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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:16 PDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Interview with Julia and Deroy on Startup Lab</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Deroy and Julia are featured in a two part series on Startup Lab. &amp;nbsp;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. &amp;nbsp;Julia and Deroy touch upon our relationship with Good Magazine, our work with nonprofits, and talk a bit as well about how we&#039;d like to grow over the years to come. &amp;nbsp;As they say, &quot;we plan to put more emphasis on self generated work&quot; - with a goal of more total creative freedom.In Part 2 of the piece, Deroy and Julia describe in greater detail the ways that Brooklyn and NYC as a whole nurture designers, and give tips on how to be friends with your competition: &amp;nbsp;&quot;making enemies is counter-productive. &amp;nbsp;It&#039;s a lot more fun to be able to share our experiences with each other and cheer each other on%u2026If you&#039;re nice to your neighbor, they&#039;ll probably be nice to you.&quot; &amp;nbsp;Finally, they share a core design tip - &quot;Design things you believe in. &amp;nbsp;It&#039;ll show in the work.&quot;Check out the full Part 1 hereand Part 2 here]]>
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			<title>Our Ted Prize Manifesto on FPO</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/254</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[For Print Only is featuring the piece we made for TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design). &amp;nbsp;The brochure was the first print manifesto describing the TED Prize.See FPO&#039;s feature here]]>
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			<title>Our Ted Prize Manifesto on FPO</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/254</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[For Print Only is featuring the piece we made for TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design). &amp;nbsp;The brochure was the first print manifesto describing the TED Prize.See FPO&#039;s feature here]]>
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			<title>Core 77 Features our Champions League Poster</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/251</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Our ever popular Champions League Bracket Poster was featured on Core 77 yesterday - looks like we have a new fan!

Don&#039;t forget to check out the poster on sale on Kickstarter

...And read Core&#039;s article here!]]>
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			<title>Change.org Infographic on TechCrunch</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/252</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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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.&amp;nbsp; With social media a widely recognized force for organizing networks for protest and social change, Change.org is particularly well placed to help ordinary people band together and petition governments and corporations.
Change.org&#039;s recent campaigns include petitioning the South African government to fight the &quot;corrective rape&quot; of lesbians, stopping Bank of America&#039;s $5 debit card fee, and demanding an arrest in the Trayvon Martin case.
You can read TechCrunch&#039;s article here!]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Interviewed on Urban Times</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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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 GOOD, as well as our &quot;Teach&quot; campaign for Studio 360, I Have PSD for Adobe, and our self initiated projects like radial bracket posters on Kickstarter, posters for the 2008 Obama campaign, and Let&#039;s Swap.&amp;nbsp;You can read the full articles, Part 1 and Part 2 on Urban Times.]]>
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			<title>10 Million Voices for Change</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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			<title>American Public Libraries &amp; Community Internet Access</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[There is no question that the internet has become an indispensable resource in today&#039;s society. From employment to education, countless Americans rely on this modern innovation for day-to-day living. The problem is, not everyone is fortunate enough to have access.This is where American public libraries step in. Today, more than 99% offer free internet, a service so popular that nearly 1 in every 3 Americans take advantage of it. However, as demand continues to increase, libraries are struggling to maintain the quality of their services due to shortages in funding.This infographic, created for Bill &amp;amp; Melinda Gates Foundation and U.S. Libraries, illustrates the value of free internet access in libraries and why they&#039;re in critical need of funding.]]>
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			<title>FastCoDesign Challenges Us to Create NCAA Radial Brackets</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/250</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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Our friends at FastCoDesign not only featured our new Champions League radial bracket poster (which, by the way, we&#039;re raising money for on Kickstarter), they prompted us to create a NCAA bracket poster in the same model.
FastCo calls our design &quot;space-efficient and attractive,&quot; because unlike the sprawling, spiderwebs of traditional brackets, you can &quot;immediately get a sense for each team&#039;s path to the final.&amp;nbsp; And you could fit 64 teams in the typical NCAA tournament bracket by adding on just two more rings.&quot;
We took FastCo&#039;s idea for adapting the radial bracket design to the NCAA as a challenge, and you can see here what we came up with.
Read the original article here as well!]]>
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			<title>Core 77 Reviews Us on PBS' Typography Film</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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Core 77 wrote a review of the PBS mini-documentary &quot;Typography&quot;, and highlighted Julia and Deroy&#039;s particular insight into how typography helps illustrate complex data in a crisp way.&amp;nbsp; The article includes an image of our data visualization done for GOOD magazine.
&quot;Typography&quot; is an intro into the many uses of type, and includes thoughts from designers including Julia and Deroy, Paula Scher, and Eddie Opara.
The documentary brings &quot;that love for type to life.&quot;&amp;nbsp; You can read Core 77&#039;s review of it, and see the short film here.]]>
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			<title>Huff Post Mentions Hyperakt</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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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.&amp;nbsp; The report finds that design schools are &quot;critical catalysts for entrepreneurship.&quot;&amp;nbsp; Because graduates from design schools are very likely to start their own businesses (around 20 percent of NY design students), they represent a key source for growth in our stagnant economy.&amp;nbsp; Huff Post names Hyperakt as one such innovative product of entrepreneurial design graduates.
The Huff Post goes on to suggest that liberal arts universities everywhere can start to embrace a model of interdisciplinary design thinking, including a focus on problem solving, and an emphasis on real world applications of academia.&amp;nbsp; Design thinking can be applied to complex scenarios, from urban economic development, to public health, and environmental issues.&amp;nbsp; &quot;It is time for design to become the fourth pillar of university learning.&amp;nbsp; By leveraging design thinking and its intersection with other disciplines, American universities will continue to serve as incubators of creative innovation.&quot;&amp;nbsp; We couldn&#039;t agree more.
See the full article here]]>
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			<title>Complex Interviews Julia and Deroy</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/245</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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Complex featured an interview with Deroy and Julia.&amp;nbsp; 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.&amp;nbsp; The two shared similar values and a strong work ethic, drawing from their immigrant background.&amp;nbsp; After graduating school and working in uninspiring jobs, the two joined together to found Hyperakt.&amp;nbsp; With few resources at their disposal and little formal training in graphic design (both studied Illustration), they took on any project that came their way.
The two discuss how the studio had the good fortune of aligning with several like-minded movements - the revival of Brooklyn, a widespread attention to social responsibility, collective consumption, and a focus on data visualization.&amp;nbsp; After working with clients as disparate as the Brookyln Arts Council and Sprint, the team felt that while &quot;the work from advertising was exciting because you worked with a global client %u2026 nonprofits trusted our design judgement, and we saw works getting printed.&amp;nbsp; They were improving their organization with the work we were creating.&amp;nbsp; That meant a whole lot to us.&quot;
Hyperakt began to narrow its focus and changed its messaging to reflect a new commitment to work with NGOs, community based organizations, and initiatives focused on the common good.&amp;nbsp; This shift began to attract well-known clients, like the ACLU and NAACP, helping the studio gain a broader audience.&amp;nbsp; Today, we have names like UNICEF, Good Magazine, the Ford Foundation, and TED on our client roster.&amp;nbsp; It allows us to take on projects we find exciting, pro bono projects like redesigning Teach for Studio 360.Take a look at the full interview here]]>
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			<title>FastCoDesign on Truth-Bending Infographics</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[We&#039;re so thrilled to see a feature on our infographics on CoDesign today!&amp;nbsp; The insightful article parses how graphs and charts, with their appearance of being just &quot;the facts&quot; can actually present a very calculated and carefully selected view of reality.&amp;nbsp; Especially in this hyper-politicized time, the obligation to present data in as clear and informed a way as possible - or at least to know enough to question a chart or graph - is particularly important.Using our case study of how to represent taxable income across income levels, and drawing from an interview with Deroy, CoDesign shows that dividing the same data in different ways can create clear political biases that influence the way an infographic is perceived.&amp;nbsp; Though as designers, we must try our hardest to ensure that the data we represent is not skewed, CoDesign points out that we must likewise &quot;recognize that finding the truth of a situation is an iterative process.&amp;nbsp; It takes time, and trial and error.&amp;nbsp; Our first few attempts at capturing what&#039;s true are almost never right.&quot;Read the full article here]]>
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			<title>Core 77 In The Studio </title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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Core 77&#039;s lovely feature of us draws on their visit to our studio and conversation with Deroy and Julia.&amp;nbsp; 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 particular design ethos, merging of design with social entrepreneurship, and our aim to help changemakers tell their story through a unique visual language.&amp;nbsp; They were impressed in particular with our work for GOOD, and for our Voices of Youth project, commissioned by UNICEF.&amp;nbsp; Core writes, &quot;The set of symbols Hyperakt designed are interesting, colorful, and work together to speak towards the larger issues that are at the heart of UNICEF.&quot;
Perhaps best of all, Core 77 looked beyond our list of clients and commissioned projects, showing an interest in our more personal projects.&amp;nbsp; They focused on Hyperakt Labs, as well as on our recent project to create a visual identity for educators in &quot;Teach&quot; for Studio 360.&amp;nbsp; Core 77 also features our Lunch Talks, the monthly informal discussions we hold between design speakers and local community members.
Check out the full article here!]]>
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			<title>3rd Ward Visits Us</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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3rd Ward popped into our studio recently for a little visit.&amp;nbsp; It&#039;s always great to chat with like-minded folks!&amp;nbsp; 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.&amp;nbsp; They particularly loved our work on &quot;The Evolution of the Web&quot; for Google, &quot;Hacking the Cloud&quot; for Popular Science, and &quot;The Bright Future of Car Sharing&quot; for the Collaborative Fund.
Check out the nice little article they wrote about us here -- and take a look at some of 3rd Ward&#039;s classes in design software, processing, and branding to make your own next great infographic!]]>
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			<title>TED Prize</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) brings together some of the most prolific minds of our generation. For their 2012 conference TED asked Hyperakt to create their first printed manifesto explaining the TED Prize, and its legacy so far. Given out to every TEDster who attends, the TED Prize booklet takes readers on a journey, from space, through oceans and cities, and into the human spirit. The piece describes some of the world changing ideas that have defined the TED Prize.]]>
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			<title>How Do High School Students Perceive College?</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[With a challenging economy and tough job market facing recent college graduates, colleges are being scrutinized for how well they prepare students for careers. But has this scrutiny affected how high school students feel about the importance of college? A recent survey of high school graduates from the class of 2010 shows that college is still perceived as a key step towards a more successful future.Read the article on GOOD.]]>
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			<title>AIGANY Data Visualization Discussion</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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On February 23, AIGA NY hosted a discussion on data visualization with Hyperakt&#039;s own Julia and Deroy, as well as Martin Blinder of Tictrac.&amp;nbsp; The conversation was moderated by Cliff Kuang, writer for GOOD, Wired, Popular Science, Nylon, Print, and a founding editor of Fast Company&#039;s Co.Design.
Julia and Deroy chatted about Hyperakt&#039;s design process for infographics.&amp;nbsp; They focused on the studio&#039;s attention to design that benefits the community and has a real social impact, and discussed our responsibility as designers to provide ethical and truthful content.&amp;nbsp; Displaying data in an unbiased fashion is particularly important for data visualization, as the graphics purport to convey hard numbers and factual information.
Martin Blinder, of Tictrac, was a valuable contributor to the discussion as well.&amp;nbsp; His company, named Wired &quot;Start-up of the Week,&quot; is a personal analytics platform that lets you track all your activities in one place.&amp;nbsp; Tictrac helps you to &quot;discover more about yourself&quot; and plugs in with other apps like Foursquare, social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, and event trackers like Google Calendar.&amp;nbsp; After summoning all this data, Tictrac calculates connections and creates visualizations that give you easy insight into your habits.
Cliff Kuang, meanwhile, with his deep experience in art, technology, and culture, was a great moderator.&amp;nbsp; Adept at teasing out the controversy in infographics and the nuances of the field, he expertly led Deroy, Julia, and Martin in conversation.]]>
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			<title>Collaborative Consumption at SMW</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hyperakt&#039;s Deroy Peraza was on a Social Media Week panel about &quot;Collaborative Consumption&quot; this week. Other members of the panel, which was moderated by Danny Alexander, &amp;nbsp;included former NYTimes.com design director and co-founder of Mixel, Khoi Vinh, and Nicholson NY&#039;s Tom Nicholson. The discussion and Q&amp;amp;A session were presented by Shared Squared NY at the NYIT Auditorium.&amp;nbsp;]]>
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			<title>Featuring Teach for Studio 360</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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A variety of great websites, including CoDesign, GOOD, and EdWeek are featuring Teach. &amp;nbsp;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.&amp;nbsp; After listener Kate Ahearn wrote in complaining of the trite imagery associated with her profession - apples, ABCs, 123s, one-room schoolhouses with bells on top- Studio 360 turned to Hyperakt. &amp;nbsp;As Ahearn wrote, &quot;I have been teaching for 15-plus years and have enough of what I deem &#039;apple crapple&#039; to last me a lifetime.&quot;
With only a week to complete the project, we embarked on a radical rethinking of the education brand.&amp;nbsp; We settled upon a concept of connecting dots, creating a network of new ideas in a student&#039;s mind, forging new connections and new possibilities. &amp;nbsp;This imagery draws on everything from the dotted lined letters of young children learning how to write, to the circuit boards or molecular structures in more advanced grades.&amp;nbsp; Our color palette, a warm yellow, harkens back to school buses and pencils, and evokes a cheery, positive atmosphere.&amp;nbsp; The type font, Chevin, draws upon a rounded, simple style of writing, and maintains a contemporary, clear feel.
CoDesign, GOOD, and EdWeek link to our open-source companion website, InspireTeachers.org.&amp;nbsp; From here, educators can download our visuals and full presentation for their own use.&amp;nbsp; To date, 2400 folks have downloaded from the site.
CoDesign deems our efforts to do away with any hint of &quot;apple crapple&quot; a success. &amp;nbsp;Yet as they rightly point out, creating a new brand to represent teachers and education is not a quick fix for the problems in the sector.&amp;nbsp; On this point, Deroy says, &quot;we won&#039;t pretend that a fresh coat of paint on the visual language used to represent teachers is going to solve all of the problems.&amp;nbsp; But we do believe that attracting the brightest minds to the profession can sow the seeds of change.&amp;nbsp; A visual language that does justice to the intellectual and creative development teachers help guide in students could be a powerful asset in attracting talent to the profession and instilling pride in teachers across the board.&quot;
Read CoDesign&#039;s article here
GOOD&#039;s article here
EDweek&#039;s article hereMinnesota Public Radio&#039;s feature here
Check out PRI&#039;s Multitouch Book on iTunes here
And listen to the full radio interview with Deroy and Julia on Studio 360 here
Aaaaand you can see all of our presentation materials for Teach here]]>
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			<title>The Campaign for Girls</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Girl Scouts are the largest girl-serving organization in the U.S. and ranks among the nation&#039;s top non-profit brands. This booklet is a reminder that with 2.3 million active Girl Scouts and 50 million living alumnae, the organization&#039;s impact is massive. The vast majority of female business owners and female members of Congress were Girl Scouts. For the next 100 years, Girl Scouts is focusing on mentoring girls for even greater leadership opportunities.]]>
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			<title>Where is the Money? The Future of Aid</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Humanitarian aid plays a critical role in improving the quality of life for people living in unfavorable conditions, but often in the face of many obstacles and challenges. The Thomson Reuters Foundation polled 41 aid agencies to shed light on what is in store for the future of aid. Hyperakt was tasked with visualizing the poll results to illustrate ways aid agencies can stay ahead in a changing climate.Check out the full package put together by the Thomson Reuters Foundation on AlertNet.]]>
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			<title>Rebranding Teachers</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Teachers are currently represented by uninspiring, childish visual imagery. Images like apples, chalkboards, and the ABCs neither revere the profession of teaching nor do justice to the intellectual and creative development teachers help guide in students of all ages.WNYC&#039;s Studio 360 asked us to create a new visual vocabulary that reflects the multidimensional role of the teacher. Listen to our interview with Kurt Andersen on Studio 360 and check out our full presentation.We began with a simple premise, that education is the key to human progress, therefore teaching is among the most important professions for humanity. Our new visual vocabulary should capture the excitement and magic of activating the potential that is innate in every student. It should celebrate the process of developing ideas, reflect the collaborative nature of teaching and pay homage to existing visual tools used in teaching.Our solution is all about connecting the dots. Visual maps, like teachers, help learners brainstorm ideas, reveal relationships, explain processes, tell stories and much more. The visual language of these connected dots can be found in toys, in letter tracing, in classroom brainstorms, on the whiteboards of innovators, in maps, in molecular structures and beyond.Connecting the dots allows us to create a boundless visual language that celebrates teaching and learning in a way we can all be proud of.Since revealing the work, we received requests from teachers who felt inspired by the work, and wanted to use the images in their classrooms. We have released the work under a non-commercial creative commons license. Download and use the visuals to celebrate the multidimensional role of teachers!]]>
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			<title>Deroy &amp; Julia Profiled on TNSChangemakers</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hyperakt&#039;s principals, &amp;nbsp;Deroy Peraza and Julia Vakser Zeltser have been interviewed for a Changemaker Profile on The New School&#039;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 offers diverse curricular and extracurricular educational experiences to enable students to become skilled changemakers equipped to address contemporary social and environmental challenges.Deroy and Julia were asked about the origins of Hyperakt, their sources of inspirations and the relationship between design and social innovation.Check out the full interview here.]]>
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			<title>Brand New's Best of 2011 Includes VOY</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/238</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Our identity for UNICEF&#039;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 the logo as &quot;great&quot;, 86% of readers rated the identity&#039;s icon system as &quot;great&quot;, and 90% of readers rated the application of the identity as &quot;great.&quot;Armin Vit, Brand New&#039;s author, wrote:&quot;The logo played with all the elements of the name: An implied &#039;V&#039;, a Gestalt-ish &#039;Y&#039;, and a speech bubble for voices. While it could have been cliche, the logo was one of the crowd favorites of the year. The applications and supporting icon system made this one of the best rounded identities.&quot;]]>
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			<title>Ready Or Not, Here I Am</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/292</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Do college freshmen feel academically prepared for classes? When it comes to starting college level coursework, what do incoming freshmen have to say about how high school prepared them? A recent study surveyed a national sample of high school graduates from the class of 2010 to find out how they felt their high school experience prepared them for college.Read the full article on GOOD.]]>
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			<title>Awwwards Nominates Hyperakt for Agency of the Year</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/237</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[We&#039;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, designers and agencies across the world can share experiences, inspiration and knowledge: A community that bids for a more accessible, usable and beautiful Internet.]]>
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			<title>Wave Goodbye Illustrations</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/290</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[2010 saw the advent of the warmly hazy, &#039;80&#039;s-nostalgia-imbued genre chillwave. By 2011, original chillwavers such as Washed Out, Toro y Moi, and Neon Indian were wrestling with the label. We were asked to create a timeline of chillwave&#039;s rising and falling fortunes during 2011 for SPIN&#039;s &quot;Best of 2011&quot;. We also created two neon-galactic-party-in-space icons for Best Songs of the Year and an article on women authors writing about rock &#039;n&#039; roll. Rainbows in space have never been so much fun!]]>
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			<title>White House Project In Gallery Magazine</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/234</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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We&#039;re happy to have our designs for White House Project&#039;s EPIC 2011 Awards in the most recent release of Gallery Magazine produced by Choi&#039;s Gallery out of Shanghai.&amp;nbsp;Choi&#039;s gallery produces design books and magazines, focusing on architecture, fashion, graphic design, interior design, and product design.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt is Hiring a Project Manager</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/233</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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At Hyperakt, we consider ourselves a family and are looking for&amp;nbsp;a new member to help us stay organized.&amp;nbsp;We are looking for a Project Manager&amp;nbsp;to help our Hyperakt team (including contractor help)&amp;nbsp;operate&amp;nbsp;smoothly.&amp;nbsp;
This awesome, friendly person should be passionate about social change and excellent at managing projects, workloads, budgets, schedules, clients etc.
