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Oy vey!

Deroy Peraza — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:37:17 +0000

Hmmm, Benjamin Netanyahu’s new website sure looks familiar. I guess we are pretty good friends with Israel these days huh? Check out what the New York Times had to say about it.

Recent Blog Postee Gets Exciting New…Post!

Rosemary Hahn — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:35:14 +0000

As you may recall, before the election, we contributed to an event in D.C. raising money for the Obama campaign by raffling off our posters to a couple lucky attendees. In return, we got some lovely pix of some big-time advisor types in front of our art. Amongst these notables was Mona Sutphen, then ’sort-of’ deputy chief to Obama Asia policy advisor Jeffrey Bader. Now, Sutphen has been named one of the incoming White House staff members as a Deputy Chief of Staff. See, not only can Ms. Sutphen work a killer wrap dress, hang with numerous dudes in varying navy suit/red tie-combos and recognize cool art when she sees it, but she’s apparently number one with bossing White House underlings around. Congratulations, Mona and good luck (do us proud)!

Sharkwater

Matthew Anderson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:44:03 +0000

This looks to be an amazing documentary.

Thanks to Chris for the heads up.

Grassroots Obama Billboard in NYC

Deroy Peraza — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:24:18 +0000

Obama is about to make his mark on NYC. We have put together a fundraising effort to pay for a billboard congratulating the President-elect. We need your help to make it happen! Make a small contribution and spread the news to friends:

9 Reasons Not to Date a Tyrannosaurus Rex

Rosemary Hahn — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:03:39 +0000

The great thing about this post? Pretty self-explanatory, really. Just follow the link: 9 Reasons Not to Date a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

kthnxbye.

Voyeur’s View of Election Night

Rosemary Hahn — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:57:08 +0000

These great pics, taken from behind the scenes on election night 2008, capture the soon-to-be President Elect Barack Obama with Jo Biden, watching the television coverage with their family and staff; including John McCain’s concession speech. The photos appear to give a really intimate look at what seem like private moments between Obama and his wife, mother-in-law, daughters and Vice Presidential Candidate; as well as congratulatory comraderie with his staff. There are also pics of the candidate and his crew making the journey to the stage to make his acceptance speech. See the flickr set here .

New Hope on MSNBC!

Rosemary Hahn — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:16:26 +0000

Hyperakt’s New Hope exhibit at Flux Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland was mentioned (albeit briefly) on the Rachel Meadow show on MSNBC. Even though we’re not exactly Swiss, we appreciate the mention on national tv! Take a look, but beware the naked voter (for serious). We’re about halfway through the program.

Mind Your Fontanel

Rosemary Hahn — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:52:44 +0000

Beloved ex-Hyperakter Michael Ciancio was recently interviewed by Dutch design blog, Fontanel. Recounting his experiences working for small-yet-spunky Brooklyn design studio Hyperakt, international-art-factory Fabrica and his current post at Manhattan design firm Wolff Olins, Cianchi modestly points out that he’s only just begun after being out of school for only a couple of years. No matter, Fontonal clearly understands the emergence of significant work when they see it. Or as commenter ‘Staynice’ so eloquently put it, ‘jjjaaaaaa…is nice!’. Check it.

Obama “Victory” Silkscreen Prints

Deroy Peraza — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:50:36 +0000

Wow, you guys are snapping up the “History” prints at an impressive clip. At this rate they will sell out by end of next week. But fear not, we’ve got more Obama art for you. This one is called “Victory” (click on the image to see it bigger). We are printing six sets of 100 of this one, signed and numbered by artist Deroy Peraza. The prints measure 16″ X 24″. To see the quality of the prints, check out the sold out “New Hope” series here.

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Set of Six

Grey Blue/Navy Blue

Orange/Blue

Pale Green/Brown

Red/Purple

Sky Blue/Blue

Burgundy/Olive

Hope In The News

Matthew Anderson — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:37:25 +0000

On the morning of November 5, I spent about an hour wandering New York City trying to find a Times, but to no avail—every bodega and corner store was sold out. I really just wanted to glimpse the image again. Now, closely related to Deroy’s post yesterday, here is an overwhelming collection of publications from the world over featuring Obama’s historic victory. I would still love to hold the paper in my hands, but the sight of this is amazing in itself.

Here are a few of my favorites.