Apr 24, 2012
Deroy and Julia are featured in a two part series on Startup Lab. They discuss how they and Hyperakt evolved, from their background as young illustration majors, with little experience in design and business, to the studio it is today. Julia and Deroy touch upon our relationship with Good Magazine, our work with ...
Apr 19, 2012
For Print Only is featuring the piece we made for TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design). The brochure was the first print manifesto describing the TED Prize.See FPO's feature here
Apr 10, 2012
Our ever popular Champions League Bracket Poster was featured on Core 77 yesterday - looks like we have a new fan!
Don't forget to check out the poster on sale on Kickstarter
...And read Core's article here!
Apr 10, 2012 | New Work, Press, Recognition
TechCrunch is featuring our recently created info graphic for Change.org.
Change.org is a social networking site of nonprofits, that aims to empower activists around the world by connecting them to its rapidly growing group of 10 million users - the fastest growing site of its type. With social media a widely ...
Apr 06, 2012 | Press, Recognition
Urban Times released the first two parts of a multi-section series on Hyperakt which will be featured on Startup Lab.
Alexander Phillips, the founder of Urban Times, lists our top 8 projects in recent years, including Voices of Youth for UNICEF, The Future of Car Sharing for The Collaborative Fund, info graphics for ...
Mar 30, 2012 | Press, Recognition
Our friends at FastCoDesign not only featured our new Champions League radial bracket poster (which, by the way, we're raising money for on Kickstarter), they prompted us to create a NCAA bracket poster in the same model.
FastCo calls our design "space-efficient and attractive," because unlike the sprawling, spiderw ...
Mar 26, 2012
Core 77 wrote a review of the PBS mini-documentary "Typography", and highlighted Julia and Deroy's particular insight into how typography helps illustrate complex data in a crisp way. The article includes an image of our data visualization done for GOOD magazine.
"Typography" is an intro into the many uses of ...
Mar 26, 2012 | Press, Recognition
We were mentioned as an example of an innovative design start up in a great piece on the Huffington Post Arts blog last week.
The article discusses a new report from the Center for an Urban Future that underscores the importance of design education in strengthening innovation. The report finds that des ...
Mar 13, 2012 | Press, Recognition
Complex featured an interview with Deroy and Julia. Noah Davis visited the office on behalf of Complex, and chatted about our origins, process of development, and our most recent and exciting projects.
The interview describes how Julia and Deroy met on their first day of class at Parsons. The two shared ...
Mar 08, 2012 | Press, Recognition
We're so thrilled to see a feature on our infographics on CoDesign today! The insightful article parses how graphs and charts, with their appearance of being just "the facts" can actually present a very calculated and carefully selected view of reality. Especially in this hyper-politicized time, the obligation t ...
Mar 02, 2012 | Press
3rd Ward popped into our studio recently for a little visit. It's always great to chat with like-minded folks! We got to hear a little bit about the infographic geeks they have over on their end, as well as show off some of our own. They particularly loved our work on "The Evolution of the ...
Mar 02, 2012 | Press
Core 77's lovely feature of us draws on their visit to our studio and conversation with Deroy and Julia. They did a great job capturing the laid back vibe of the office, and particularly enjoyed our music, bar, and backyard, perfect for summer grilling and get-togethers.
Core 77 made sure to highlight our part ...
Feb 17, 2012 | Events
On February 23, AIGA NY hosted a discussion on data visualization with Hyperakt's own Julia and Deroy, as well as Martin Blinder of Tictrac. The conversation was moderated by Cliff Kuang, writer for GOOD, Wired, Popular Science, Nylon, Print, and a founding editor of Fast Company's Co.Design.
Julia and ...
Feb 13, 2012
Hyperakt's Deroy Peraza was on a Social Media Week panel about "Collaborative Consumption" this week. Other members of the panel, which was moderated by Danny Alexander, included former NYTimes.com design director and co-founder of Mixel, Khoi Vinh, and Nicholson NY's Tom Nicholson. The discussion and Q&A session were ...
Feb 02, 2012 | Press
A variety of great websites, including CoDesign, GOOD, and EdWeek are featuring Teach. The project rebranded educators for Studio 360, hosted by Kurt Anderson.
Studio 360 occasionally hires a design team to rethink an overused trope, bringing it up to the 21st century with fresh new concepts. Aft ...
Jan 18, 2012 | Hyperaktivists
Hyperakt's principals, Deroy Peraza and Julia Vakser Zeltser have been interviewed for a Changemaker Profile on The New School's Social Innovation website. Deroy and Julia are both alumni of Parsons, The New School for Design.The New School is a hub for social innovation in New York City and the world. The university ...
Jan 13, 2012 | Awards, Recognition
Our identity for UNICEF's Voices of Youth has been selected as one of the Best Identities of 2011 by Brand New, a popular blog about branding and rebranding. The identity was very popular with readers, having received the highest marks among all the identities published on the site throughout the year. 89% of readers rated ...
Jan 12, 2012 | Awards, Recognition
We've just been informed that we are among the 18 nominees from around the world for Awwwards Agency of the Year! How exciting!Awwwards are the awards that recognize and promote the talent and effort of the best developers, designers and web agencies in the world. Their goal is to create a meeting point where web developers ...