They should be great at chatting with our clients&amp;nbsp;and keeping them happy (regarding schedules, budgets, work-management, etc.).&amp;nbsp;
They&#039;ll be asked to help us organize staffing and&amp;nbsp;resources for whatever amazing projects we take on.&amp;nbsp;
They should also be good at keeping our physical&amp;nbsp;office running. Do we need to buy an extra flux-capacitor or are&amp;nbsp;we good on&amp;nbsp;those? Please let us know.&amp;nbsp;
It would be a big plus if they are a good motivator&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; morale booster. Keeping the hyperaktivists happy and excited,&amp;nbsp;while&amp;nbsp;remaining on-track is essential.&amp;nbsp;
That&#039;s about all. We are taking awesome-friendly&amp;nbsp;applicants now.&amp;nbsp;SKILLS REQUIRED







2-5 yrs in design/graphics studio,&amp;nbsp;communications agency, or corporate/brand environment.Excellent communication and organization skills.Detail-oriented, well organized, smart and&amp;nbsp;resourceful.Financial project coordination or budget&amp;nbsp;management experience.Software skills%u2014Microsoft Office, Adobe CS, MAC OS and any other awesome app we haven&#039;t heard of yet%u2014and basic social media.Click&amp;nbsp;here&amp;nbsp;to apply or&amp;nbsp;email:&amp;nbsp;join@hyperakt.com


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			<title>Car Sharing Gets Internet Love</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/231</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Our interactive infographic, The Bright Future of Car Sharing, created for the Collaborative Fund has been featured in Fast Company&amp;nbsp;on October 26, 2011.The site was also selected as the AWWWARDS Site of the Day on November 11, 2011, and will be included in the book &quot;The 365 Best CSS Websites Around the World 2011.&quot;]]>
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			<title>Professional Toolkits</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/289</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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			<title>The Global Impact of Trustlaw Connect</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/283</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[As of October 15, 2011, TrustLaw Connect has 230 teams of lawyers found all across the world. These teams work tirelessly with NGOs and social entrepreneurs, strengthening their programs and teaching today&#039;s best legal practices. This piece for the Thomas Reuters Foundation acknowledges TrustLaw Connect&#039;s global impact by highlighting four outstanding case studies.See the piece on TrustLaw]]>
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			<title>Pulling Back the Meritocracy Veil</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/286</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[There is much we can learn about the challenges of educating today&#039;s youth by comparing public school and private school data. We see that while private schools statistically perform higher academically, this discrepancy may be explained by the fact public schools educate a larger number of students with special needs, language unfamiliarity, and lower socio-economic status. Explore this infographic to contrast and compare more data from these two important institutions.See it on GOOD.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Featured in Visual Storytelling</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/232</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hyperakt is very excited to be featured in Visual Storytelling, a collection of graphic design, illustrations, and photographs that have pushed the boundaries of data visualization. Meticulously curated, this book exemplifies how compelling and beautiful data can be made to be.&amp;nbsp;We are proud to have two pieces featured alongside such inspired work: UN Voices of the Vulnerable and How You Will Get Hurt at Burning Man.&amp;nbsp;]]>
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			<title>The Leonardo Museum</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/287</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[The Leonardo is a newly opened Science, Art and Technology museum in Salt Lake City. Named for the great artist, inventor and innovator, Leonardo DaVinci, the museum is a hub for education, art, culture and experimentation. Hyperakt helped the museum evolve its branding, by selecting typefaces to compliment their existing logo, a contemporary color palette and a brand guide. We also designed exterior and interior signage, including exhibition banners, maps, a fresh idea for bathroom signage and various other collateral in preparation for the grand opening.]]>
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			<title>2010 Annual Report</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/285</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[The ClimateWorks Foundation supports public policies that tackle climate change and promote global prosperity. In their 2010 annual report, ClimateWorks discuss the necessity of lowering greenhouse gas emissions and outline solutions that will allow them to accomplish this. Their goal is to limit annual global greenhouse gas emissions to 44 billion metric tons by the year 2020 and 35 billion metric tons by the year 2030.]]>
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			<title>The Bright Future of Car Sharing</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/284</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Over the past decade, car sharing has become an increasingly popular trend. With the promise of financial savings and personal conveniences, these services are influencing people all around the world to forgo car ownership. With less automobiles on the road, we are already beginning to see the tremendous environmental benefits this has brought about.&quot;The Bright Future of Car Sharing&quot; is an infographic that explores car sharing and its impact around the world. One can literally drive a car down our highway of statistics and data visualization to discover a new age where access is better than ownership.Visit the interactive infographic.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Turns 10!</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/230</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[It&#039;s been a crazy journey! Along the way we&#039;ve gotten to work with amazing clients doing incredible things for the world. We&#039;ve made great friends and met many of our heroes. We&#039;ve grown with the help of all the talented Hyperaktivists who form and have formed our team. Individually and collectively, we&#039;ve learned a ton and many more exciting challenges lay ahead! We celebrated in October with friends, clients, and family. Check out our party photos here!And check out this amazing tribute created by the Hyperaktivists.]]>
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			<title>Trends In Higher Education</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/282</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[This interactive infographic takes a look at how cultural and economic trends have changed American students&#039; choices in degree fields between 1998 and 2008. The piece allows readers to look at the data through the lens of degree fields (Business, Education, Health, etc.) as well as through the lens of degree levels (Bachelors, Masters, etc.). The data can also be filtered by sex, which sheds light on the different career paths preferred by men and women.Check out the interactive infographic on GOOD.]]>
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			<title>AWWWARDS Names Acumen Site Of The Day</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/229</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[We are absolutely excited to hear that AWWWARDS has selected Acumen&#039;s 10th Anniversary site as Site of the Day! It will also be included in the book &quot;The 365 Best CSS Websites Around the World 2011&quot;]]>
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			<title>Design Observer Notes Acumen Site</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/228</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/228_DO.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We are super excited that Design Observer&amp;nbsp;noticed our Acumen site! Design Observer features news and critical essays on design, urbanism, social innovation and popular culture.&quot;Acumen Fund, the New York-based organization that invests in social enterprises in disadvantaged parts of the world, is marking its 10th anniversary with a new website.&quot; %u2014 Design Observer]]>
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			<title>10th Anniversary Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/281</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/281_Acumen-thumb1.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Acumen Fund is creating a world beyond poverty by investing in social enterprises, emerging leaders and breakthrough ideas. Focusing on health, energy, agriculture, water, housing and education, Acumen Fund has impacted the lives of over 40 million people in South Asia and Africa.To celebrate their 10th Anniversary, Acumen Fund asked Hyperakt to create a compelling commemorative website, that features the narrative arc of the organization. The site takes full advantage of the latest web-based technologies including a variety of HTML5, CSS3 techniques and hand-crafted JavaScript. These technologies have allowed us to create a unique user experience with a rich mix of copy, images, videos, maps, illustrations, infographics, beautifully rendered typefaces, animated transitions, rollovers, popups, commenting and social media interaction. The result is an inspiring look at the organization&#039;s impact on society, all on one page! We put every trick in the book into this one, creating a deceivingly simple website that allows readers to dive in and explore tons of content.Launch AcumenFund.org]]>
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			<title>Communication Through the Ages</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/280</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/280_atlassian_thumb1.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We love time-traveling. Atlassian asked us to help them tell the story of communication technologies from cave paintings and smoke signals to social networking and microblogging. What a long strange trip it&#039;s been.Check out the infographic in all its glory.]]>
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			<title>The Evolution of the Web</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/277</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/277_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[These days, it&#039;s hard to imagine a world without videos, photos, web apps and awesome interactive content all over the web. The web has come a long way over the last 20 years and innovation is accelerating. The Google Chrome Team wanted to pay tribute to the open web community for the great technological progress that makes all the great content on the web possible.Based on a static infographic created by mgmt. design and GOOD in 2010, The Google Chrome Team asked us to create an updated interactive piece illustrating the evolution of web technology. Hyperakt focused on designing user interactions that make the visualization a valuable reference tool for the web community. Each browser&#039;s evolution is illustrated with screen captures of their various versions and many technologies are each linked to extensive definitions, all available in six languages.We were fortunate enough to work with the fantastic team at Vizzuality who brought the designs to life through their elegant HTML5 development. The result is a fluid and responsive immersive trip through the history of the web.Launch: The Evolution of the WebDEVELOPMENT PARTNER]]>
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			<title>Sullivan St. in Comm Arts Design Annual</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/220</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Communication Arts has selected our Sullivan St. Bakery product packaging system for their 52nd Design Annual, &quot;the most prestigious competition for creativity in graphic design&quot;.]]>
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			<title>Inc. Talks with Deroy About Bartering</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/227</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/227_inc.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[In their article on &quot;4 Tips on Choosing the Right Logo Design Services,&quot; Inc. asked Deroy about bartering for projects.&amp;nbsp;They also talk with JB Osborne of Red Antler about making clients more comfortable, Steven Heller on understanding the firm, and Titi Branch of Miss Jessie&#039;s about having a clear vision of your brand to make your identity successful.&amp;nbsp;]]>
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			<title>Visual.ly Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/276</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/276_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Visual.ly is the world&#039;s largest collection of infographics. The start-up, founded by Lee Sherman and Stew Langille of Mint.com, features the best data visualization work in the business and prominently credits the publishers and designers involved in creating the work. Infographics are categorized and ranked with an emphasis placed on engagement statistics. In addition to featuring great data-viz work, Visual.ly provides custom visualization services and is building visualization tools that will make it easier for all of us to harness the power of data.Hyperakt&#039;s role in the project was to consult on the site features and architecture as well as to create the visual design and user interface.Launch Visual.lySee Hyperakt&#039;s work on Visual.ly]]>
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			<title>Child Marriage</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/275</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/275_childmarriage-thumb1.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Every 3 seconds a girl under the age of 18 is married. This piece for the Thomson Reuters Foundation sheds light on the alarming situation faced by young girls in countries where child marriage is socially accepted. We&#039;ve ranked the 25 countries where child marriage is most commonplace and outlined the circumstances faced by the victims.View the piece on Thomson Reuters Foundation&#039;s website.]]>
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			<title>PBS Arts Talks to Deroy &amp; Julia</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/226</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/226_offbook_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[PBS Arts sat down with Deroy and Julia to talk about type and the ways we use it in visualizing data. This episode in the Off Book series focuses on tools with Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones, identity with Paula Scher, texture with Eddie Opara, and visualizing data with Deroy and Julia.&amp;nbsp;View the video hereThe video has also been featured in articles on&amp;nbsp;Creative Journal, SwissMiss, The Atlantic, and FastCo. Design]]>
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			<title>The STEM Dilemma</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/274</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/274_stem_final_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics, is a national priority to ensure American competitiveness in the 21st Century. To maintain a steady pipeline of STEM-capable graduates, we need to start by investing in more quality STEM-capable teachers to educate and spark student interest in these subjects. Here&#039;s a look at the current state of STEM in the U.S.This infographic was designed by Hyperakt in partnership with GOOD and Phoenix University.See the info graphic on GOOD.]]>
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			<title>Design Made in Germany Interviews Deroy on Human Rights Logo</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/225</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/225_designmadeingermany.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Design Made In Germany is packed with current trends, projects, events, and developments of the German and international design scene. Recently, they interviewed Deroy about our logo design for the international Human Rights logo competition. He gives excellent insight on why even though crowd sourced, we chose to be involved with this important project. Let us know what you think!&amp;nbsp;]]>
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			<title>Idsgn Interviews Deroy Peraza on Infographics</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/224</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/224_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The design blog idsgn.org featured an interview with Hyperakt&#039;s co-founder, Deroy Peraza for their article &amp;nbsp;&quot;The Good and Evil of Infographics&quot;. Deroy and Josh Smith discussed the hidden difficulties of reading and creating infographics.&amp;nbsp;]]>
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			<title>2010 Annual Report</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/272</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[The Ford Foundation is one of the largest charitable-giving organizations in the world. Their grants have impacted society globally, whether we know it or not. From enabling the creation of Sesame Street to helping to fight AIDS in Africa, they are on the frontlines of social change worldwide and have been since 1936.To celebrate their 75th anniversary, The Ford Foundation came to Hyperakt with this request: deliver an insightful printed annual that celebrates their legacy, yet firmly looks toward the future. Our design allows them to connect with readers using bold color and cascading photography that capitalizes on their vast image archive spanning three quarters of a century. These photographs tell the story of an organization intent on doing genuine, long lasting good in the world, which is exactly the type of client we love.]]>
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			<title>Interactive Explainers and Digital Annual Report 2010</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/273</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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			<title>CDI Notes Our Work for Ford Foundation</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/223</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[We&#039;ve been thrilled to be working with the Ford Foundation for the past few months. As a supplement to our printed 2010 annual report, we&#039;ve tackled the interactive experience. As noted by Center for Digital Information, three features in particular stand out. Take a look and tell us what you think!&amp;nbsp;Helping Traditional Communities Claim Their Territorial RightsDemystifying Global FinanceCreating Infrastructure with Community Broadband]]>
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			<title>Visual.ly Launches With Help From Hyperakt</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/222</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Visual.ly is a new platform for exploring, sharing, and promoting great visualizations. We were asked to redesign the site before its official launch. The site demanded organization and structure, so we approached the design as we would an infographic. Our solution was a comprehensive icon navigation system, with intense focus on the visualizations and statistics. We are very excited to have been involved in building a data visualization community.The anticipation of Visual.ly&#039;s launch was impressive, boasting 60,000 pre-registered users, 8,500 Twitter followers, and notable list of partners. It sounds like the design and technology press is digging it too! Here are some snippets.&quot;the most daring start-up in visualization&quot; -Information Aesthetics&quot;the latest notable development in the visualisation field.&quot; -Visualizing Data&quot;the largest collection of infographics on the web&quot; -TechCrunch&quot;Infographic fans should be in heaven here %u2013 it%u2019s a gorgeously designed social hub for fans of big data.&quot; -The Next Web&quot;If you like clever data visualizations, you&#039;ll love Visual.ly.&quot; -Mashable]]>
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			<title>The Costs of Delay</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/271</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[The Cost of Delay is a big-picture document written by ClimateWorks Foundation leaders. In line with the organization&#039;s mission of curbing global carbon emissions, the document outlines the different scenarios before us and stresses the urgency of stabilizing the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide. At the current emissions rate, the world will burn through its carbon budget in 20 years. This document outlines a carbon budget that will prevent that from happening.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Wins Two FPO Awards</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/219</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Organized by UnderConsideration, the FPO Awards is a judged competition that celebrates the best print work from around the world during 2010 %u2014 a direct extension of the popular blog FPO: For Print Only. As a response to other award formulas, past and present, the FPO Awards strive to provide a competition that places as much importance on design and execution as it does toward production.We are honored to have won two awards, Jason&#039;s Food For Thought poster and the NAACP 2008 Annual Report.]]>
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			<title>Our Work to be Featured at Cooper Hewitt</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/221</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Our map of the Guangzhou BRT will be included in the Smithsonian&#039;s Cooper Hewitt Design Museum&#039;s forthcoming exhibition &quot;Design for the Other 90%&quot;. &quot;Of the world&#039;s total population of 6.5 billion, 5.8 billion people, or 90%, have little or no access to most of the products and services many of us take for granted; in fact, nearly half do not have regular access to food, clean water, or shelter. &#039;Design for the Other 90%&#039; explores a growing movement among designers to design low-cost solutions for this &#039;other 90%&quot;. &quot;a compelling graphic&quot; -Institute for Transportation &amp;amp; Development Policy]]>
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			<title>The World's Five Most Dangerous Countries For Women</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/269</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[According to aTrustLaw Women poll of 213 gender experts from five continents, being a woman in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, India and Somalia is more dangerous than anywhere else on the planet. Rape, violence, lack of healthcare and education are just some of the perils faced by women in these countries. The numbers are truly shocking and eye-opening.Check it out on Trust Law, a Thomson Reuters Foundation service that serves as the hub for legal assistance and news on women&#039;s rights.]]>
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			<title>Fast Co.Design Infographic of the Day</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/215</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Fast Co.Design called The Opportunity Gap &quot;a powerful infographic&quot; and made it their infographic of the day for June 15th, 2011.We were also giddy to learn that DataVisualization&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;and Quipsologies also posted about the piece.]]>
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			<title>World Cup Poster On Exhibit In France</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/218</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[This spring Cite du Design invited us to be involved in their Design &amp;amp; Football exhibition in France. The exhibition was imagined and designed by les Sismo (Antoine Feniglio and Frederic Lecourt), associated designers. Being huge football fans, of course we were delighted and sent over our World Cup Radial Bracket poster. If you&#039;re in France before September 18th, pop in and let us know how the exhibit is! ]]>
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			<title>Global Symbol for Human Rights Competition Entry</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/270</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[There is no greater challenge than creating a symbol that people of any culture around the world can rally behind in support of a cause. The symbol should be rich in meaning, universal in its use of visual metaphors and simple enough to be easily drawn by anyone.Human Rights is about as massive as an issue can get and its incredible that a universal symbol doesn&#039;t exist for it yet. The Human Rights Logo Challenge wants to change that. Anyone can submit a design on the site. An impressive panel of expert judges will narrow down the entries, and the world will vote for a winner among 10 finalists. The winning logo will be presented at the end of September when the UN General Assembly meets in New York.We&#039;d love to hear what you think of our proposal. What symbols do you see? Does it resonate with you? Does it capture the significance of the issue? You can add your comments and join the dialogue on the Human Rights Logo Challenge page for our entry and remember to vote if you like it!View our entry on A Logo for Human Rights.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Published in Basic Brochures</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/216</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hyperakt is pleased to be included in Basic&#039;s latest publication, Brochures. Basic, published by Index Book, is a series about the basic disciplines of graphic design. The first three of the series were about Logos, Packaging and Corporate Identity. The fourth one is about Brochures and is classified into three categories: No Fold, Single Fold and Multiple Folds. Basic Brochures features different brochures developed by designers from around the world, showcasing a broad range of styles that enhance the book and make it both a compendium of visual input and a great source for inspiration.They&#039;ve selected four of our projects. Single fold category;&amp;nbsp; loft_2c. Multiple fold category; Brooklyn Arts Council brochure/poster, White House Project&#039;s 2010 Epic Awards invite, and North Star Fund&#039;s 2010 Community Gala invite. ]]>
