Hyperakt's principals, Deroy Peraza and Julia Vakser Zeltser have been interviewed for a Changemaker Profile on The New School's Social Innovation website. Deroy and Julia are both alumni of Parsons, The New School for Design.The New School is a hub for social innovation in New York City and the world. The university ...

At Hyperakt, we consider ourselves a family and are looking for a new member to help us stay organized. We are looking for a Project Manager to help our Hyperakt team (including contractor help) operate smoothly. This awesome, friendly person should be passionate about social change an ...

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. View the video hereThe ...

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. Check out Inspire C ...

Food for Thought, illustrated and printed by Hyperaktivist Jason Lynch, will be shown this spring at the Society of Illustrators 53rd annual exhibition. 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 s ...

Partners Julia Vakser and Deroy Peraza have been featured in Parsons the New School of Design'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 ...

Hyperakt'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's pieces will be included along with artists such as House Industries, Luba Lukova, Ray Noland, Robert Indiana, Ron English, Shepard Fairey and Zol ...

Deroy is in Geneva, for the opening of our 'New Hope' 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's leading daily newspapers printed a half page article ...

Deroy's interview with Spraygraphic, the design blog, was published and then recorded again for posterity in Parsons' Illustration Blog.

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.

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's Center for Design & Communication in Treviso, Italy. Michael will be working alongside fellow "Fabricanti," tackling various projects in product, retail and en ...

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While Jules works on the latest Hypraktivist character "Ampy" we've been plying him with design projects. As a Brooklynite from Seattle, he's a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll. That'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's good ...

MICA graduate and designer extraordinaire, Michael (Mikey) Ciancio has joined the Hyperakt team as a full-time designer. This will mark Mikey's first "real" job in design, if you don't count that time he worked his creative magic for "Bagels 'N' A Hole Lot More" during high school. Seriously, we loved Michael's work as soon ...

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!

Wilson, who has been Hyperakt's Marketing, Operations & Business Director is off to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center where he will be Events Manager. We'll miss you, Wilson!

Deroy was hired to teach as an adjunct professor at Parsons. He'll be teaching a Professional Practices class to seniors in the Fall semester, followed by a Digital Presentation class in the Spring.

Art4Now strives to create ways for students who reside in New York City'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-cit ...

Julia has accompanied her husband, Lenny, on a two-year hiatus to Boston while he completes a Master's program at MIT. Enter the age of teleconferencing. It's a good thing Apple's iSight came out around the same time.