http://www.hyperakt.com/blog Design from Brooklyn with Love Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:31:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. http://www.hyperakt.com/blog/2008/11/18/oy-vey/ 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 ... http://www.hyperakt.com/blog/2008/11/18/recent-blog-postee-gets-exciting-newwell-post/ This looks to be an amazing documentary. Thanks to Chris for the heads up. http://www.hyperakt.com/blog/2008/11/17/sharkwater/ 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: read more | digg story [caption id="attachment_833" align="alignnone" caption="Hyperakt Grassroots ... http://www.hyperakt.com/blog/2008/11/17/massive-grassroots-obama-billboard-in-nyc/ The great thing about this post? Pretty self-explanatory, really. Just follow the link: 9 Reasons Not to Date a Tyrannosaurus Rex. kthnxbye. http://www.hyperakt.com/blog/2008/11/13/9-reasons-not-to-date-a-tyrannosaurus-rex/ 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 ... http://www.hyperakt.com/blog/2008/11/13/voyuers-view-of-election-night/ 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. http://www.hyperakt.com/blog/2008/11/10/new-hope-on-msnbc/ 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 ... http://www.hyperakt.com/blog/2008/11/10/mind-your-fontanel/ 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 ... http://www.hyperakt.com/blog/2008/11/07/obama-victory-silkscreen-prints/ 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 ... http://www.hyperakt.com/blog/2008/11/06/hope-in-the-news/