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			<title>The Opportunity Gap</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/268</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[The opportunity gap disproportionately impacts students of color who come from low-income backgrounds. The demographic inequalities black and Hispanic students in the United States face in comparison to their white peers put them at a disadvantage before they even enter school. When combined with the educational disparities known as the achievement gap, students of color often have to overcome more challenges to have an equal chance at life&#039;s opportunities.Check it out on GOOD.]]>
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			<title>The Champions League Final 1956 - 2011</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/267</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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			<title>NSF 2011 Community Gala</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/265</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[North Star Fund is an established New York community foundation supporting grassroots groups leading the movement for equality, economic justice, and peace. Every year at the North Star Fund Community Gala, donors and grantees come together to celebrate the work of philanthropic and community activists, and North Star Fund&#039;s role in bringing them together. Hyperakt was tasked with developing branding for the event, including save-the-date cards, printed and interactive invitations, the event program, and event signage.]]>
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			<title>GOOD Infographic Wins Art Directors Club Award!</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/213</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[We are honored to have received a merit award from Art Directors Club for the American Energy Spectrum Infographic we did for GOOD Magazine! &quot;The ADC Annual Awards competition, currently in its 90th year, recognizes the best work of the year in print and broadcast advertising, interactive media, graphic design, publication design, packaging, photography and illustration.&quot;&amp;nbsp;Being recognized for design that informs and inspires solidifies our mission of designing for the common good!]]>
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			<title>Education &amp; the Workforce of the Future</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/264</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[GOOD, in partnership with the University of Phoenix asked us to visualize the discrepancy between the qualifications of Americans and the requirements of tomorrow&#039;s workforce. The big take-away: We better start producing more college graduates or we&#039;re in trouble.View the infographic on GOOD.]]>
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			<title>TWHP 2011 EPIC Awards</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/266</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[The White House Project&#039;s 2011 EPIC Awards are a celebration of women&#039;s leadership in the media and in popular culture. The April 7, 2011 event took place at the IAC Building in New York City.]]>
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			<title>Champions League Infographic</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/263</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[The New York Times official soccer blog, Goal, liked what we did with our World Cup Radial Bracket Poster last year so we made them a radial bracket of the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League. Soccer, known to the rest of the world as football, might not be massive in the U.S. yet, but the Champions League final was the most watched televised sporting event in the world in 2009 (yes, more than the Super Bowl). With 3.5 billion soccer fans world wide, it is by far the most popular sport on Earth. We thought a few of you might appreciate some free Champions League bracket wallpapers for your desktops. Now you can keep obsessing about the tournament all day as you count the minutes until the next match. Download yours below and tell your Facebook and Twitter friends so they can get theirs too!]]>
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			<title>Voices of Youth Identity Gets Brand New Love!</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/211</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Voices of Youth</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/250</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[UNICEF&#039;s Voices of Youth program strives to offer all children and adolescents a safe space where their voices will be heard: a place online where they can explore, learn, discuss, and grow together. We created a comprehensive branding platform for Voices of Youth, including a logo and a system of symbols and color schemes that represent the various issues the Voices of Youth dialogue will revolve around.]]>
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			<title>Planning Cities for People</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/261</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/261_thumb2.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[ClimateWorks is a San Francisco based foundation whose mission is to support public policies that prevent dangerous climate change and promote global prosperity. This document, Planning Cities for People, was prepared for the Chinese government and contains 8 research-based recommendations that lead to prosperous, low-carbon urban areas. The document uses richly illustrated maps and diagrams to present examples of street-grids that promote walking, prioritize bicycle networks, create mixed-use neighborhoods and support high-quality transit.  ]]>
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			<title>Let's Swap Noted by Eight Hour Day</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/212</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[We&#039;ve had a design crush on&amp;nbsp;Eight Hour Day&amp;nbsp;for a few years now, so it was quite a wonderful surprise to see Let&#039;s Swap featured on their&amp;nbsp;blog&amp;nbsp;this month. Eight Hour Day is a design boutique from Minneapolis, creating &quot;work that is honest&quot; and &quot;designing with the belief that process and collaboration should be as exciting and fun as the end result&quot;. We can only hope that upon returning from their year long sabbatical, they&#039;ll join in on the fun by swapping one of their&amp;nbsp;beautiful prints!]]>
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			<title>Knowledge Series</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/262</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[ClimateWorks is a San Francisco based foundation whose mission is to support public policies that prevent dangerous climate change and promote global prosperity. The Knowledge Series is a collection of research documents created by experts in their fields. These two editions focus on energy efficient appliances in India and efficiency innovations in vehicle technology. The documents aim to educate and empower legislators and officials with hard data that can be used to inform future policy decisions that promote carbon emission reductions across a spectrum of sectors.]]>
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			<title>Hacking the Cloud</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/258</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Popular Science asked us to create a series infographics to illustrate the history of hacking. The illustrations were featured in the April 2011 issue of Pop Sci. They accompanied an article about the dangers cybercriminals pose to security as our data is stored and processed more and more on remote servers.]]>
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			<title>Get in Step with Ecomagination</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/260</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/260_gethumb3.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Through their new Ecomagination Line Dance campaign, GE is aiming to create the world&#039;s longest line dance online in an effort to bring everyone in step both literally and figuratively, with the technology giant&#039;s focus on innovation. We were asked us to create a quirky instructional poster with step-by-step instructions on the proper mechanics of a good, old-fashined line dance.]]>
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			<title>Sullivan Street Bakery on The Dieline </title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/210</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hyperakt is so excited to have one of our most recent projects featured on both Lovely Package and&amp;nbsp;The Dieline, &quot;the world&#039;s #1 package design website&quot;. With Sullivan Street Bakery making some of the best bread in New York City, we simply could&#039;t resist the opportunity to work with them. So we partnered up with creative director Greg Crossley on developing a packaging system that would extend one simple visual language throughout all of the bakery&#039;s delectable products.]]>
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			<title>Focus Features Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/254</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/254_focus_thumb1.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Focus Features, the motion picture production company behind such great films as Milk, Brokeback Mountain, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Pianist, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, asked us to refine their website&#039;s user interface.Hyperakt was asked to work on website concepts as an exploratory exercise leading up to the redesign of FocusFeatures.com. Based on existing brand elements, we established a cohesive color palette for the site and created logo lockups including the site&#039;s URL. The project included re-imagining the site&#039;s header and navigation, sketching potential icon systems to identify different types of editorial content and designing various site-wide graphic elements and buttons. Selected elements from our exploratory exercise will be included in the new design of the company&#039;s site designed by their internal team.]]>
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			<title>Product Packaging System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/253</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Sullivan Street Bakery makes some of the best bread in New York City. With almost two decades under its belt, it&#039;s a venerable institution in the city&#039;s culinary circles with many top restaurants serving its bread daily. Jim Lahey, the man behind the ovens, is expanding the bakery&#039;s product offerings. He asked us to work in partnership with creative director Greg Crossley on developing a packaging system that would extend the visual language of the bakery across all new and future products.]]>
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			<title>Let's Swap</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/259</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/259_LetsSwap_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Let&#039;s Swap is a place where artists and designers can swap art for free.As much as we love the web, there&#039;s nothing like holding a beautiful printed piece in your hands or putting it up on your wall. We love posters and books and we know there are tons of talented artists and designers that share this love. That&#039;s why we&#039;re using the web to celebrate print and using art as currency to collect art.Here is how it works. There&#039;s one limited edition featured swap at all times. If you want it, hit the Swap button and propose what you want to exchange for it. The featured artist will pick their favorite swaps and they&#039;ll be posted on letsswap.it with an artist credit. New featured swaps will be selected on a regular basis. There&#039;s no accounts, no fees and no fuss.Check out Let&#039;s Swap and send in your first swap!Let&#039;s Swap is a Hyperakt project.]]>
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			<title>Saving Our Schools Data Visualization</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/252</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/252_thedaily_thumb3.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The factors that affect academic performance in the American education system are broad and complex. The Daily, News Corp&#039;s recently launched iPad news app, asked us to try to capture the current state of education in the United States through a data visualization. The piece appeared in the February 10, 2011 edition of The Daily.We started by scouring OECD data, and focused on a few data points that illustrate how the U.S. ranks in academic performance, as well as key economic and social factors that impact a child&#039;s education.The U.S. has significantly increased spending (adjusted for inflation) over the last 20 years, and ranks near the top in education spending globally, yet test scores have barely improved. As we spend more, schools in the rest of the developed and developing world are producing better results. A look at a few key social factors, however, help shed some light on the situation. While the U.S. ranks near the top in spending and disposable income, it also ranks near the top in less enviable statistics like child poverty (20% of U.S. children live in poor households, behind only Turkey, Mexico and Poland), and teenage pregnancy rates (2nd only to Mexico with 49 births per 1,000 teenage girls). Until we acknowledge that these and other social factors impact student outcomes, our education system will continue to struggle to produce top performing students.]]>
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			<title>Deroy Peraza Invited to Speak at Inspire Conf</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/202</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Inspire Conf is certainly not your average design conference. Creatives just like you are gathering in the Netherlands to chat about their amazing insights and ideas- you know, all the stuff you love to hear. This year, Hyperaktivist Deroy Peraza was asked to join the festivities as a guest speaker.&amp;nbsp;Check out Inspire Conf&#039;s site for a full list of speakers.]]>
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			<title>The American Energy Spectrum Infographic</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/248</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[How do Americans use their energy, and where does it all come from in the first place? We teamed up with GOOD magazine to design an infographic that tells the story of energy use (and misuse) in America. Our starting point was a technical flowchart commonly used among climate and energy specialists; while informative, it was visually busy, inelegant, and difficult to read. We simplified the flowchart to clarify how energy moves from sources to end-uses and and created easy-to-read pie charts to reveal detailed information about each source and end-use. The infographic was created as a full spread for the January 2011 issue of GOOD Magazine. An interactive version of the infographic was created for GOOD&rsquo;s website.Check out the interactive infographic at GOOD.]]>
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			<title>Love for TWHP Annual Report</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/204</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Our Annual Report &amp;nbsp;for The White House Project has been getting featured on several sites these days. We at Hyperakt agree that a great cause like TWHP deserves to look great, too. That&#039;s why we made this annual report into something more than a standard financial document. This poster, using only 3 colors, illustrates the impact that this organization is having on the country&#039;s political landscape.&amp;nbsp;TWHP provides leadership training around the country for women seeking roles of political leadership at every level of government.&amp;nbsp;Featured on:Under ConsiderationRoger Allen]]>
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			<title>Burning Man Infographic Makes Top 10 of 2010 in GOOD.</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/209</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hyperakt was thrilled to be featured in GOOD Magazine&#039;s Most Popular Infographics of 2010. &amp;nbsp;Out of the &quot;nearly 100 original infographics&quot; released by this magazine in the past year, we made it in the top 10! It was really fun making injury reports look this beautiful, so we&#039;re thrilled to see it featured in one of our favorite publications.If you love this, you can check out all of our Transparencies published in GOOD.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt on German Radio Station Jump</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/200</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hyperakt principal Julia Vakser was interviewed by German radio station Jump about our recent project for Adobe, I have PSD. Julia speaks about the inspiration and thought processes behind the video concept.&amp;nbsp;You can listen to the piece here (German).]]>
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			<title>Food for Thought Poster</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/247</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[If you had to make a sandwich of all the stuff that inspires you to create, what would it look like? That&#039;s precisely what Hyperaktivist Jason Lynch has illustrated. Airplanes, good coffee, crafty booze, robots and loud guitars are all prominently featured in this limited edition 22&quot; x 30&quot; poster, printed in grey and fluorescent orange by Jason on a gorgeous Folio bright white stock.]]>
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			<title>HOW Design Spotlights Hyperakt</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/199</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hyperakt is featured in How Magazine&#039;s Designer Spotlight for December! Principals Deroy Peraza and Julia Vakser were interviewed about Hyperakt&#039;s history, the collaborative environment of the studio, and our commitment to promoting social change through design. You can read the article here. We&#039;ll also be mentioned in the January issue of the print magazine.How Magazine offers creative inspiration, career advice, and business strategy to designers at every career level and in all corners of the industry.]]>
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			<title>The New York Times Features Hyperakt</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/198</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[New York Times sports writer Jack Bell has written an awesome feature article in Goal, the official New York Times soccer blog. Bell interviewed Hyperaktivist Deroy Peraza, who designed the poster during the tournament this summer. Here&#039;s an excerpt from the blog post:And if you%u2019re looking for a novel and innovative soccer-themed gift for that special someone on Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa or Festivus, you might want to consider a radial World Cup poster.The poster literally sprang from the brain of Deroy Peraza, a creative director at the Brooklyn design studio Hyperakt, who came to the United States at age 6 in 1984 and grew up in Miami playing soccer in the Latin American melting pot that is South Florida. He says he is %u201Ca huge soccer fan,%u201D a supporter of Barcelona and the United States national team.Check out the rest of the article here.]]>
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			<title>Food for Thought at the Society of Illustrators</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/197</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Food for Thought, illustrated and printed by Hyperaktivist Jason Lynch, will be shown this spring at the Society of Illustrators 53rd annual exhibition.&amp;nbsp;The society was formed in 1901 to promote the art and history of illustration though lectures, exhibitions and education. We are honored and excited to have our work shown along side great work by amazing artists from around the world.]]>
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			<title>NSF Annual Report 2010: A Community of Leaders</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/245</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[North Star Fund&#039;s 2010 Annual Report, their fourth designed by Hyperakt, is all about the leaders of their donor community. Their inspiring diverse backgrounds are the guiding light for North Star Fund&#039;s quest to create an equitable and peaceful New York City.]]>
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			<title>TWHP 2010 Annual Report</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/244</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[TWHP provides leadership training around the country for women seeking roles of political leadership at every level of government. Their 2010 Annual Report isn&#039;t just a financial document. It&rsquo;s a data visualization poster that vividly illustrates the impact the organization is having on the political landscape across the country.The piece shown here is a proof of concept. The Annual Report will be printed in early 2011.]]>
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			<title>Political Issues Graph on Infographics Blogs</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/196</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hyperakt&#039;s latest collaboration with GOOD Magazine, an interactive infographic visualizing political climate, has been mentioned on two popular infographic and data visualization blogs, Flowing Data and Infosthetics. Both blogs offer up a serving of the latest in information design, and explore how we can better understand data %u2014 and through data, ourselves &amp;nbsp;%u2014 through innovative ways of visualizing it.]]>
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			<title>I have PSD</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/243</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Adobe asked us to create a piece in celebration of Photoshop&#039;s 20th anniversary. We were given full creative freedom to show how Photoshop colors our world, and we created a short film &mdash; Hyperakt&#039;s first! &mdash; about the daily life of designers and artists with Photoshop on the brain, sometimes known as PSD.Photoshop dexterity (PSD) is a skillset acquired by proficient users of Adobe Photoshop, the world&#039;s most ubiquitous digital tool for creating visual ideas. Qualities of PSD include supernatural powers of imagination and an overwhelming desire to constantly make the world more beautiful. PSD affects people from different walks of life. In fact, there is a high probability that you have PSD.You can watch the video here and check out our shirt giveaway here. You can also check out some cooky behind-the-scenes photos here.]]>
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			<title>Political Climate Interactive Data Visualization</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/242</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Every election cycle has its own issue; what Americans care about is constantly changing. Every January, the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press surveys Americans about what their top political priorities are for the year. GOOD asked us to take the data, spanning from 2001 to 2010, and create an interactive visualization that illustrates the difference of opinion between parties over time.View the interactive visualization on GOOD.]]>
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			<title>The Bazaar</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/241</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/241_thumb3.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The Bazaar is an online marketplace that allows artists to sell their work to fans and aficionados around the globe. Part of the Taxi network, The Bazaar gives fine artists, photographers, and illustrators the opportunity to sell art without the hassles of printing and shipping.We built wireframes and designed the look and feel of bza.co. As a site catering primarily to artists, it was important that the design was clean enough to let the artwork take center stage. We worked closely with Taxi as they implemented the various page templates we created for the site.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Featured in Magic Branding</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/195</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Two of Hyperakt&#039;s recent branding projects have been featured in Beijing-based&amp;nbsp;Designerbooks&#039;&amp;nbsp;new publication, Magic Branding&amp;nbsp;(Chinese). This beautifully printed and well-edited compilation of contemporary branding work illustrates that sometimes design seems like magic, but even the most mysterious and impenetrable of conjurings can only leave a lasting impression if they are effortless, entertaining, and original.]]>
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			<title>I Have PSD Goes Viral</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/247</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[















We&#039;re super excited to see our &quot;I Have PSD&quot; video spread across the web - we even found a cover of it made by some students in Taiwan!
The project came about after Adobe asked us to respond to the prompt &quot;World Without Photoshop.&quot;&amp;nbsp; We&#039;re always interested in experimenting, and we decided that making a film would be a fun way to visualize the scenario.&amp;nbsp; Adobe loved the idea, so we went full steam ahead.&amp;nbsp; The results were &quot;I Have PSD&quot;: a short video that addresses dexterity with Photoshop as if it were a supernatural power.&amp;nbsp; The main character gets out of bed to find his home in shambles after a night of partying.&amp;nbsp; But with some quick real-world Photoshopping he&#039;s able to tidy it all up, leave his house, and run to the Hyperakt office, where, clean and refreshed, he sits down at his computer and opens - what else? Photoshop.&amp;nbsp; See it for yourself here:
Vimeo (948,000 plays)
I Have PSD site (89,151 visits)
YouTube (134,398 views and counting!)
We added a few other facets to the PSD project, including designing several tshirts featuring various Photoshop tool icons.&amp;nbsp; After people across the web voted for their favorite tshirt, we printed the top three winners, and held a contest on Twitter to allow fans the opportunity to win a free tshirt.&amp;nbsp; Over 500 people across the globe participated, and 150 of them won a free shirt.
