut it out for change (2010)
+ smaller projects, workshops, talks...

I kept a copy of my Flash blog HIDIHO!. I also saved most of the code and resources, for the curious