Meaningful Design for the Common Good

Lunch Talk with Todd Truesdale, September 17th at 1pm

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Date

Friday, September 17th, 2010 1:00 – 3:00 pm. Please RSVP here for the event.

Speaker

Todd Truesdale of Recycled Paper Printing will talk about environmental stewardship in the printing industry.

Todd Truesdale is a Harvard University graduate, biologist, activist, and environmentalist. He founded and ran a rainforest research camp on the west coast of Borneo, Indonesia in the 1980’s. Alarmed by rampant deforestation in the rest of Indonesia, Todd returned to Boston to start a business focused on protecting the environment. In 1983, he founded Recycled Paper Printing to create a movement that would transform the paper and printing industry.

Todd advises multiple non-profits on marketing and strategy and environmental stewardship, most recently the Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Massachusetts Institute for a New CommonWealth (a non-partisan think tank) and the Boston Children’s Museum where he is on the Board of Overseers.

Location

The Lunch Talk will take place at Hyperakt’s backyard. Food will be served.

Hyperakt
401 Smith Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231

718 855 4250
whatsup@hyperakt.com
Twitter: @hyperakt

By train: F, G
By bus: B75

RSVP

Please RSVP no later than 11 am on September 16th, 2010. If you have RSVPed and can’t make it, please let us know.

We hope to see you there!

Julia Vakser

Lunch Talk with Charles Adler, Friday, August 13 at 1pm

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Date

Friday, August 13th, 2010 1:00 – 3:00 pm. See pictures from the event here.

Speaker

Charles Adler will talk about how Kickstarter became the fundraising platform for creatives across the country.

Charles Adler (@cadler) is part Designer, part Information Architect and part Entrepreneur. He is co-founder of Kickstarter.com, a site dedicated to the spread of creative ideas, where he heads the Product Design team. Previously, Charles co-founded Subsystence (currently on hiatus), an online art publication providing up-and-coming creatives an opportunity to publish their work, and Source ID (also on hiatus) an independent Interaction Design studio.

The character of his work is rooted in Product Design, Architecture, and Graphic Design, and finds inspiration from such luminaries as Mies van der Rohe, Charles & Ray Eames, and Dieter Rams, as well as his modern day peers. A lover of all things clean, simple and typographic.

Location

The lunch will take place at Hyperakt

Hyperakt
401 Smith Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718 855 4250
whatsup@hyperakt.com
Twitter: @hyperakt

By train: F, G
By bus: B75

Event will take place in our back yard. Lunch will be served.

RSVP

Please RSVP on our Eventbrite page no later than 11 am on August 12, 2010. If you have RSVPed and can’t make it, please let us know in advance.

We hope to see you there!

Julia Vakser

Get Your World Cup Radial Bracket Poster Here!

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Hyperakt, an independent NYC design studio, has designed a radial bracket documenting the results of the 2010 World Cup. We thought soccer-obsessed designers like us might like to have a copy of it in the form of a beautifully printed poster. The poster was printed thanks to the pledges of supporters on Kickstarter, where in one month the project received 244% funding from 230 backers! You can see photos of the poster on press here.

The good news is you can still get a print of the poster. We printed a limited edition of 500 24′ X 36′ posters and 500 18′ X 24′ posters. The posters are printed in CMYK plus a spot silver ink on an 80lb cover uncoated, 100% recycled Astrolite stock. The larger posters are $40 + shipping and the smaller ones $25 + shipping. You can get them here:

Hyperakt World Cup Radial Bracket Poster

Hyperakt World Cup Radial Bracket Poster

Hyperakt World Cup Radial Bracket Poster

Hyperakt World Cup Radial Bracket Poster

Deroy Peraza

Puyol’s Haircut Menu

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Spain’s play was dazzling in World Cup semi-final victory over Germany, but the goal that got them through to the final came from the head of defender Carles Puyol. Puyol, who is an FC Barcelona defender is one of the most passionate players to play the sport in recent memory. He is diehard gladiator who would do anything for his team.

Puyol’s most recognizable physical feature is his curly mane. Many who admire Puyol’s efforts on the field have questioned his coiffure choice. My friend Meghan’s Facebook post yesterday inspired me to conduct an experiment. Should Puyol borrow a new do from one of his more polished looking teammates? You decide:

Deroy Peraza

Lunch Talk with Emily Ruth Cohen, July 17 at 1pm

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Date
Join us for a backyard lunch at Hyperakt on July 16th, 2010 at 1:00pm.
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Speaker
Emily Cohen will talk about best practices in running a design business.

Emily Cohen is a business consultant specializing in small to mid-size design firms. Emily has experience working as a designer, project and studio manager and has over 25 years of experience working in the design industry. The services she provides for her clients include staff management and process evaluations, document audits, proposal writing, contract development, and grill-the-consultant sessions. Her clients include Kiss Me I’m Polish, Open, Two Twelve Associates, Louise Fili, Carin Goldberg, Memo Productions/Douglas Riccardi, Karlssonwilker, MSLK, Alexander Isley Inc., and Hyperakt. Emily has been a board member for AIGA/NY. She has had dozens of speaking engagements for How, AIGA, Aquent, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, SVA, and has taught at NYU and the Type Directors Club. Read more about Emily on her site: emilycohen.com
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