Here are some of the sites that helped share PSD:
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			<title>HBR: Hyperakt, 21st Century Design Studio</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/193</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hyperakt was prominently featured in a Harvard Business Review blog post on September 17, 2010. The article, titled &quot;Green Shots: MyGengo and Hyperakt&quot; and written by economist blogger Umair Haque, talks about the the &quot;Great Transition&quot; from the age of superficial, consumer driven design to an age of meaningful design that propels world-changing ideas.Here are some excerpts from the article:&quot;What&#039;s the point of a bigger purpose? Well, my hunch is that when we find the work we do meaningful, inspiring, elevating, and fulfilling, it&#039;s then that we transcend the boundaries of everyday ideas, effort, and performance%u2026So by having a bigger purpose, it just might be that Hyperakt&#039;s building a 21st century design studio: the crucible of big, world-changing ideas.&quot;&quot;It&#039;s neatly expressed up in a recent tweet by John Maeda: &quot;Great design is the right combination of aesthetics, ergonomics, and economics&quot;. Hyperakt, then, might just be one the seeds of an awakening, of eyes opening up to the novel competencies and capabilites the 21st century demands of %u2013 and the new possibilities it offers to %u2013 designers.&quot;The Harvard Business Review, published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, is a research-based magazine written for business practitioners. The publication is highly regarded amongst academics, executives, and management consultants.]]>
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			<title>Challenge.gov</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/239</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/239_challenge_thumb2.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Challenge.gov allows U.S. government agencies to harness the ambition, creativity, and resourcefulness of the general public in order to solve some of the nation&#039;s problems. Challenge.gov provides everyone with the opportunity to participate in problem solving, and offers prizes for the best solutions.We worked closely with New York-based startup ChallengePost, who engineered and developed the platform that enables social problem solving on Challenge.gov. Our roles included design of the Challenge.gov brand identity and creation of the site&#039;s visual design, based on the wireframes developed by ChallengePost.Challenge.gov is administered by GSA in partnership with ChallengePost, and is the latest milestone in the Obama Administration&rsquo;s commitment to promote innovation. Obama has said: &quot;The challenges we face today&mdash;from saving our planet to ending poverty&mdash;are simply too big for government to solve alone. We need all hands on deck.&quot;Twitter user @desink said: &quot;Challenge.gov is to the RFP process what iTunes is to vinyl.&quot;Visit Site: Challenge.gov]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Takes a Ride with Design Taxi</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/192</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/192_taxithumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt principals Deroy Peraza and Julia Vakser sat down with our friends at Design Taxi for an in-depth interview on the intersection of social good and design. Design Taxi, a global network where creative professionals of all stripes can meet and connect, spoke to Deroy and Julia about working for social justice through design, design inspiration, creativity in Brooklyn, and Hyperakt&#039;s ventures into crowdsourcing.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Data Visualization on FlowingData.com</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/194</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hyperakt&#039;s piece for GOOD Magazine on the correlation between obesity and how people get to work was featured on Flowing Data, one of the preeminent blogs on the web covering the subject of&amp;nbsp;data visualization.]]>
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			<title>How You Will Get Hurt At Burning Man Infographic</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/257</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/257_good_thumb5.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Spending a few nights in the desert with tens of thousands of people can have its consequences, and we want everyone to be safe. This is a look at the injury reports from the last three years of the festival, so you know what to plan for.See it on GOOD]]>
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			<title>Driving Is Why You're Fat Infographic</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/236</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/236_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Exercise more and lose weight. Still, many people spend most of their time either behind a desk or driving to or from where that desk is located. A few states buck that trend with large cities that allow for more walking, biking, and commuting via public transportation, but are their citizens any more fit? This is a look at how people get to work in various states, alongside those states&#039; obesity rates.See it on GOOD]]>
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			<title>The Biggest IPOs In History Infographic</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/256</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/256_good_thumb3.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Initial public offerings&mdash;when companies first make their stocks available for sale to the public&mdash;can generate incredible wealth. Last month, in the midst of a faltering economy, the Agricultural Bank of China sold $19.2 billion dollars worth of stock on its first day available, making it the third largest IPO in history. On August 5, traders will be able to excercise options that would count towards the IPO, perhaps pushing the ABC to the top of this list.See it on GOOD]]>
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			<title>World Cup Radial Bracket Poster</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/234</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/234_worldcup_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt created this radial bracket documenting the results of the 2010 World Cup. We thought football-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! The poster has been featured on several design blogs, on the cover of the Berliner Morgenpost and it was the subject of a feature article on the New York Times official soccer blog, Goal.The good news is you can still get a print of the poster. We printed a limited edition of 500 24&quot; X 36&quot; posters and 500 18&quot; X 24&quot; 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.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Featured in Designing Obama</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/191</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/191_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt&#039;s set of Obama prints has been featured in Scott Thomas&#039;s gorgeous collection of Obama artwork,&amp;nbsp;Designing Obama.&amp;nbsp;Design Director for the Obama campaign, Scott Thomas compiled an extensive collection of work to create this beautiful, interesting, and inspiring volume. We&#039;re honored to be included!]]>
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			<title>A Stitch Closer to Perfection Infographic</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/255</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/255_good_thumb2.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Modern medical science has afforded us the ability to change nearly anything we don&#039;t like about our appearances. Americans are taking advantage is larger and larger numbers. In fact, more than 12 million people had some form of cosmetic surgery in 2009.See it on GOOD]]>
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			<title>BPL Calendar of Events System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/235</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/235_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The BPL&#039;s Calendar of Events provides broad snapshot of events, library information and program information. The calendar serves as one of the primary promotional and branding devices for Brooklyn Public Library. It is designed to give the reader an overview of programs that they can attend at BPL, while providing editorial content to position BPL as &ldquo;more than just books.&rdquo; It is published quarterly.BPL asked us to clean up and re-envision the Calendar of Events. The new design concept establishes a cleaner look with a new typographic hierarchy, more white space and ample room for large images.]]>
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			<title>Big Think Interviews Hyperakt</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/190</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/190_bigthink.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Big Think, a self-described global forum for connecting people and ideas, interviewed Hyperakt principals Deroy Peraza and Julia Vakser on Hyperakt&#039;s devotion to design as social change. In it, Deroy and Julia talk about the importance of visual identity for social causes, the intersection of idealism with business-minded pragmatism, and their take on the &quot;triple bottom line.&quot; Read the article here. A quote from the interview was also posted on Design Thought Leader!]]>
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			<title>World Cup Poster Featured on Over 50 Sites</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/189</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/189_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Infected by World Cup fever? We are too, but luckily, there&#039;s a cure. Well, maybe not a cure %u2014 but it&#039;ll at least relieve some of your symptoms. Our radial World Cup bracket poster, designed by Hyperakt&#039;s resident football fanatic, Deroy Peraza, will be sure to scratch your itch for slick and snazzy World Cup graphics.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%u2032 X 36%u2032 posters and 500 18%u2032 X 24%u2032 posters. The larger posters are $40 and the smaller ones $25. You can get them here.We were able to reach our original funding goal on Kickstarter in just six days, thanks in no small part to the many sites, blogs, and tweets that mentioned the poster. The radial bracket was even featured on the front page of the Berliner Morgenpost on Saturday, July 10, 2010!Here are some of the sites that covered the poster:Good MagazineFor Print OnlyDezeenApartment TherapyDwellSubtractionDesign Taxi40FakesSurfstationTheyedropperThe GraphicalVisualising DataThe Cooper JournalPostOK GreatSlava FridOhhhhh LisaTrecoolTrendhunterThe Match FactoryNotCotPristinaBlinkinglineMilk &amp;amp; Eggs Co.Layman&#039;s LayoutKiss My Black AdsImjustcreativeNewsoDromeSinglemeasuresand more...Thanks to everyone for your amazing support!]]>
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			<title>Voices of The Vulnerable Visualizations</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/233</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/233_un_thumb1.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[GOOD Magazine asked us to work on this series of data visualizations for a United Nations brochure titled Voices of the Vulnerable. The pieces illustrate the devastating effects of recession.]]>
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			<title>Simon Corry Loves Hyperakt</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/188</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/188_simon.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt has been featured on designer Simon Corry&#039;s blog, as the latest in a series profiling his favorite creative studios. Simon is a UK-based designer, illustrator, and budding scientist blogging about the design industry and craft %u2014 and apparently, he&#039;s a huge fan of Hyperakt. We were really tickled - and flattered - by his &quot;unbridled desire&quot; for our work:&quot;Onwards we go to a city and studio where, for the chance to live and work, I would happily compete in the Thunderdome naked, hands tied behind my back. I am of course talking about New York and its best independent design firm, Hyperakt.&quot;Wow; thanks, Simon!]]>
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			<title>BAC Identity Brochure &amp; Poster</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/232</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[The Brooklyn Arts Council gives grants, presents free and affordable arts events, trains artists and art professionals, teaches students, incubates new projects and promotes artists and cultural groups across our borough.That&#039;s a whole lot of stuff! BAC asked us to wrap that all up into a funky little identity piece that exudes the pride artists feel for our borough and captures the energy of its art scene.]]>
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			<title>CSS Awards Site of the Month!</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/186</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[We are featured as site of the month for June on The CSS Awards! The CSS Awards recognize the best CSS-built websites, and are strictly judged by a panel of international contributors. We were site of the day in early May. Thanks, CSS Awards! You can read our interview for the award here.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt on How</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/187</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hyperakt.com has been included in the June 2010 list of the Top 10 Websites for Designers at How Design. How Magazine offers creative inspiration, career advice, and business strategy to designers at every career level and in all corners of the industry. It&#039;s a great publication that we at the studio love, and we&#039;re honored to be featured by them!]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt on Facebook</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/185</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/185_facebooksm2.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[You can now follow Hyperakt on Facebook! Our profile is updated daily with new projects, new news items, new blog posts, new Tweets, and new photos, so you can&amp;nbsp;follow all our activity just by becoming our fan.We&#039;ve also made it easier to share our Hyperakt work and news on Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, and Google Buzz. All project detail pages, news items, and blog posts now have special sharing buttons that provide quick links for sharing and provide information on sharing trends. Try them out!]]>
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			<title>The Commons Brooklyn Identity</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/231</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[The Commons Brooklyn is a place to learn, work, play, and share. Its mission is to protect the forms of wealth that are not owned by private entities: those that belong to all of us. These include but are not limited to: fresh water, wilderness, the oceans, public institutions, language, culture, the internet, open source communities, volunteer networks, and more.Melissa Ennen, the founder of The Commons, asked Hyperakt to develop a flexible identity system that could adapt itself to the broad range of community-based issues her organization is involved in.]]>
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			<title>They Love Our CSS</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/184</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/184_lovecss.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The Hyperakt site has earned a few more&amp;nbsp;laurels over the past week. Here&#039;s a quick rundown of the blogs and galleries that have featured us:qindex - a blog tracking current trends in web design.QNT Gallery - a gallery of the best CSS designs.CSS Smooth Operator - a showcase of semantic and well-designed CSS-based websites.CSS mayo - a CSS inspiration gallery.We Love CSS - a gallery of the best websites with well-written, valid CSS.CSSline - a showcase gallery of excellent CSS-based sites.]]>
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			<title>CSS Awards Site of the Day</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/183</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/183_siteoftheday.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[On May 4th we&#039;ll be featured as Site of the Day on The CSS Awards! The CSS Awards recognize the best CSS-built websites, and are strictly judged by a panel of international contributors. We&#039;re thrilled and honored to be chosen!On April 30th we were site of the day on Eyes on Pixel, a compendium of the best portfolio sites on the web. It seems we&#039;ve also been noticed in China: we were on Chinese web design collections&amp;nbsp;iw3c&amp;nbsp;and ekuzhan last week as well. Xie xie, everyone!]]>
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			<title>IWPR Identity Brochure</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/227</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/227_iwpr_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[IWPR gives voice to people at the frontlines of conflict, crisis. and change. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, IWPR helps people in the world&#039;s most challenging environments have the information they need to drive positive changes in their lives &mdash; holding government to account, demanding constructive solutions, strengthening civil society, securing human rights.This brochure communicates IWPR&#039;s powerful mission, defines its primary areas of impact and lets us know how we can participate. ]]>
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			<title>TWHP 2010 EPIC Awards</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/223</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/223_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The White House Project&#039;s 2010 EPIC Awards are a celebration of women&#039;s leadership in the media and in popular culture. The April 7, 2010 event took place at the IAC Building in New York City, designed by Frank Gehry. Among those in attendance were Meryl Streep, Jill Scott, Gina Davis, and Megan Mullally. Several awards were presented to women making a positive impact through art and activism, including the Global Trailblazer Award honoring Kiran Bedi, Indian social activist and Asia Nobel Prize winner.All graphics for the event were designed by Hyperakt, including invitations, place cards, wall graphics, dinner menus, and keynote presentations. Check out pictures from the event on Flickr.Tiffany Dufu, TWHP&#039;s Vice President of Development and Administration called the work &quot;just stunning&quot;. &quot;Every member of the TWHP staff that has worked with you all raves about your skill, flexibility, creativity and especially how nice and cool you both are. I think TWHP and Hyperakt is a match made in heaven and I can&#039;t thank you enough for you efforts in making our 2010 EPIC awards a success.&quot;Kristina Goodman, TWHP&#039;s Director of PR and Marketing and Breann Peterson, TWHP&#039;s Development Coordinator said &quot;The IAC building has never looked better because of your creative genius!&quot;Bryony Gomez-Palacio, from the design blog For Print Only called the work &quot;cool and crisp.&quot;Shikha Savdas, from design blog Death by Kerning commented: &quot;It&#039;s a great use of color and form to create a sculptural piece. Really beautiful work.&quot;]]>
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			<title>GD USA Mentions Our Annual Report For NAACP</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/217</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[GD USA mentions our 2008 annual report for NAACP. &quot;&quot;Hyperakt&#039;s design team used the report to highlight the power of the vote&quot;]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt at the WHP 2010 EPIC Awards</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/182</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/182_epic_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt had the pleasure of attending the White House Project EPIC Awards on April 7, 2010, at the Frank Gehry-designed IAC building in New York City.Among those in attendance were Meryl Streep, Jill Scott, Gina Davis, and Megan Mullally. Several awards were presented to women making a positive impact through art and activism, including the Global Trailblazer Award honoring Kiran Bedi, Indian social activist and Asia Nobel Prize winner.All graphics for the event were designed by Hyperakt, including invitations, place cards, wall graphics, dinner menus, and keynote presentations. It was an honor to work with the White House Project on the EPIC awards, and we enjoyed ourselves immensely at the event!We took a ton of pictures of the event and posted them on our Flickr photostream.&amp;nbsp;Check them out.]]>
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			<title>For Print Only Features Us Again!</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/181</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[For Print Only (FPO), a graphic design blog about the great things going on in the world of print design, has featured yet another recent Hyperakt project. This time they&#039;ve chosen to spotlight our work for The White House Project&#039;s EPIC Awards invitation system. They had this to say about it:&quot;The triangles graphically populate the invitation but more challenging, they serve to unfold the information in the brochure, and if you have ever folded printed pieces at an angle you know it&#039;s not an easy final look to achieve, with the printed piece not being as cool or crisp as you imagined, since you are not going with or against the grain of the paper (unless you print with the sheet at 45 degrees). Judging from the photos, this invitation looks exactly like what one imagines: Cool and crisp.&quot;You can read the whole post here. Thanks for all the recognition, FPO!]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Echoes Across Blogosphere</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/180</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[This week, our NAACP feature on For Print Only was re-blogged by designer Roger Allen&amp;nbsp;and Hannah Dollery Creative. We also landed a feature on Looks Like Good Design, a great design inspiration blog featuring the best of graphic design, motion graphics, architecture, and product design. LLGD featured a variety of our identity and print works, including the recent pieces we&#039;ve put together for the North Star Fund and The White House Project. Our mention on Looks Like Good Design was then re-blogged on feedgrids, an inspirational resource for artists, designers, and developers, and Vectro Ave, a blog about creativity in all its wonderful forms.Thanks to everyone for all the recognition!]]>
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			<title>NSF 2010 Community Gala</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/225</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[North Star Fund is an established New York community foundation supporting grassroots groups leading the movement for equality, economic justice, and peace. Every year at the North Star Fund Community Gala, donors and grantees come together to celebrate the work of philanthropic and community activists, and North Star Fund&#039;s role in bringing them together. Hyperakt was tasked with developing branding for the event, including save-the-date cards, printed and interactive invitations, the event program, and event signage.]]>
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			<title>NAACP Annual Report on For Print Only</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/179</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/179_FPO.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[For Print Only (FPO) is a design blog dedicated to proving that print isn&#039;t dead by featuring the best of contemporary print design, including business cards, stationary, posters, and our speciality, annual reports. Today they&#039;ve featured the NAACP 2008 annual report and given us a nice little write-up:&amp;nbsp;&quot;In this annual report for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) the team at Hyperakt created a solid printed piece that looks like a million bucks but certainly didn&#039;t cost that.&quot;You can check the full post here. Thanks, FPO!]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Featured on Death By Kerning &amp; Minimal Sites</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/178</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[We&#039;re featured on Death By Kerning today! A top-notch typography and design blog, Death By Kerning is featuring our recent work for The White House Project&#039;s Epic Awards. Thanks, DBK!We&#039;re also featured on&amp;nbsp;Minimal Sites&amp;nbsp;today.&amp;nbsp;Minimal Sites, a website showcasing the best clean and minimal site designs, added the new Hyperakt.com to their collection.&amp;nbsp;Our site was also recently recognized on web design inspiration gallery&amp;nbsp;Reeoo.&amp;nbsp;Check it out!]]>
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			<title>North Star Fund &amp; NAACP on Design and Design</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/175</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/175_designdesign.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Our work for North Star Fund&#039;s 30th anniversary gala and the NAACP 2008 annual report has been chosen by Design and Design to appear in volume three of their Book of the Year, and each project will have a spot on the front page as design of the day on April 12th and April 14th, respectively. In addition, several of our other designs have been added to their online design showcase. Design and Design is an online platform for designers to display, promote, and publish their work. Once a year they publish the Design and Design Book of the Year, and anthology featuring the best of the best submissions they received that year.Book of the Year comes out December 2010. Be on the lookout for us on the Design and the Design home page on April 12th.]]>
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			<title>Our Annual Reports Get Love</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/176</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[We&#039;ve earned spots on graphic design blogs bitique and 40fakes. The former features our work for NAACP, The White House Project, and loft_2c, and the latter our recent annual reports for NAACP and North Star Fund. Thanks for the recognition!]]>
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			<title>NAACP 2008 Annual Report</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/224</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/224_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is America&#039;s oldest and most influential civil rights advocacy organization. For almost a century they have worked to ensure equality and eliminate racial hatred and discrimination through community outreach programs and advocacy campaigns.The inspiring campaign and historic election of President Barack Obama was an unprecedented achievement for the cause of equality. To reflect the year&#039;s progress, the theme of the NAACP&#039;s 2008 annual report was the act of voting. We designed for the organization a report that highlighted the potential of the vote as both the ultimate expression and most fundamental engine of power, justice, and freedom. The report outlines the organization&#039;s achievements in the areas of voting and representation, community health and education, criminal justice, economic equality, and legal advocacy.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt in MyOwnBusinessCard</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/174</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/174_mobc.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt&#039;s business cards have been featured in the first beautiful volume of MyOwnBusinessCard! Written by designer Marc Praquin, the MyOwnBusinessCard series from Design and Design&amp;nbsp;showcases beautiful and eyecatching business card designs by designers and design studios from across the globe. You can purchase your own copy of MyOwnBusinessCard volume one or two directly from Design and Design, here.]]>
