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Hyperakt is an independent NYC design firm with a passion for creating work that effects change in the world around us: meaningful design for the common good.
Hyperakt's building a 21st century design studio:
the crucible of big, world-changing ideas.
- Harvard Business Review
Hyperakt works with clients who fight for justice,
celebrate culture and diversity, spread knowledge
and engage in social entrepreneurship.
Deroy Peraza
Principal + Creative Director
@deroyperaza on twitterDeroy Peraza was born in Havana, Cuba. He has a BFA from Parsons the New School of Design and is a founding partner and creative director at Hyperakt.Deroy loves working at the crossroads of social entrepreneurship and design, and relentlessly searches for meaningful challenges. He loves juggling vastly different projects, such as data visualizations, brand identities, website interfaces and inventing products such as LetsSwap.it. His role at Hyperakt is to provide creative and visionary leadership and mentorship for the Hyperaktivisits, as well as being a hands on designer.Deroy taught at Parsons for four years and regularly speaks about design. He has lived in five countries and loves to travel. A die-hard FC Barcelona fan, Deroy currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife Jenna.
Julia Vakser Zeltser
Principal + Creative Director
@juliavakser on twitter
Julia is a partner and creative director of Hyperakt. With over 10 years of design experience in print, brand development and interactive media, Julia has been instrumental in establishing Hyperakt's visual voice over the years.
Julia leads a multi-disciplinary team of designers in a wide range of assignments. She develops and executes the company's business strategy and is also intimately involved with client projects. Julia has advised clients such as ACLU and UNICEF to establish their various program identities and extend their brand in print and interactive media. Julia initiated and leads Lunch Talks at Hyperakt: a monthly event to ignite collaboration and idea-sharing among the design community. Additionally, she received accolades from organizations such as Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, and How Magazine for her design and illustration work.
Julia was born in Ukraine and graduated from Parsons The New School of Design in New York.
Aymie Spitzer
Designer
@aymiespitzer
Aymie grew up in a small desert town in Arizona, home to the real London Bridge. After graduating from the Art Institute of Phoenix in 2010, she packed her car and headed straight to Brooklyn for an internship with Workshop. During her time in Brooklyn, she's learned the importance of developing relationships with people who have true passion for their craft. Every day, she's thankful for the opportunity to have a positive impact on our world through design. She believes anything is possible with hard work, solid values, and a supportive community.
Aymie brought her skills and joyous personality to the Hyperakt design team in early 2011. Currently, she's continuing her education and passion for typography in Cooper Union's typography program.
Eric Fensterheim
Designer
Eric was born and raised in the suburbs of Metuchen, New Jersey. With more free time than he knew what to do with, Eric took to Adobe Photoshop at an early age. His love for the program eventually lead him to Boston where he studied Graphic Design at Northeastern University. Through the guidance of an unforgettable teaching staff, Eric developed a passion for information graphics, animation, and really everything in between.Eric currently resides in Brooklyn and loves coming in to work every day with the amazing people at Hyperakt. In his free time he enjoys playing with friends, browsing Reddit, and listening to Radiohead. He hopes to one day come up with an original website concept that can be enjoyed by the world.
Jason Lynch
Designer
Jason moved to Brooklyn from Denver, Colorado five years ago to study Communication Design at the School of Visual Arts. A talented craftsman and designer, Jason thinks out of the box to push our collective learning and expand our vocabulary. Jason loves doing outdoorsy things but hates getting dirty. He lives in Brooklyn with his girlfriend Robin, a funny nurse with lots of gory work stories.Jason handles a wide range of design tasks, from logo design to print collateral and website design, and is involved in all phases of our projects, from concept development to production and pre-press. Jason solves the puzzles of our projects through meticulous patience. He exhausts every possible angle, solution and idea to be sure that our end result is unique and accomplishes the mission.
Josh Smith
Designer
@joshsmithnyc on twitterOriginally from Canada, Josh has experience across a variety of design specialties including environmental graphics, wayfinding, packaging, interaction and corporate branding. Josh is interested in every niche in the arts. He was a painter, part-time animator and even made puppets at an internationally renown theatre.Josh also writes for the blog, idsgn that he started with his husband Skylar. He is mesmerized and grateful to the design community, New York City/Brooklyn and the team at Hyperakt, all of whom have welcomed him with open arms. His theory is that knowing how creative professionals solve problems from diverse points of view keeps things exciting and allows him to attack solutions in unexpected ways.
Wen Ping Huang
Designer
Wen Ping was born in Guang Dong, China. She moved to America with her family in 2004, filled with curiosity and anxiety. While studying furniture design in China, she developed an interest in graphic design because of its ability to bring out the beauty in everything. After graduating from Fashion Institute of Technology in 2011, Wen Ping joined the Hyperakt team.
A skilled craftsman, Wen Ping is not only interested in 2-D visual work but also 3-D projects in various media, including: paper, wood, and vinyl toys. She has an eye for illustration and icon design and is extremely meticulous at her craft. She loves contrasts and tensions – color vs. black and white; soft vs. hard textures; traditional vs. modern arts – all of which influence her design perspective.
Wen Ping is constantly searching for devouring inspiration to keep herself motivated and up-to-date. She is thrilled that her professional journey began at Hyperakt where she can absorb different influences and new experiences.
Services
Let's Get to Work
Let's create brave, transparent brands with clarity of purpose, brands that attack the most complex problems of our time and empower everyone to participate in their solution.
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We Love Do Gooders
Social responsibility, justice and entrepreneurship are at our core. There is nothing more rewarding for designers than solving complex visual communication problems that can improve people's lives. Let's push the world forward.
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People. Planet. Profit.
Now more than ever, global brands are recognizing they have a new standard to uphold. No one is in a better position to effect positive change than they are. Let's show there is a new, socially responsible way of doing business.
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Enlightened Startups
New products and services live and die by design. Let's make something that people fall in love with and can't live without!
Entrepreneurs View Work
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Design Credentials
Validation feels good. We value the respect of the design community. After pouring our hearts and souls into a project, nothing makes us smile like winning an award or seeing our work reproduced in a beautiful design annual.
The Studio
The Magic Happens Here
Our Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn studio is our little oasis in New York City. The space is designed for constant collaboration. The backyard is all about lunchtime barbeques, movie screenings and gatherings. Check out the Hyperakt Photostream for more.
