Ever since I met Lucian my admiration for his intelligence, thorough and mature ideas, reliability, team work spirit, availability to work hard has been reinforced by everything he has done. He is very young, but he has already acquired a very professional attitude to everything he embarks upon.
Emblematiq is the home of Lucian Slatineanu, an interactive and graphic designer with over 10 years experience. Based in Chicago, he delivers award winning solutions for a variety of challenges, from interactive web based applications to corporate branding.
Born and raised in Romania, now 28 years old, Lucian has been living in Chicagoland and working as an independent designer since 2005. He started his design career in 1999 working his way up from freelancing to Senior Designer for the Romanian branding and interactive agency Grapefruit, which he then left to pursue a solo career. Before Emblematiq was born in the summer of 2008, Lucian’s business alias was badboy.media.design.
As an independent consultant, within the past 5 years, Lucian has worked for clients all over the world, more than 50 in total, spanning over 4 continents, from big multinational corporations to small start-ups. Such clients include Motorola, CNET, Collective X, YouNoodle, and Change.org, to name just a few.
Often recognized as one of the top interactive designers worldwide, Lucian continues pursuing a solo career under the Emblematiq name, and is always interested in receiving exciting new design challenges.