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			<title>Six Revisions and Co. Love Our Minimalism</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/173</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/173_sixrevi.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The new Hyperakt.com gathered up some more recognition last week. We earned a mention by Russian design blog&amp;nbsp;Be Inspired, a project devoted to delivering the best of modern web design from an independent source.&amp;nbsp;Our site also got a spot on Six Revisions&#039;s list of 50 beautiful, clean, and simple web designs. Six Revisions is a web design and development blog that serves up tips, tutorials, articles, and other goodies related to web design.&amp;nbsp;We&#039;re honored to be included on their list!]]>
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			<title>CFA Campaign Wins JFAM Award</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/170</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/170_jfam.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Doremus, the agency we partnered with to create the CFA Institute Recognition campaign, received a Media Strategy Award for the campaign&amp;nbsp;from the Journal of Financial Advertising and Marketing last week. &amp;nbsp;Congratulations, Doremus! Check out the list of winners here.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt in Obama Art Collections</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/163</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/163_obamathumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt&#039;s set of Obama prints has been featured in three collections of artwork celebrating Barack Obama&#039;s campaign, election, and presidency. These three beautiful volumes showcase art and design from around the world inspired by Obama&#039;s message of change and hope, and we&#039;re honored to be included. Perfect for supporters of the president and design aficionados, the books can be bought at local design stores or the following links:Designing Obama&amp;nbsp;by Scott ThomasHope: A Collection of Obama Posters and Prints&amp;nbsp;by Hal Elliott WertArt for Obama: Designing Manifest Hope and the Campaign for Change&amp;nbsp;by Shepard Fairey and Jennifer Gross]]>
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			<title>Hyperclassy! More Web Recognition</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/168</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/168_168_netdiverthumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[More web recognition on the menu for today! Hyperakt.com is back on the scene at DesignCharts, and the loft_2c website is charting there for the first time.&amp;nbsp;The Cobble Hill Towers website has made the cut at Designfridge, while the good people at Netdiver have this to say about us and our new website:&quot;Hyperakt works with clients who fight for social justice, celebrate cultural diversity, advance the pursuit of knowledge, and share our entrepreneurial spirit. Their mission statement is as awe inspiring as their website and their work!&amp;nbsp;Now that is a really really perfect combination!&quot;Thanks Netdiver!]]>
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			<title>iBlog Features Hyperakt</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/167</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Two of our websites - the new Hyperakt.com and loft_2c website - were featured on iBlog&amp;nbsp;last week, a collection of interesting sites chosen by the folks at Chubzz Technologies.]]>
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			<title>More Mentions for Hyperakt.com</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/166</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/166_thumbn.png" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We&#039;re getting lots of recognition for our web work these days. Three of our websites - including the new version of Hyperakt.com - have been featured on web design inspiration gallery siteInspire: one of them (CobbleHillTowers.com) in the Selected section, where &quot;the very best examples of web design&quot; are showcased.&amp;nbsp;The Best Designs&amp;nbsp;has also featured three of our websites: Hyperakt.com, CobbleHillTowers.com, and the Knight liquidity microsite.&amp;nbsp;Art and design blog&amp;nbsp;You Might Find Yourself&amp;nbsp;gave props to loft_2c.&amp;nbsp;RefreshStyle&amp;nbsp;added Hyperakt.com and the loft_2c website to their galleries, and Colorgorize&amp;nbsp;added Hyperakt.com, loft_2c, and CobbleHillTowers.com to theirs. CSSDSGN, Designcollector, and D-lists&amp;nbsp;all like the new Hyperakt.com too. Thanks for all the recognition, guys!]]>
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			<title>Packaging of the World Features Miss Jessie's and Frolick</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/160</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/160_pkgoftheworld.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Packaging design site Packaging of the World added our work for Miss Jessie&#039;s to their list of the best bath and beauty packages. They&#039;ve also featured our work for Frolick pet on their line of dog leashes and pet snacks. We&#039;re happy to be included in these archives of beautiful, innovative package designs from across the globe.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt in LogoLounge Master Library</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/164</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/164_logolounges.png" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt-designed logos have been included in the first volume of&amp;nbsp;LogoLounge&#039;s new Master Library, their &quot;ultimate collection&quot; of logos. The ultimate inspirational resource for logo designers, this collection is also your chance to see some of our older logo designs no longer displayed on our website.]]>
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			<title>The Many Ways to Follow Hyperakt</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/161</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Need more Hyperaktivity in your life? You can start by checking out the Hyperakt Sporadical, our mighty little email newsletter that we use to let Hyperakt fans know about our goings-on.&amp;nbsp;You can find the Sporadical at home on the brand new Follow page, where you can sign up to receive the Sporadical and view an archive of past issues.Hyperakt is also on Twitter! We tweet regularly about our new projects and news items, as well as general design news and links. Or if you prefer updates of the visual persuasion,&amp;nbsp;you can check out our Flickr photostream.&amp;nbsp;We also have an RSS feed updated daily with new projects and news.]]>
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			<title>Let's Swap Featured All Across the Web!</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/203</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/203_lets_swap.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt&#039;s latest adventure, Let&#039;s Swap, has been recognized by many as a totally crafty idea. We figured it doesn&#039;t get much more simple than exchanging art for art, right?&amp;nbsp;So here&#039;s how it works: There&#039;s one limited edition featured swap at all times. If you want it, hit the Swap button and propose what you want to exchange for it. The featured artist will pick their favorite swaps and they&#039;ll be posted on letsswap.it . &amp;nbsp;And the best part is, it&#039;s free! Check it out and send in your first swap.Special thanks to all the folks that love Let&#039;s Swap as much as we do:Smashing MagazineSwiss MissDesign Made in GermanyUnder ConsiderationIdsgn40 FakesEverything Together Now]]>
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			<title>American Design Award for Hyperakt.com</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/159</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/159_img_1237814339.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Add another accolade to the list: the new version of Hyperakt.com has earned a score of 86 from American Design Awards, putting us in the top tier of their list of winners for October. We were one of the 44 winners selected from 675 entries for the month. You can view the full list of winners at ADA&#039;s website here.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt 6.0 Makes a Splash</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/156</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/156_manythumb.png" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Our new website has made a splash in the design blog-o-sphere! Since its launch, we&#039;ve been featured on several design sites and blogs, including Moluv, Design Charts, and many more. Thanks to everyone for all the recognition! We worked hard on the new site and are delighted at all the positive response. Check it out!
Moluv
Design Charts
Folio Focus
DesignFlakes
Design Shack
Surfstation
Zeroin
Design Fridge
Design Aside
Spyline
Freszki]]>
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			<title>Frolick on the Dieline</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/158</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/158_dieline.png" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Premier packaging design blog The Dieline recently featured our work for Frolick&#039;s line of dog leashes and snacks. We&#039;re honored! Thanks, Dieline!]]>
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			<title>NSF Report is Hot, Hot, Hot</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/157</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/157_157_twologos.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Our 2007 Annual Report for North Star Fund is so hot, its still getting love even two years later.&amp;nbsp;Graphic Fetish and Fuel Your Creativity&amp;nbsp;have both included it in their recent lists of gorgeous brochures and sexy typography. Rawr! Get down with your bad self, girlfriend.]]>
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			<title>HyPhone! Hyperakt.com for the iPhone</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/154</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/154_iphone_thumb2.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Introducing Hyperakt iPhone: the Hyperakt.com experience designed specifically for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
More and more people are doing their web browsing on the go via mobile devices. Websites today are largely unequipped to accommodate these mobile users %u2014 but here at Hyperakt, we believe they don&#039;t have to be. So we&#039;ve begun addressing that by building a version of Hyperakt.com especially for users visiting the site on an Apple iPhone, one of the most popular web-ready smartphones on the market today.
Hyperakt iPhone allows visitors to easily browse projects, read news items, and learn about the studio while away from a computer. We pared down site features to their bare essentials to serve content to users as quickly and efficiently as possible. Special image galleries take advantage of the iPhone&#039;s gestural touch capabilities. For ease of viewing and reading,&amp;nbsp;Hyperakt iPhone fits the iPhone screen: no more pinching and zooming to read text or get a close up of an image.
When a website is designed with the user&#039;s device in mind, that user&#039;s experience is enriched %u2014 and great user experience is what good web design is all about. The way we view the web is changing. Hyperakt is ready to step to the plate and take on the challenge. Go get your iPhone, navigate to Hyperakt.com, and check it out.]]>
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			<title>Hyperaktivists in Parsons Alumni Magazine</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/155</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/155_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Partners Julia Vakser and Deroy Peraza have been featured in Parsons the New School of Design&#039;s alumni magazine called re:d (Fall Issue). Julia and Deroy are graduates of Parsons Illustration Department, 2000 and 2001 respectively. The article provides a synopsis of their work at Hyperakt, listing recent accomplishments and featuring some recent work.]]>
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			<title>Frolick Identity &amp; Packaging</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/221</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/221_frolickthumb6.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Frolick is a small NYC based company with a big appreciation for the joy pets bring us. So much appreciation that they put the care and thought that is usually reserved for human products into the design of their pet products. This is a brand that&#039;s slick enough to appeal to a tech and design savvy urban professional, but also friendly and accessible enough for a suburban family.We were tasked with capturing the energy and joy of this young company through its identity and packaging.  We began with the brand mark, which is inspired by those exuberant moments when a pet and their owner are zipping to and fro as they frolick around a park. We then moved into developing packaging that emphasizes the loving relationship between pets and their owners for the company&#039;s core products: Snackers, Lasso, Lumina, Ergo, Playser, Catzip and Glowzip.Frolick&#039;s Lasso leashes were featured on the Today Show on December 10, 2009 in a segment called &quot;Gifts for pooches and the people who love them&quot;.]]>
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			<title>Miss Jessie's Featured in Packaging Identity Book</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/153</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/153_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Indexbook has published Hyperakt&#039;s work once again. This time they are showcasing the packaging work we did for Miss Jessie&#039;s hair products a few years ago in a new book by Pedro Guitton called Packaging Identity. The book contains 324 pages worth of solid design work. You can pick it up from Indexbook or at your nearest design book store. ]]>
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			<title>NSF Annual Report 2009: Three Lessons</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/219</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/219_nsf.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[North Star Fund&#039;s annual report, released in the Fall of 2009, is all about the three most important lessons the organization has learned in its 30 years of existence. They aim to invest in leaders with vision, respond strategically to amplify impact and connect efforts to build movements. The report features real world examples of how NSF applies these lessons to their work.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Launches New Brand Mark &amp; Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/151</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/151_hyperlaunch2.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt is pleased to announce the evolution of our brand mark and a completely new studio website, rebuilt from the ground up.Download the press release.The New Brand MarkHyperakt&#039;s new brand mark is a reflection of our mission and values. We help our clients deliver clear, bold messages that reach their targets like well-aimed arrows. We strive to create work that informs and inspires, spreading progressive ideas through simplicity and functionality in design. We believe that through our clients we make an impact on the world. In turn, they are bolstered in their endeavors to defend and support civil rights, celebrate cultural diversity, and encourage the pursuit of knowledge.The new brand mark features an arrow in the form of a letter &#039;H&#039; that boldly points forward in the direction of the word-mark, reinforcing its role as an active, directional symbol. The new identity brings boldness and clarity to the brand and doubles as a call to action.The New WebsiteHyperakt&#039;s website was completely rebuilt to enhance the experience of viewing our work. We&#039;ve streamlined the site navigation and added richer content to provide more insight into our work process and the culture of our studio. Detailed case studies tell the behind the scenes stories of our most extensive projects. All projects in the new Work section are tagged to allow users to see specific examples of each service we&#039;ve provided and the types of clients we&#039;ve worked with. New project descriptions explain our specific involvement in each project.The new Studio section has been condensed into one page containing a snapshot of the most important things you need to know about Hyperakt. This is where you&#039;ll find out how we approach our work, who we&#039;ve worked with and what we do best. You&#039;ll also meet all the Hyperaktivists and get a chance to check out our studio space.Our newest section, Play, is all fun and games. Play includes our blog, where we share inspiration and humor, the Hyperakt Shop, where you can buy the fun things we come up with in our spare time, and our Photostream, a visual log of studio activity.&amp;nbsp;This is the sixth version of Hyperakt.com in our eight-year history. As we encounter new technologies and evolve as designers, we strive to constantly raise our standard for building an attractive, informative, user-friendly site that embodies who we are as a company.]]>
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			<title>loft_2c Website &amp; Welcome Materials</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/220</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/220_loft2cthumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[In order to promote this Brooklyn vacation rental apartment to potential guests, we created a website and welcome kit which explain and illustrate the amenities loft_2c has to offer. The site features extensive photography of the loft and the surrounding neighborhood, floor plans, and an availability calendar. Also included in both the website and the booklet, guests will find the owners favorite neighborhood hangouts and attractions.Visit Site: loft_2c]]>
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			<title>HOW Design Annual Features NSF Report</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/150</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/150_how.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[North Star Fund&#039;s &#039;Tools for Democracy&#039; 2007 Annual Report received a Merit award from HOW Design&#039;s 2009 Promotion Design Competition, and will be featured in HOW Design Magazine&#039;s Self-Promotion Design Annual, their October 2009 issue. The piece featured typographic illustrations of the ingredients necessary to build and maintain a democratic society.]]>
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			<title>American Design Award for DiNoto Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/149</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/149_img_1237814339.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The American Design Awards&#039; Monthly Contest has rated the DiNoto site created by Hyperakt among the top 100 entries, out of the 297, for the month of July 2009. The sleek, flash-intensive site is designed to act as the advertising agency&#039;s online portfolio: eye-catching and sexy, while leading you through the company&#039;s philosophy, projects and people.]]>
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			<title>Being Number 12 Was Never So Cool</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/148</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/148_designcharts.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The website we designed for DiNoto was featured on Design Chart&#039;s Top 40. Design Chart&#039;s Top 40 compiles a weekly chart tracking the best new website designs. ]]>
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			<title>DesignLicks Site of the Day for DiNoto</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/147</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1248374309.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[How many licks does it take to get to the center of the polished, flash-rich website Hyperakt created for DiNoto? According DesignLicks.com, it&#039;ll take just one click on their homepage to see DiNoto featured as their &#039;Site of the Day&#039;! Design Licks aims to reward the most creative and well designed websites around the world.]]>
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			<title>DiNoto Agency Portfolio Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/204</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/204_dinoto_large_thumb_alt.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Designed by DiNoto, a New York City ad agency, our task here was to build the Flash-based portfolio website and content management system and make the site come to life.The site&#039;s PHP/MySQL content management system was custom designed top to bottom and allows users to enter and modify all of the site&#039;s content.DiNoto has since been purchased by Deutsch.Visit Site: DiNoto]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Chosen for AIGA 365</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/146</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/146_aigasmall.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Our Rhetoric posters have been chosen by AIGA, the American Institute of Graphic Artists, for 365: AIGA Annual Design Competitions 30. The poster series will be included in a public exhibition in September 2009 at the AIGA National Design Center in New York. Then, along with an excellent group of other chosen designers, they will travel to AIGA chapters and student groups across the country in 2010, after which they will become a permanent part of the AIGA Design Archives that will be published in 365: AIGA Year in Design (AIGA&#039;s Design Annual) and join a prestigious group of work in the AIGA Design Archives at the Denver Art Museum. ]]>
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			<title>We Are In Graphis Poster Annual 2010!</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/145</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1244647108.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[For the second year in a row, Hyperakt is being featured in the Graphis Poster Annual, which introduces the best poster designs of the year selected from thousands of international entries. Two of Hyperakt&#039;s poster series have received a gold certificate, and will be published in the 2010 Poster Annual, which features all the
certificate winners. Both the &#039;History&#039; and &#039;Rhetoric&#039; series were
presented by Flux Laboratory in Switzerland last year, and recently included in the Manifest Hope: DC Gallery
exhibit in Washington, D.C. during the Presidential Inauguration. Get your copy of the Graphis Poster Annual 2010 here and you can also pick up the Graphis Poster Annual 2009, for which we received a gold certificate for a poster we designed for fashion PR company Chek Group.]]>
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			<title>Dirty Mouse Sniffs Out Hyperakt's Latest</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/143</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/143_nsf.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Dirty Mouse, a design blog that aims to provide designers with visual inspiration, recently posted a shout out to Hyperakt&#039;s latest work on their website. They liked what we created for North Star Fund&#039;s 30th Anniversary Community Gala. Take a look!]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt News on DesignFlakes</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/142</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/142_designflakes.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Our friends in Brazil from the design blog, DesignFlakes, recently posted some Hyperakt news about our recent projects, including our work on The White House Project&#039;s New Face of Leadership campaign. if you can read Portuguese, or just enjoy glancing at cool design blogs, check it out here.]]>
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			<title>The New Face of Leadership</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/196</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/196_whp_large_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The White House Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, organization that aims to advance women&#039;s leadership in all communities and sectors &ndash; up to the U.S. presidency &ndash; by filling the leadership pipeline with a richly diverse, critical mass of women. After 10 years of action, the organization is refocusing its resources and energies on expanding its leadership training programs. This new identity brochure establishes the organization&#039;s track record and outlines goals for the years to come.]]>
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			<title>NSF 30th Anniversary Community Gala</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/195</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/195_nsf_gala_large_tumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[North Star Fund, a New York community foundation supporting grassroots groups leading the movement for equality, economic justice, and peace, celebrated 30 amazing years of donor organizing and grantmaking in support of grassroots movements and activism with their annual Community Gala. Hyperakt was tasked with developing branding for the event, including  save-the-date cards, printed and interactive invitations, the event program, and event signage.]]>
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			<title>They Love Miss Jessie's Typography</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/141</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1240417015.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[welovetypography.com, a blog that features the bloggers&#039; favorite typography, posted the identity set we created for Miss Jessie&#039;s. This Brooklyn based line of premium hair care products was created by the granddaughters of Hair Queen Bee, Miss Jessie. Check it out here.]]>
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			<title>Chow.com Takes a Hope-Flavored Bite</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/152</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/152_chow.png" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Chow.com featured our inaugural poster design in the graphics for their Hope Grows feature, a menu celebrating the first 100 days of Obama&#039;s presidency. Check it out here. Yummy!]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt, New York: Feature Article on Cominmag</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/177</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/177_cominmag.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We have a feature article about our studio up on Swiss magazine cominmag! They spoke to our creative director Deroy Peraza about the ins and outs of running a design studio in Brooklyn and design in New York in general. You can download the article in PDF format here. Of course, it&#039;s in French; but trust us that it&#039;s pretty cool.]]>
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			<title>Liquidity Microsite</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/194</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/194_194_knight.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Knight Capital Group, a financial trading company, has decided to invest in a different kind of liquidity. In partnership with charity: water, Knight is contributing part of its profits to projects that provide clean drinking water to some of the 1.1 billion people who currently have no access to it. The Knight Liquidity microsite showcases the communities that will be directly impacted by this initiative.View Site: Knight Liquidity]]>
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			<title>BLA Identity System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/193</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/193_bla_large_thumb2.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Bill Lynch Associates provides consulting services to individuals and organizations in the corporate, political, labor and nonprofit communities. BLA was founded by Bill Lynch, whose vast experience includes serving as Deputy Mayor of NYC, an adviser to Nelson Mandela during his election campaign for President of South Africa, and Deputy Campaign Manager for John Kerry&#039;s 2004 bid for the Presidency. BLA asked Hyperakt to strengthen its brand identity with a new brand mark, stationary system, website, and identity brochure.View Site: Bill Lynch Associates]]>
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			<title>SYRFILM Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/198</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/198_syr_fest09_02.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[After helping SYRFILM restructure its brand, we began work on the architecture of the new SYRFILM.com. With new organizational  structure in mind, the site will adapt to each year&#039;s new festival identity. It&#039;s designed to house programs under other sub-brands like SYRFILM Office, SYRFILM Events and all that is yet to come from SYRFILM.The most developed part of the site is dedicated to the festival; it contains trailers and detailed information pages for each film, and all of the films can be filtered and are searchable by various criteria. The site was designed to  include a robust scheduling and calendar section to allow visitors to see all of the shows at all the different theaters around the city. It includes a personalized section which lets users create their own calendar for the festival, choose films to see, save favorites, and more.Hyperakt&#039;s role in this project encompassed information strategy, site architecture, wireframing, creative direction, and website design. The site was programmed by a third party vendor in Syracuse and continues to be a work in progress as festival resources allow.View Site: SYRFILM]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt: All About Brochures</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/140</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1237814290.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Barcelona design company, Mito Design, has put out the second book, through Index Book, in their &quot;From North to South America&quot; series. This time it&#039;s all about &#039;Brochures&#039;, or as their book title graphic suggests, &quot;Brochures, Brochures, Brochures&quot;. As the publisher explains about their penchant for printed works, &#039;Most designers thought that the Internet would spell the end of printed material. However, today we find brochures that are even more original and are full of soul and contemporary style..&#039;. Included is a cornucopia of Hyperakt&#039;s brochure designs, from our work for the Brooklyn Arts Council to the Syracuse International Film Festival.  The book also features works from folks of Canada all the way through Chile. You can buy it online here.]]>
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			<title>NSF Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/199</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/199_nsf_website_large_thumb4.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[North Star Fund needed a site that reflected the organization&#039;s scope and reputation while providing the organization with a powerful outreach and fundraising tool. Our  role was to develop the site architecture and wireframes and to design the front-end of the site. The final design of the site reflects the corporate brand, which had been established through printed material Hyperakt designed. We worked closely with staff to determine the organization&#039;s needs and partnered with a development team to program the site. With a 40% jump in traffic, the site has become a powerful communication tool for the North Star Fund.View Site: North Star Fund]]>
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			<title>American Design Awards for Two Websites</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/139</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1237814339.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[American Design Awards has bestowed Hyperakt with two wins in their Monthly Design Contest for websites we created for Flux Laboratory&#039;s New Hope exhibit in Geneva, Switzerland in November 2008. The exhibit focused on our original artwork inspired by the politically charged atmosphere of the historic presidential election of 2008. It also featured some of Hyperakt&#039;s other original pieces done throughout the years. The New Hope is a showcase website, featuring all of our artwork for the exhibit. Kids Vote 2008 is a website that was displayed at the gallery as part of the exhibit. In it, we garnered quotes from New York City-area school kids, to get their thoughts on the election and its candidates.]]>
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			<title>One City/One Future Blueprint for NYC Growth</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/180</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/180_1233616241.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[A product of four years of collaboration between civic leaders, neighborhood advocates, community development organizations, labor unions, local development corporations, environmentalists, and others that serves as a detailed blueprint for sustainable and just growth in NYC.]]>
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			<title>Hope &amp; Graficante</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/144</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1243952752.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Designer blog Graficante (&#039;El Blog&#039;) mentioned Hyperakt on their blog for the exhibit we did in Geneva&#039;s Flux Laboratory. They discuss our &#039;New Hope&#039; posters and also the retrospective we included, which featured a highlight of Hyperakt&#039;s work throughout the years.]]>
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			<title>Relaxing Hyper Graphics</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/137</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1232652950.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We&#039;ve recently been featured in PIE BOOKS latest, Relaxing Graphics. Based out of Tokyo, this chic little publishing house enjoys perusing graphic designs from all over the planet to feature in their publications. Their picks from Hyperakt for this calm-inducing edition included our work on the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy&#039;s 2006 Park Events Calendar with old-timey hand fans, and our brochure for The Greenwalk, a Brooklyn condominium for which we created marketing materials (for client Aguayo &amp;amp; Huebener). Buy your copy of Relaxing Graphics here!]]>
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			<title>Flavorwire Covers Billboard for the People Campaign</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/136</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Flavorwire, a blog featuring cultural news and critique, wrote up our Billboard for the People Initiative in an article titled &quot;Obama and the Wheatpaste Lobby.&quot; Here&#039;s a little nugget from the article:&quot;If you weren&#039;t in DC to celebrate the inauguration and gawk at the artwork our new president has already spawned, take heart. At least you can wander around New York City and find visual reminders of how we made history.&quot;Read the full article here.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Helps Geneva Celebrate Inauguration</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/135</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hyperakt is in the news in Geneva again. Maya Samara and Geneva for Obama put on a huge inaugural party at the Conf&amp;amp;#233;d&amp;amp;#233;ration Centre. Over 600 happy people attended and our t-shirts and posters were in high demand. The Tribune de Geneve had lots to say about it. If only we could speak French.]]>
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			<title>Deroy Peraza's Work at Manifest Hope DC</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/132</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Hyperakt&#039;s Deroy Peraza has been invited to participate in Manifest Hope DC, taking place in Georgetown during the weekend before the presidential inauguration. Several of Deroy&#039;s pieces will be included along with artists such as House Industries, Luba Lukova, Ray Noland, Robert Indiana, Ron English, Shepard Fairey and Zoltron to name a few. There will be a concert on January 19th at the galley featuring Moby, De La Soul and Santogold. The Manifest Hope Gallery is located at 3333 M Street NW, Washington DC.Check out our flickr photostream for more images.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Helps NAACP Celebrate Historic Moment</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/134</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[The NAACP, which celebrates it&#039;s centennial this year as we welcome our first African-American president, has asked us to create a commemorative poster for the inauguration.]]>
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			<title>1000 Obama Posters. Over 75 NYC Locations</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/133</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1231885096.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt created Billboard for the People, a campaign to publicly congratulate president-elect Obama through grassroots, outdoor advertising media in New York City. We&#039;ll place 1000 Obama posters at over 75 NYC locations! The posters will go up on January 10th and will remain up until January 27th, 2009. They will appear in Harlem, the East Village, the Lower East Side, and various neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. Find out more at Billboard for the People.Check out our flickr photostream for more images.]]>
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			<title>NSF Annual Report 2008: Giving. Organizing. Changing.</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/178</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/178_naacp_large_thumb1.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The concept for North Star Fund&#039;s 2008 annual report was to illustrate the building blocks of a just and equitable NYC. The report features individuals and organizations who contribute a valuable service to the city and surrounding area.Their contributions are represented by icons that combine with others to form a greater image. The images are illustrations of iconic NYC landmarks.]]>
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			<title>Obama Posters</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/177</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/177_177_1229381730_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[In 2008, Barack Obama inspired us to participate in American politics. At Hyperakt, we created artwork in support of Barack Obama throughout his campaign. We have made posters available for free download through our blog and exhibited artwork at exhibitions in Denver, and Geneva, Switzerland. Our artwork was also on display at the Manifest Hope DC exhibit the weekend before the inauguration.Beginning in December of 2008, we raised funds for a campaign to publicly congratulate president-elect Obama through outdoor advertising media in New York City. Billboard for the People featured over 1000 posters at 185 NYC locations. The posters appeared on January 10th and remained up until January 27th.Here are some links to purchase limited edition prints, signed by Hyperaktivist Deroy Peraza.&quot;We Made History&quot; Series&quot;The New Hope&quot; Series (Sold Out)&quot;Victory&quot; Series]]>
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			<title>We Made History Poster on the Front Page of Le Temps</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/131</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Our newest poster, We Made History, celebrating Barack Obama&#039;s Presidential election victory last night, is on the front page of LeTemps, the website of a leading Swiss newspaper. Deroy designed the poster as election results came in. A limited edition of 100 signed, silkscreen prints is available for each of four color combinations on our blog.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Brings Hope to Geneva</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/130</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1225737263.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Deroy is in Geneva, for the opening of our &#039;New Hope&#039; exhibit at the Flux Laboratory. The show is getting some love from the Swiss press. He was interviewed by Television Suisse Romande (TSR), the main French language channel in Switzerland. Le Temps, one of Switzerland&#039;s leading daily newspapers printed a half page article on the the exhibition, showcasing the artwork. Several other online zines and blogs are buzzing about the show as well.Check us out on:Swiss TelevisionLe Temps Com.in MagazineDexignerSwissterCommunication ArtsTaxiThe Obama Art ReportComputerloveArt Culture RegoleHow]]>
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			<title>Miss Jessie's Is Retro-Fabulous On Smashing</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/125</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1225206242.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Once again, the Miss Jessie&#039;s packaging is getting some love from the blogs. This time, Smashing Magazine&#039;s website is featuring the Curly Creme packaging in their Vintage and Retro Typography Showcase, which focuses on how certain styles of typography have continued to permeate the modern design world.]]>
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			<title>North Star Fund On Creattica Daily</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/126</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1225211116.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Design blog Creattica Daily recently  had some niceness to say about the North Star Fund Annual Report, &#039;Tools For Democracy.&#039;  As usual, Julia&#039;s unique illustration style grabs attention. Her concept of placing related words into the shape of tools elevates a plain-old annual report into art. Thanks to Niki at Creattica for the mention! Check it out.]]>
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			<title>Graphism Aime Hyperakt</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/129</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1225216183.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[North Star Fund&#039;s &#039;Tools For Democracy&#039; annual report gets yet more blog luvin from graphism. &#039;C&#039;est hype, c&#039;est typographique, c&#039;est Hyperakt!&#039; Merci beaucoup, Geoffrey Dorne! Check it out. Check it out in English!]]>
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			<title>The New Hope Exhibition Promotional Material</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/175</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[The New Hope exhibit was our perception of the political landscape in the U.S. prior to the 2008 presidential election and our expression of optimism for its future. This website accompanies an exhibit of original work by Hyperakt at Geneva, Switzerland&#039;s Flux Laboratory, November 1st - 17th, 2008.View Site: The New Hope]]>
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			<title>KidsVote 2008 Website Featured on Moluv</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/124</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1225117980.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Throughout this election season, Hyperakt has been inspired to design artwork that reflects the current political atmosphere that is piercing the collective consciousness in most of the world right now.  One of the pieces we created, KidsVote2008, is a flash-based site that allows kids to &#039;vote&#039; for their favorite presidential candidate. MOLUV has posted our KidsVote2008 site among their top site picks for the day. Check it out and give MOLUV some of, um, yo luv.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt in Design and Design</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/123</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1224875551.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[DESIGN AND DESIGN will be featuring two Hyperakt projects in their upcoming book, &#039;DESIGN AND DESIGN BOOK OF THE YEAR&#039;. Apartment 138 and Breakthrough are being honored and will be included in the book, which is being released in January 2009. The book is published by INDEX BOOK and will feature 768 pages of design excellence. Thanks DESIGN AND DESIGN! Pick one up.]]>
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			<title>Rhetoric Posters</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/203</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/203_1246386558.png" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[This poster series features Barack Obama quotes from public speeches that define his position on various issues. Key words in each statement are highlighted, revealing the core of the statement in its simplest form.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Goes Global with First International Exhibit</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/122</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1223133094.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt has been invited to exhibit its political posters and socially engaged art work at Geneva, Switzerland&#039;s Flux Laboratory arts &amp;amp; business gallery. The show, entitled &#039;The New Hope,&#039; will open November 1, 2008 and run until November 17, 2008.Read the Press ReleaseCheck out our flickr photostream for more images.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt on Graphic-Exchange</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/121</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1222375463.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Design junkie website Graphic-exchange recently featured their favorite Hyperakt design campaigns and pieces, including Miss Jessie&#039;s and Apt. 138 branding and North Star Fund&#039;s &#039;Tools For Democracy&#039; annual report. We appreciate the nod to our quickly growing collection of logo and branding work!]]>
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			<title>Miss Jessie's Packaging Featured in Etapes Magazine</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/120</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1222180131.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[French magazine etapes recently featured our design for Miss Jessie&#039;s hair care packaging in their September &#039;08 issue. The issue focuses on advertising, packaging and artwork that promotes Afro-centric products and culture. While Miss Jessie&#039;s products do come from a proud African-American heritage, they&#039;d tell you that their products are for all folks. Just like their classic and colorful packaging.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt at the Democratic National Convention</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/119</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1219338968.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Deroy&#039;s &#039;New Hope&#039; posters have gotten a lot of attention from all over the world ever since we posted them up on our blog. Recently, we were asked by the Manifest Hope Gallery to submit the poster for display in their exhibit at the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO. Partnered with MoveOn.org, the Manifest Hope exhibit, housed in Denver&#039;s Andenken Gallery, utilizes art and media to shine a light on the current spirit of &quot;Hope, Change, Progress, Unity and Patriotism&quot; inspired by the Obama Presidential Campaign. Works by artists such as Gary Baseman, Shepard Fairey, and yours truly were judged by Moby, Sonic Youth&#039;s Thurston Moore, Guggenheim Curator Nancy Spector, DJ Spooky and artist Ross Bleckner among others. Proceeds from sold pieces will be donated to the Obama campaign.Update: Check out pictures from the Manifest Hope gallery courtesy of our friends.]]>
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			<title>Faye   Co Love to Camp</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/118</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1216833458.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Design blog Faye &amp;amp; Company bestows some praise for our branding of Camp, Brooklyn%u2019s favorite woodsy-themed watering hole. They also had some love left over for our website. Nice quote, btw. Someone at Hyperakt sure knows how to write her (ahem) stuff ;-)! Check it out!]]>
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			<title>Public Assembly Identity System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/182</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/182_pa_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Public Assembly is a large art, music, and performance venue built out of an old industrial factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The space was inaugurated as Galapagos in the late 1990s and was very influential in the cultural resurgence of the neighborhood around it. In 2008, Galapagos was renamed to Public Assembly and co-owner Ted Mann came to us to design the venue&#039;s new identity.]]>
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			<title>Collection of Summer Blog Love</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/117</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1216833641.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Here are the latest places that Hyperakt is taking up virtual space:Chek Group on random inspirationDowntime Baby on random inspirationBrooklyn Arts Council&#039;s Folk Feet on Why We RockAnd check out our fancy new business cards on iainclaridge.net.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Website is Editor's Choice on QBN</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/115</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1214924002.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[QBN, a site that presents the current most progressive and interesting websites around, chose to feature Hyperakt&#039;s website on their homepage as an editor&#039;s choice today. We share their philosophy about design and how it contributes to the landscape of our world, so we&#039;re very excited that they chose our site. Thanks (again) Paul!]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Website Featured on Computerlove</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/116</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1215008422.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We recently got posted on Computerlove, a web source for online inspiration. We&#039;re really happy that our site is a positive influence on the design community. Thanks, Paul! Check it out!]]>
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			<title>Apt. 138 Branding Well-Seasoned</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/114</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1214491037.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Index Book&#039;s newest publication, Well-Seasoned: Best of Restaurant Graphics poses the question: Can the graphic identity of a restaurant transmit the aromas, colours and flavours of the dishes presented in a menu, even before the first dish arrives at the table? Well, sure. Perhaps that is why Hyperakt&#039;s branding for Apartment 138 is featured in the book. Get a copy for yourself here.]]>
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			<title>Rights/Camera/Action Identity System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/172</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/172_aclu_thumb.png" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The American Civil Liberties Union&#039;s Rights/Camera/Action (RCA) program participates in discourse on civil rights issues through entertainment media.We resolved the program&#039;s branding by referencing the iconic image of the &quot;action&quot; clapboard. This immediately communicates the ACLU&#039;s connection to the film and entertainment industry. A stark black and white color palette was established to respect the seriousness of the content. Strong diagonal graphic elements referencing the logo are present throughout the promotional brochure, website and posters created for the program.View Site: Rights/Camera/Action]]>
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			<title>Nikon Illumination</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/201</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/201_201_201_nikon.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The Illumination concept originated at DiNoto. Nikon is a respected brand among photo professionals but it wanted to do more to engage and inspire its community of enthusiasts to share their experience with a larger audience. Illumination creates the venue to share photo content and knowledge in a community setting. Using issues of universal social concern as subject matter, and incorporating survey questions, maps, and charts to add depth to the photography being shared, the site was intended to form a living, breathing sociopolitical atlas.DiNoto brought in Hyperakt creative director Deroy Peraza to work on this project as part of their in-house creative team. He worked very intensely on this project for months, performing research and helping to flesh out the concepts established at DiNoto under the creative direction and leadership of CEO/Creative Director Greg DiNoto. While at DiNoto, he designed the user interface for all the sections of the site and developed extensive site specification documents in preparation for the site&#039;s development.Note: This project is entirely credited to DiNoto. The project was unfortunately put on hold due to the economic climate.]]>
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			<title>Chek Poster Selected for Graphis 2009 Poster Annual</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/113</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1212617172.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt&#039;s poster design for fashion branding firm Chek Group has been selected to appear in Graphis&#039;s upcoming 08/09 Poster Design Annual Book as a winner in the &#039;Gold&#039; class. Thanks to Graphis, the international design journal, for the recognition and to Chek for giving us room to play on this one. This is Hyperakt&#039;s first Graphis appearance. See the winner&#039;s list here.]]>
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			<title>Smashing Magazine Features Miss Jessies's Packaging</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/104</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1212435008.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Thanks to Smashing Magazine&#039;s blog featuring beautiful and expressive packaging design, Hyperakt&#039;s design for the Miss Jessie&#039;s hair care product line continues to feel the love from design blogs with an appreciation for elegant packaging and carefully crafted typography.]]>
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			<title>April Showers Bring May Blog Love</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/112</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1212616728.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[OK, we haven&#039;t done this in a while, so its time to collect a few links to recent recognition for Hyperakt work on the blogosphere. Check out who&#039;s been talking about us!
Dirty MouseOn YongoTheeyedropperVisual EvasionLe Club-ClubDesign FlakesGroundswell CollectiveWe Heart ItZen BlogPain d&#039;epice]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Rock Star Cocktail Coasters!</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/110</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1212600850.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Inspired by our love for serious cocktails, rock &amp;amp; roll and graphic design, we bring to you a set of four limited edition coasters. Guess the bands that inspired each coaster and you&#039;ll get your very own set delivered to your door!]]>
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			<title>T-Shirts Designed by Hyperakt</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/107</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1212601212.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We just got us a snazzy new Zazzle store! First up, some Barack Obama to support the campaign and show our love for the soon-to-be Presidential candidate.]]>
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			<title>Check Group Branding</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/166</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/166_chek_large_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Chek Group is a brand consultancy for fashion and lifestyle brands. Chek required a sophisticated new identity that would effectively align them with high-end fashion labels and producers. In a market of prestigious names, this identity demanded striking elegance, restraint, and attention to detail.We began by creating a clean logotype that neatly conceals a check mark in the letter K. The mark is used within the industry to identify inspected and approved garments. The name Chek, pronounced like Czech, also inspired us to play with the concept of new languages. Tipping the hat to textile design, we developed a pattern based on fragments distilled from the logotype. The pattern meanders throughout the collateral material creating a stream of new letterforms, an appropriate visual metaphor for a company which helps its clients define their own language within the fashion industry. All elements of the identity set reinforce this idea. The printed pieces resulted in a lush, striking set of collateral, including business cards printed on soft-touch, matte paper, with bold silver foiling on the logo and embossing of the fragment pattern.Chek&#039;s president, Michael Callif, has communicated a healthy boost in self confidence. Graphis, The International Journal of Visual Communication, reaffirmed his confidence by awarding the campaign&#039;s promotional poster with a Gold and a page in their 2008 Poster Annual.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt is Hot on CommandShift3</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/109</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1212601365.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt&#039;s website is currently ranked #2 in Brooklyn and #10 in NYC on CommandShift3, the Hot or Not of the website design world. CommandShift3 allows users to vote on their favorite sites, see the best-designed sites in various
categories, and submit and vote for the top website designs. As they say themselves, it&#039;s
awesome.]]>
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			<title>Hyperinformed</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/108</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1212601484.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We love our information at Hyperakt. From design blogs to technology, music and pop culture, we are constantly devouring new information. To make things a bit more efficient, we&#039;ve created a Netvibes Universe with all our favorite feeds; all nicely organized, and best of all, its public.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Goes Global</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/105</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1212603142.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Now you can travel outside our cozy little Brooklyn borders to see what other shenanigans Hyperakt gets into as you peruse the brands we work with whose reach extends beyond NYC and into the broad spectrum of consumer advertising. Hyperakt works with ad agencies on projects for global brands like the NHL, Ford, Colgate and many others. Take a look at the latest additions to the Global Brands section of our portfolio to have a look and keep an eye out for new additions to this section in the coming weeks.]]>
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			<title>Death By Kerning Features Miss Jessie's Packaging</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/103</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1202834299.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Death By Kerning, a blog dedicated to the art of typography &quot;that is smart, memorable, or simply beautiful,&quot; gave Hyperakt&#039;s work on Miss Jessie&#039;s hair care product packaging some kind words for its stylish homage to the brand&#039;s &quot;old-school&quot; roots. Check it out!]]>
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			<title>Miss Jessie's Packaging Featured on DieLine.com</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/102</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1202832145.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Touted as &#039;The world&#039;s leading package design blog&#039; (and who are we to argue?), TheDieline.com recently presented Hyperakt&#039;s design for Miss Jessie&#039;s hair care product packaging with the simple acclaim of &#039;beautiful design&#039; on their website. Thanks Dieline! Check it out.]]>
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			<title>Deroy Gets Syndicated</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/101</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1202588245.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Deroy&#039;s interview with Spraygraphic, the design blog, was published and then recorded again for posterity in Parsons&#039; Illustration Blog.]]>
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			<title>Spraygraphic Interviews Hyperaktivist</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/97</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1201033053.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Spraygraphic, a visual arts-centered blog, recently got inquisitive with Hyperakt principal Deroy Peraza and is featuring the interview on its blog. Deroy shares some wisdom about his creative process and the collaborative environment of the design studio.]]>
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			<title>American Design Award for 100 N3 Lofts</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/94</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200598701.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The American Design Awards&#039; Monthly Contest is featuring 100 N3 Lofts among the top 30 entries out of 726 reviewed during the month of October. As we move further into designing more complex websites, we&#039;re really encouraged by the positive reaction to our work.]]>
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			<title>American Design Award for 475 Sterling Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/42</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200423773.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The American Design Awards&#039; Monthly Contest is featuring 475sterling.com among the top 30 entries out of 726 reviewed during the month of October. As we move further into designing more complex websites, we&#039;re really encouraged by the positive reaction to our work.]]>
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			<title>Website Design Award for Hyperakt Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/41</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200424118.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt.com is being showcased among the best in progressive CSS &amp;amp; Flash design on the web by WDA at websitedesignawards.com as a source of inspiration and recognition. Thanks to the crew at WDA!]]>
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			<title>NSF Annual Report 2007: Tools for Democracy</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/145</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/145_1200680754.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[North Star Fund&#039;s 2007 Annual Report conveys the organization&#039;s inspiring devotion to civil rights. &quot;Tools for Democracy&quot; includes typographic illustrations made from the ingredients necessary to build and maintain a democratic society. From front to back, the themes of freedom, justice, truth, and unity are highlighted, bringing the organization&#039;s strength and character into sharp focus. Beyond a financial document, the annual report is an inspiring reminder of what the organization stands for.]]>
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			<title>NewWebPick Award for Hyperakt Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/40</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200425711.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The discerning website that judges websites, NewWebPick.com, has given our newly re-vamped website here at Hyperakt their veritable seal of approval. We could not be more pleased. Thanks!]]>
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			<title>Cool Homepages Features ACLU Exclusion Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/39</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200704268.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[ACLU&#039;s Ideological Exclusion site has been getting recognition in the design community lately. Cool Homepages, a website dedicated to featuring the best in current website design, is now featuring the ideological exclusion site as well. We&#039;re happy that our work is being recognized and proud to help the ACLU bring more attention to an important cause. Thanks Cool Homepages!]]>
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			<title>SYRFILM Identity System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/139</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/139_1195082750.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The Syracuse International Film Festival is an annual event dedicated to promoting the exchange of cultural ideas through film and video. In 2007, Hyperakt helped the festival with a re-branding program which included shortening the festival&#039;s name to the more memorable SYRFILM.We worked closely with the client to establish the new mark, based on the festival&#039;s 2007 poster. New stationary and a marketing brochure were the first elements, which implement the festival&#039;s new branding. We also created a detailed brand guideline book, outlining a new brand and sub-brand hierarchy and proper uses.]]>
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			<title>Adobe Site of The Day for 475 Sterling Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/38</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200703736.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[475 Sterling Condominiums&#039; website is being featured on Adobe&#039;s showcase as the Site of the Day. &#039;Adobe recognizes websites based on their use of strong visual designs, superior functionalities, and innovative uses of Adobe products. We want to give credit to the creative and engineering talent behind the scenes.&#039; What a great way to start off a morning!]]>
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			<title>Product Packaging</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/140</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/140_1196110739.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Miss Jessie&#039;s, a line of premium haircare products for curly hair, was created by the granddaughters of Brooklyn Hair Queen Bee, Miss Jessie. Miss Jessie&#039;s had an established, high end hair product but needed to refine its packaging to make it consistent as they expanded their product line. They came to us wanting to maintain a lot of copy on the labels and incorporate an apothecary look. The challenge was in  creating a hierarchy for headline and body copy so that it was easy to read the bold product name while maintaining the elegance of the typographic hierarchy regardless of the amount of copy. The typography is highly crafted to fit just right, and we carefully created a style guide of fonts for the labels. The Miss Jessie&#039;s packaging has been one of the most popular projects we&#039;ve ever done, it&#039;s been published on dozens of blogs and in several printed publications.]]>
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			<title>Styleboost Features ACLU Exclusion Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/37</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200425824.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Design-centric site Styleboost.com offered Hyperakt some praise for our design of the ACLU Ideological Exclusions website.Thanks for the link. As it is a great site for a good cause, I just posted it on Styleboost.Wow, thanks Johan! Check it out.]]>
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			<title>Annual Gowanus Artist Studio Tour 2007</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/67</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200694183.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The 11th Annual Gowanus Artist Studio Tour was a huge success!  More than 3,500 visitors and over 140 artists participated. Visitors of A.G.A.S.T. have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the creators of photography, drawing, printmaking, mixed-media, video, ceramics, glass, installation, paintings, sculpture &amp;amp; more in their own working studio environment. Artist studios are located in large industrial buildings as well as garages, brownstones and warehouses along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. Hyperakt designed the tour&#039;s branding and map pro-bono. We are also an official A.G.A.S.T. information center during the tour.]]>
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			<title>NewWebPick Award for ACLU Exclusion Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/36</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200424218.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt&#039;s work on The ACLU&#039;s ideological Exclusions website is being featured on NewWebPick.com, as a web pick. ]]>
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			<title>100N3 Identity System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/132</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/132_100n3_large_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[High-end branded condo building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.View Site: 100N3 Lofts]]>
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			<title>Ideological Exclusion Microsite</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/122</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/122_aclu_exclusion_large_thumb1.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[ACLU&#039;s Ideological Exclusions website educates the public about prominent and well-respected artists, writers, and political figures who have been unjustly denied entry to the United States because our government considers their ideas to be dangerous. We felt the method of delivery for each individual&#039;s situation needed to feel as meaningful as the information itself. Our solution was to allow users to navigate through a stack of interactive passports to inspect each individual&#039;s circumstances for exclusion, just as an immigration officer would.View Site: Ideological Exclusions]]>
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			<title>End Poverty 2015 Campaign</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/167</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/167_un_large_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The UN&#039;s End Poverty 2015 Millennium Campaign supports and inspires people from around the world to take action in an effort to improve the lives of the world&#039;s poorest people. We helped Y&amp;amp;R Design Director, Greg Crossley, turn the campaign&#039;s new identity into a bold call to action. For the program&#039;s information kit, Crossley had the clever idea of constructing the &quot;Make It Happen&quot; messaging out of a tapestry of diverse people, reinforcing the idea of universal participation and cooperation.  We worked with him to resolve the set&#039;s overall design, created various information graphic pieces, and ensured the end product was cohesive.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt's Work Featured at One Show Design</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/33</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200426514.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We didn&#039;t get a golden pencil from The One Club&#039;s One Show Design for our work on the New Nordic exhibit, but we were finalists, and we designed the exhibit at the Chelsea Art Museum for the show awards ceremony. We&#039;re honored to have been considered among the likes of Ogilvy and Apple. Check out our flickr photostream for more images.]]>
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			<title>BPL Dream Every Day Brochure</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/136</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/136_1193683454.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The Dream Every Day campaign was launched last year to help the Brooklyn Public Library raise funds for their network of libraries and extensive programming. The brochure is an inspirational portrait of Brooklyn and its people, and highlights the role the BPL plays in the community. Dream Every Day was intended to both inspire children and adults to use the library as a relevant resource and for donors to understand the full impact of the Library&#039;s activities.We worked with Brooklyn artist, Jake Messing, to create colorful, fantasy filled Brooklyn landscapes. After a casting call included over 500 Brooklynites, we hired photographer BJ Formento to capture a group that represented the rich diversity of the borough. The illustrations, photography, and imagery were then combined with positive messaging to achieve the final product.]]>
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			<title>2007 Festival Identity &amp; Collateral</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/214</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/214_syr07_large_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The 2007 edition of the Syracuse International Film Festival&#039;s identity centered around an illustration by famed Italian movie poster illustrator Silvano Campeggi. Using his image as the focal point, we designed all of the festival&#039;s marketing material. Our scope included the festival poster, billboards, tickets and passes, the festival program and several event guides.]]>
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			<title>Downtime Baby Logo Featured in Logo Lounge 4</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/31</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200426544.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The Downtime Baby Logo is being featured in the new Logo Lounge book. We&#039;re thrilled to be counted among other great designers for our work on the logo for Andrea Verity&#039;s Downtime Baby. It&#039;s being published in 2008, keep your eye out for it!]]>
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			<title>New Nordic Identity is a Finalist in One Show Design</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/32</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/32_oneshow.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt is a finalist in The One Club&#039;s &#039;One Show Design&#039; competition for our identity and signage work for the New Nordic Exhibit, and exhibit that presented innovative Scandinavian advertising and design. It sure is nice to hear that the work we created for an event that showcases good design work is getting recognized for good design!]]>
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			<title>Michael Ciancio Chosen For FABRICA</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/25</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200695634.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[After a tough (and lengthy) selection process in which 7% of applicants are accepted, Michael will be moving clear across the Atlantic to attend FABRICA, Bennetton&#039;s Center for Design &amp;amp; Communication in Treviso, Italy. Michael will be working alongside fellow &quot;Fabricanti,&quot; tackling various projects in product, retail and environmental design for Fabrica Features, a line of retail shops across Europe, which sell and promote products made by its students. Buon Viaggio, Mikey - we&#039;ll miss ya!]]>
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			<title>Fundraising Brochure</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/144</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/144_1199920156.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Breakthrough New York is a tuition-free educational program aimed at preparing a select group of talented and motivated students for the ultimate goal of a college education. The two-year program utilizes up-and-coming educators and college-aged peers to help educate, guide, and inspire students to attain their goals.We worked with Breakthrough New York on their 2006 fundraising brochure. The brochure we created features two real-life Breakthrough characters, a teacher and a student, telling their stories as a day-in-the-life sequence. Employing the use of a timeline, we illustrate how their lives parallel. Beyond the narrative, we utilized large statistical facts about Breakthrough to speak to the proven success of the organization and its program.]]>
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			<title>Identity System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/84</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/84_1170458628.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[As part of a comprehensive re-branding for the World Music Institute, Hyperakt designed a new logo, stationary, print pieces, and website, for which we also created the content management system. The look and feel of the website was designed to target fans of world music and reach a new audience of younger music lovers.View Site: World Music Institute]]>
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			<title>DWO Identity and Wayfinding System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/61</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/61_bwo_large_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt designed a mark and handsome way-finding signs for Downtown West Orange (in New Jersey). West Orange was once home to one of Thomas Edison&#039;s largest laboratories. This legacy and the visual language of the industrial revolution carries through into the mark which is suggestive of a light bulb filament, one of Edison&#039;s most famous inventions. The signage system is designed to guide locals and visitors to the primary destinations Downtown while adding a charming visual element to the historically preserved area.]]>
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			<title>Brooklyn Shoppers, Come on Down to Hypermarket!</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/26</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200427161.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The addition of the Hypermarket retail space to the design studio at 401 Smith Street blurs the boundaries between Graphic Design, Architecture, Industrial Design and Fashion; a reflection of how Hyperakt creators Deroy Peraza and Julia Vakser approach their work. We filled the shop with furniture, jewelry, clothing and artwork to entice New Yorkers with a love of design, or those just looking for fun, original pieces that are out of the mainstream.  Hypermarket is proud to carry work from notable local designers Wud, 4pli and Nicholas Furrow. We recently began carrying clothing from Barcelona design house The Avant and jewelry from RISD alum Hongsock Lee. We&#039;re also happy to showcase local up-and-coming artists such as Michael Ciancio, Abbi Jacobson and Jake Messing, whose pieces have been creating a buzz around the City. Come check it out!Check out our flickr photostream for more images.]]>
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			<title>Art4Now Identity System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/86</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/86_a4n_large_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Art4Now is a non-profit organization co-Founded by Hyperakt and teacher Jenna Shapiro to counteract a lack of available arts programs for under-resourced NYC youth. We created branding, print collateral, and a website meant to appeal to Brooklyn&#039;s urban youth, as well as working artists willing to contribute their valuable time in this fun and worthwhile program.Beyond the logo, Hyperakt has designed an assortment of both print and web pieces for Art4Now, including two websites highlighting the organization&#039;s initiatives and showcasing the talents of its students. We also passed the ultimate brand coolness test &mdash; student&#039;s cell phones were all proudly covered in Art4Now stickers.View Site: Art4Now]]>
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			<title>Hypermarket Soft Opening</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/84</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200681433.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Take a sneak peek at Hypermarket, our new design boutique for friends and family.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt's Work Featured in 100% Design Portfolio</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/28</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200435992.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[When Barcelona Graphic Design Publisher Index Book released their design book entitled &#039;100% Proyectos Personales&#039; (100% Design Portfolios), they included shots of our website. It&#039;s such an honor for us to see our work published in something that&#039;s meant to appeal to design-savvy readers all over the world and act as a resource and inspiration to other designers. Gracias!]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Proposes Smith Street Mural</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/70</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200434000.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[invent. rethink. create is a tribute to the creative community that lives in our neighborhood, and an optimistic call to action and reminder for the community at large. The mural&#039;s simplicity, universality, and scale will immediately engage passersby and transmit its constructive message. The site will become an area landmark and a favorite site to pose for photographs. The use of just black and white paint will allow for creation with a modest budget and will facilitate maintenance over time. Neighborhood schoolchildren can participate in mural painting.]]>
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			<title>Deroy Peraza Speaks at FIT</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/27</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200433340.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Deroy was asked to speak at FIT in front a group of Communication Design students about his experiences starting and running Hyperakt Design Group. He bestowed his masterful wisdom about deadlines, project management, design for a mass audience, and using separate recycling bins for plastic and paper.]]>
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			<title>Annual Gowanus Artist Studio Tour 2006</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/66</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200695424.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Visitors of A.G.A.S.T. have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the creators of photography, drawing, printmaking, mixed-media, video, ceramics, glass, installation, paintings, sculpture &amp;amp; etc. in their own working studio environment. Artist studios are located in large industrial buildings as well as garages, brownstones and warehouses along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. Hyperakt designed the tour&#039;s branding and map pro-bono. We are also an official A.G.A.S.T. information center during the tour.]]>
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			<title>Transit Garden Opens with Signage Designed by Hyperakt</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/68</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200435000.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[A local neighborhood association asked us to help out with the signage for the Transit Garden, a local community space across the street from our studio that is right next to the elevated subway tracks. It&#039;s a great public space in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn which hosts events throughout the year.]]>
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			<title>Outside.in Identity</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/74</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/74_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Outside.in is a website that pools together local information from blogs and organizes it geographically to further the Internet as a valuable community resource.View Site: outside.in]]>
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			<title>Identity System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/55</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/55_1169660676.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The Brooklyn Jazz Underground is a collaborative of cutting-edge musicians. This website is meant to serve as a cross promotional  tool for the artists. We drew on Massimo Vignelli&#039;s iconic subway maps of the 1970&#039;s to design their branding and website.View Site: Brooklyn Jazz Underground]]>
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			<title>The New Nordic Exhibition Branding</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/73</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/73_nn_large_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The One Club, an organization that promotes excellence in advertising, asked Hyperakt to design the logo and signage for The New Nordic, an  exhibition celebrating the best of Scandinavian Advertising and Design. The exhibit was curated by design legend Paula Sher, which held a special thrill for us. The signage has since been recognized by The One Show Design Awards.]]>
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			<title>Matthew Anderson Joins Hyperakt</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/23</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200432444.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[While Jules works on the latest Hypraktivist character &quot;Ampy&quot; we&#039;ve been plying him with design projects. As a Brooklynite from Seattle, he&#039;s a little bit country and a little bit rock &#039;n&#039; roll. That&#039;s ok, we here at Hyperakt could use a bit of Neko Case mixed in with our Tribe Called Quest every once in a while. It&#039;s good to have Matthew and his fresh take on design on board our crazy little ship. Welcome, Mr. Anderson, there&#039;s no going back now.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Turns 5!</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/83</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200432413.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Happy 5th Birthday, Hyperakt!Check out our flickr photostream for more images.]]>
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			<title>JLC Radio Collateral</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/68</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/68_1169771031.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We approached the design of pieces for jazz legends, including Wynton Marsalis, by creating energetic collateral  to promote Jazz at Lincoln Center&#039;s radio program. We created magnets and postcards meant to invoke a classic jazz vibe.]]>
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			<title>Michael Ciancio Joins Hyperakt</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/21</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200436961.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[MICA graduate and designer extraordinaire, Michael (Mikey) Ciancio has joined the Hyperakt team as a full-time designer. This will mark Mikey&#039;s first &quot;real&quot; job in design, if you don&#039;t count that time he worked his creative magic for &quot;Bagels &#039;N&#039; A Hole Lot More&quot; during high school. Seriously, we loved Michael&#039;s work as soon as we saw it, and he&#039;s contributed nothing but smart, clean designs since he&#039;s begun. He&#039;s also added an extensive bunch of extra menus to our menu book. It&#039;s so good to have another hungry Hyperaktivist!]]>
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			<title>Digital Thread Loves the Firehouse 735 Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/24</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200437481.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt is psyched to have our work on the Firehouse 735 Condominium Website featured on Digital Thread, an awesome website that promotes only the coolest in current design work. We used subdued, matte colors to showcase both the sunlit interior shots and the charming photos of Firehouse 735 as it once was in past times to appeal to one of Brooklyn&#039;s most up-and-coming neighborhoods, Prospect Heights. Thanks for the love, Digital Thread!]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Proposes Smith Street Farmer's Market</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/69</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200685266.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We recently noticed the lack of fresh vegetables in the surrounding neighborhood after a few supermarkets gave way to mega-pharmacies and decided to create a proposal for a weekend fresh fruit and vegetable market across the street from our studio. There is a very wide sidewalk across the street from the studio next to the elevated subway tracks that is very underused. We felt it would be perfect for a market. While the green markets group didn&#039;t agree with the location, the effort was influential in bringing a weekend market to a nearby location in the neighborhood at Carroll Park.]]>
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			<title>BAC 40th International Film &amp; Video Festival</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/45</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/45_1169493474.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[With The Brooklyn Arts Council&#039;s 40th Annual Film Festival, we faced the challenge of rejuvenating an event that has been around for 39 years (the longest-running film fest in Brooklyn). The festival&#039;s new imagery depicts Brooklyn as the focus in a vortex of creative energy.]]>
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			<title>Downtime Identity System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/59</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/59_1169660453.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Downtime designs baby accessories that help babies (and moms) get some sleep. We created their identity around the design of their first product, a baby hat with a flap that folds to cover the eyes. ]]>
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			<title>Rosemary Hahn is Hyperakt's New Studio Manager</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/89</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200500942.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[With a history of making things better, Rosemary Hahn steps on to the Hyperscene, ready and willing to make our lives a living heaven. Welcome, Rosy!]]>
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			<title>Real Brooklyn Identity System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/188</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/188_realbk.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Real Brooklyn is a marketing and branding program for Brooklyn manufacturers established by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce in recognition of the strong marketing value inherent in Brooklyn products and services. The Chamber licenses the Real Brooklyn seal to unite Brooklyn businesses and products under a unifying Brooklyn brand.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Meets Eyecandy</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/85</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200701227.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The fantastic photography duo of BJ and Richelle Formento walked into our studio for the first time on this fine day. Eyecandy Images has since become our favorite go-to team for all our photography needs.]]>
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			<title>Wilson A. Aguilar Moving to LGBT Community Center</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/86</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200673377.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Wilson, who has been Hyperakt&#039;s Marketing, Operations &amp;amp; Business Director is off to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual &amp;amp; Transgender Community Center where he will be Events Manager. We&#039;ll miss you, Wilson!]]>
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			<title>Miss Jessie's Identity System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/71</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/71_msj_large_tumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Miss Jessie&#039;s, a line of premium haircare products for curly hair, was created by the granddaughters of Brooklyn Hair Queen Bee, Miss Jessie. Titi and Miko Branch came to us with a pile of reference material including cigar labels, apothecary signage, wingtip shoes, and magazine ads from the early 20th century. It all influenced the aesthetic of the brand.]]>
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			<title>The Case of the Missing Tin Cans</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/17</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200587249.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We got back to our illustration roots when we created this year&#039;s holiday promo. Chestnuts Roast Here: The Case of the Missing Tin Cans is Hyperakt&#039;s first illustrated story. Sit back, relax and meet the cast of characters who wander through the streets of Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, the neighborhood we call home. The Case of the Missing Tin Cans is available as a free, limited edition poster and is accompanied by a mini website. Get yourself a poster while supplies last by clicking on the link. It will make you rich one day when we are famous.Check out more of the story on our flickr photostream.]]>
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			<title>CoolHomepages.com Features Two Websites by Hyperakt</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/93</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200705143.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[CoolHomepages.com recently combed through our site, and designated several of the sites we designed as &quot;New Cool Sites.&quot; The following sites were featured:Visit Brooklyn WebsiteLMD Design Website]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Website Featured on Crossmind.net</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/7</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200589332.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[German design portal Crossmind.net has featured Hyperakt.com! Crossmind.net provides design professionals with the best work samples from the industry, featuring outstanding creativity, innovation and professionalism.]]>
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			<title>Wing Latino Website on Coolhomepages!</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/14</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200705511.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We launched our newly designed website less than three months ago, and already Hyperakt has four outstanding and well-regarded awards recognizing the design! Last month Coolhomepages.com featured Hyperakt.com as one of two &quot;Sites of the Week&quot;. The other &quot;Site of the Week&quot; was winglatino.com, also designed by us! In fact, Cool Home Pages loved our design so much that they combed through our site, and picked six additional websites we have designed as &quot;New Cool Sites&quot; on their website.]]>
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			<title>Annual Gowanus Artist Studio Tour 2005</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/65</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200695412.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Visitors of A.G.A.S.T. have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the creators of photography, drawing, printmaking, mixed-media, video, ceramics, glass, installation, paintings, sculpture, and more in their own working studio environment. Artist studios are located in large industrial buildings as well as garages, brownstones and warehouses along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. Hyperakt designed the tour&#039;s branding and map pro-bono. We are also an official A.G.A.S.T. information center during the tour.]]>
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			<title>Disco Lemonade Identitiy System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/183</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/183_1233858116.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Identity and signage for a children&#039;s boutique in New York City&#039;s West Village.]]>
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			<title>Society of Illustrators Awards Shylock Poster</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/82</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200673492.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Society of Illustrators is honoring Hyperakt&#039;s design and illustration work for Perry Street Theater&#039;s Shylock, the Off-Broadway one-man piece about Shakespeare&#039;s complex Jewish character in &quot;The Merchant of Venice.&quot;]]>
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			<title>American Design Award for Hyperakt Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/6</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200589365.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The American Design Awards was established in the year 2000 in San Diego, California, to recognize and reward designers of all experience levels who display outstanding abilities and potential in the field of graphic and web design.  The Monthly Design Contest is open to graphic and web designers from around the world who have designed inspiring, unique and creative web sites for either self-promotion or paying clients. The design pieces entered into this free event are graded by ADA&#039;s in-house panel of judges on the basis of originality, effectiveness, practicality, and marketability.  Among 918 entries, Hyperakt.com tied for 6th place in the international competition.]]>
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			<title>Taxi Award for Hyperakt Website</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/5</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200687342.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Taxi Design Network is comprised of the most comprehensive resources for the design industry; a web site by designers, for designers. Taxi Awards the Web Site of the Day to outstanding sites that display unparalleled creativity or amazing content that are of interest to the design community. All the sites are reviewed and are of a select group, with high recommendation and of superior quality. Check us out! ]]>
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			<title>Res72 on Hyperakt Website: Design Inspiration</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/8</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200594944.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[A design surveillance system in Melbourne, Australia, known as Res72, featured Hyperakt.com as a design inspiration.]]>
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			<title>De Lijst on Hyperakt Website: Size Does Matter</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/9</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200685257.gif" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[De afmeting Is van belang! Or rather, for those of you who do not speak Dutch, we meant: Size does matter! Okay. We don&#039;t speak Dutch. But our handy automatic translator told us what Delijst wrote: &quot;These design studio established in New York have packed a dik filled portfolio, in a cleane and easily at overziene Internet site.&quot; We think this is good.]]>
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			<title>K10K on Hyperakt Website: Big, Bold, and Orange</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/10</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
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				<![CDATA[&quot;Big, bold, and ... orange - that is the new site for the Hyperakt Design Group. Not only do they have an impressive portfolio, they also know how to present it with large graphics, clear navigation and an abundance of images.&quot; - K10K.netRegarded as one of the most reviewed, referred to and revered conglomerate of graphic design professionals, K10K is at the head of the class where design is involved.]]>
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			<title>Brooklyn Chamber Gets Hyped</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/11</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200677544.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Membership has its privileges. And as a valued member of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Hyperakt is now a featured member on ibrooklyn.com!]]>
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			<title>Design is Kinky on Hyperakt Website: Great Solid Work</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/12</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200695178.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[In the world of graphic design, one of the most bookmarked and referenced websites is Design Is Kinky. Started as a forum to profile and highlight new developments and happenings in multi-media design, Australian-based founder Andrew Johnstone created Design Is Kinky. They had this to say about our new site: &quot;[Hyperakt] has great solid work... [we] aspire to.&quot;]]>
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			<title>Camp Identity System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/58</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/58_camp_large_tumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We channeled our inner summer camp counselor  to create  branding  for this fun Brooklyn watering hole that caters to stressed out urbanites looking for a woodsy good time, sans the road trip.]]>
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			<title>Julia Vakser Returns to NYC After 2 Years in Boston</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/80</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Art On &amp; Off Smith</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/79</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
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			<title>Ralph Ellison Poster</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/76</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/76_1169663681.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The One World Poster Set is designed to help students, younger and older, think about their responsibilities to one another in an increasingly interdependent world.]]>
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			<title>Deroy Peraza Hired as Temp Art Director at Y&amp;R</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/78</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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			<title>2005 Festival Identity &amp; Collateral</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/211</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/211_05-thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Poster illustration and design of all printed collateral for the 2005 Syracuse International Film &amp;amp; Video Festival.]]>
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			<title>The Works Map Illustrations</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/82</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/82_worksthumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Kate Acher&#039;s award-winning book, &#039;The Works - Anatomy of a City&#039;, is an in-depth look at New York City&#039;s complex infrastructure. Hyperakt created dozens of maps to help illustrate Acher&#039;s fascinating narrative.]]>
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			<title>2005 Pre-Festival Collateral</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/83</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/83_04_thumb.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[In preparation for the 2005 Syracuse International Film &amp;amp; Video Festival, we created this series of pre-festival marketing pieces used to attract the interest of funding partners.]]>
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			<title>Apartment 138 Identity System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/87</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/87_1169657958.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[We worked closely with Apartment 138 owner Ted Mann to convert his vision for this one-time apartment-turned hip Carroll Gardens restaurant into a fully realized brand. We stayed true to the space&#039;s history, using the building&#039;s original address plaque and vintage wallpaper as visual springboards for the logo, custom place mats, engraved wood coasters, and elegant signage.]]>
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			<title>Wilson Alexander Aguilar is Hyperakt's Marketing, Operations &amp; Business Director</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/72</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
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			<title>Shylock Identity and Collateral</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/77</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/77_1169771127.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[&#039;Shylock&#039; is a one man piece about Shakespere&#039;s complex Jewish character in &#039;The Merchant of Venice.&#039; We were challenged to create imagery for the piece that left judgment of the character to the viewer.We created an original collograph of the main poster image which serves as the centerpiece of the work.]]>
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			<title>Art On &amp; Off Smith</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/71</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
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			<title>Annual Gowanus Artist Studio Tour 2004</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/64</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200695467.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Visitors of A.G.A.S.T. have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the creators of photography, drawing, printmaking, mixed-media, video, ceramics, glass, installation, paintings, sculpture, and more in their own working studio environment. Artist studios are located in large industrial buildings as well as garages, brownstones and warehouses along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. Hyperakt designed the tour&#039;s branding and map pro-bono. We are also an official A.G.A.S.T. information center during the tour.]]>
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			<title>PJ Loughran Illustration Exhibition at 401</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/61</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200683048.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Hyperakt and Atelier present PJ Loughran&#039;s &quot;Cowboy Portraits,&quot; limited edition giclee prints and ink drawings on paper. PJ&#039;s work will be on display from July 22nd - August 18th. The opening reception will take place Saturday July 24th,  7:00 @ 9:00 PM.]]>
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			<title>Sara Domenech Jewelry Exhibition at 401</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/62</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2004 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200681830.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Having left her profession as a sculptor, Domenech strives in her current conceptual work to adorn the human body. Adapting her sculptural pieces to the scale of the body, she succeeds in transforming them into these small prostheses we call jewelry. &quot;From Sculpture to Jewelry&quot; incorporates over 100 pieces made of various materials including silver, colored anodized aluminum, copper, steel cable, colored rubber, and elastics.]]>
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			<title>Art4Now CitySenses Summer Program Begins</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/58</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2004 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Steve Chen Becomes Hyperakt's Financial Advisor</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/53</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
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			<title>Refuse: New Products, Old Materials</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/56</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2004 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200681115.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[REfUSE is the first exhibition at 401, Hyperakt&#039;s new Smith Street studio. All objects on display were made from recycled materials. The show features glass bottle coat hangers by Sybille Homann (Hamburg, Germany), bags made from vinyl advertising banners by Demano (Barcelona, Spain) and bags made from inner tubes by Cyclus (Bogota, Colombia). There will be live jazz by the Alexis Cuadrado Trio (Barcelona, Spain) in our lovely garden.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt Moves to Smith Street Storefront Studio Space</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/54</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200673349.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[After a year of sharing home and work space, Hyperakt has invested into the future of our growing business by moving into our very own home at 401 Smith Street. Check out our flickr photostream for more images.]]>
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			<title>Deroy Peraza Hired as Adjunct Professor at Parsons</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/52</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2004 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200682128.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Deroy was hired to teach as an adjunct professor at Parsons. He&#039;ll be teaching a Professional Practices class to seniors in the Fall semester, followed by a Digital Presentation class in the Spring.]]>
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			<title>Deroy Peraza Co-Founds Art4Now</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/51</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2003 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200676997.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Art4Now strives to create ways for students who reside in New York City&#039;s economically under-resourced neighborhoods to explore, express, and develop their voices through art. Art4Now is a non-profit arts education organization that supplements and expands existing school curricula to create a hands-on program for inner-city youth. The program partners New York City educators, artists, community, and students for the success of a new generation of artists.]]>
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			<title>Crystal Bretschger is Hyperakt's First Intern</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/50</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
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			<title>MoreNYC Identity &amp; Collateral</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/72</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/72_1169503840.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[More NYC is an initiative to attract tourism to the city&#039;s increasingly popular outer boroughs. The branding system is based on the idea that each borough is a center of activity, and together they add up to make the rich tapestry that is NYC. In creating the campaign&#039;s printed collateral we were challenged to give each of the boroughs equal importance and to not predispose users to enter one before another. Our solution allows panels representing each borough to open independently of the other. A map and information about points of interest are located in each quadrant.]]>
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			<title>Julia Vakser Moves to Boston, MA</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/49</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2003 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200697715.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Julia has accompanied her husband, Lenny, on a two-year hiatus to Boston while he completes a Master&#039;s program at MIT. Enter the age of teleconferencing. It&#039;s a good thing Apple&#039;s iSight came out around the same time.]]>
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			<title>Murray Street Identity System</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/work-detail/id/184</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2003 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/Project/184_1233869156.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[The identity system for Murray Street Productions, an award winning radio production company that produces and markets programs for public radio, was tricky. MSP had been using a diagram of their building&#039;s fa&ccedil;ade as their logo. If you look closely at the microphone logo we designed for them, you&#039;ll see the building fa&ccedil;ade still intact and embedded in the logo.]]>
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			<title>Julia Vakser Becomes Hyperakt Partner</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/47</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2002 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hyperakt moves to Smith Street</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/96</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<description>
				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200698097.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[Deroy&#039;s new loft work/live space on Smith Street is Hyperakt&#039;s new home.]]>
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			<title>Hyperakt is Born</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/43</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2001 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[<img width='186' src="http://hyperakt.com/files/News/img_1200672209.jpg" /><br /><br />]]>
				<![CDATA[After graduating from Parsons School of Design in May, 2001, and 5 months of freelancing, Deroy Peraza reserves the domain name Hyperakt.com. The name Hyperakt was chosen for a variety of reasons. It originates from a loose translation of Deroy&#039;s childhood nickname &quot;Trompo Loco,&quot; which is directly translated from Spanish as &quot;crazy spinning top.&quot; The nickname referred to Deroy&#039;s hyperactive behavior as a child. The word Hyperakt fit nicely into the vocabulary of the world wide web, where the prefix hyper- is used in words such as hypertext and hyperlink. Hyperakt, as a verb, can be interpreted as an exaggeration of the word interact, which is what one does on the web. The reasons behind the choice of the letter &quot;k&quot; instead of &quot;c&quot; in the name are admittedly more subjective. The dynamic letter &quot;k&quot; is visually more representative of the attitude behind the name. It also makes the name harder to pinpoint geographically, which is consistent with the nature of the web. On a more pragmatic note, Hyperact.com was taken at the time and Hyperakt.com was not, so there you have it.]]>
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			<title>Deroy and Julia Meet at Parsons</title>
			<link>http://hyperakt.com/news-detail/id/44</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 1996 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[It&#039;s the first day of Freshman Foundation (other wise known as boot-camp) at Parsons School of Design in New York City. Future Hyperakt principals Deroy Peraza and Julia Vakser are placed in the same foundation group. For the next year they have pretty much every class together. After foundation year, both major in Illustration. Despite very different personalities, they develop appreciation and respect for each other&#039;s work and constantly strive to out-do each other.]]>
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