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The Campaign for Girls
Jan 27, 2012 | Print
Girl Scouts are the largest girl-serving organization in the U.S. and ranks among the nation's top non-profit brands. This booklet is a reminder that with 2.3 million active Girl Scouts and 50 mi ...
Where is the Money? The Future of Aid
Jan 26, 2012 | Data Viz
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 Fo ...
Rebranding Teachers
Jan 19, 2012 | Brand ID, Print
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 intellect ...
Ready Or Not, Here I Am
Jan 12, 2012 | Data Viz
Do college freshmen feel academically prepared for classes? When it comes to starting college level coursework, what do ...
Wave Goodbye Illustrations
Dec 16, 2011 | Data Viz
2010 saw the advent of the warmly hazy, '80's-nostalgia-imbued genre chillwave. By 2011, original chillwavers such as Wa ...
Professional Toolkits
Nov 22, 2011 | Data Viz
Apps—it's a word you have probably been hearing a lot about recently. Whether you use them on your phone, tablet, or c ...
The Gobal Impact of Trustlaw Connect
Nov 17, 2011 | Data Viz
As of October 15, 2011, TrustLaw Connect has 230 teams of lawyers found all across the wor ...
Pulling Back the Meritocracy Veil
Nov 10, 2011 | Data Viz
There is much we can learn about the challenges of educating today's youth by comparing public school and private school ...
The Leonardo Museum
Oct 31, 2011 | Brand ID, Print
The Leonardo is a newly opened Science, Art and Technology museum in Salt Lake City. Named for the great artist, invento ...
2010 Annual Report
Oct 27, 2011 | Data Viz, Print
The ClimateWorks Foundation supports public policies that tackle climate change and promote global prosperity. In their ...
The Bright Future of Car Sharing
Oct 26, 2011 | Data Viz, Web
Over the past decade, car sharing has become an increasingly popular trend. With the promise of financial savings and pe ...
Trends In Higher Education
Sep 29, 2011 | Data Viz, Web
This interactive infographic takes a look at how cultural and economic trends have changed American students' choices in ...
10th Anniversary Website
Sep 15, 2011 | Data Viz, Web
Acumen Fund is creating a world beyond poverty by investing in social enterprises, emerging leaders and breakthrough ide ...
Communication Through the Ages
Sep 13, 2011 | Data Viz
We love time-traveling. Atlassian asked us to help them tell the story of communication technologies from cave paintings ...
The Evolution of the Web
Sep 01, 2011 | Data Viz, Web
These days, it's hard to imagine a world without videos, photos, web apps and awesome interactive content all over the w ...
Visual.ly Website
Aug 05, 2011 | Web
Visual.ly is the world's largest collection of infographics. The start-up, founded by Lee Sherman and Stew Langille of M ...
Child Marriage
Aug 04, 2011 | Data Viz
Every 3 seconds a girl under the age of 18 is married. This piece for the Thomson Reuters ...
The STEM Dilemma
Jul 26, 2011 | Data Viz
Promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics, is a national priority to ensure American competitiveness in ...
2010 Annual Report
Jul 18, 2011 | Data Viz, Print
The Ford Foundation is one of the largest charitable-giving organizations in the world. Their grants have impacted socie ...
Interactive Explainers and Digital Annual Report 2010
Jul 17, 2011 | Data Viz, Web
The Ford Foundation—one of the largest charitable-giving organizations in the world—came to Hyperakt to design and d ...
The Costs of Delay
Jul 14, 2011 | Data Viz, Print
The Cost of Delay is a big-picture document written by ClimateWorks Foundation leaders. In line with the organization's ...
The World's Five Most Dangerous Countries For Women
Jun 15, 2011 | Data Viz
According to aTrustLaw Women poll of 213 gender experts from five continents, being a woma ...
Global Symbol for Human Rights Competition Entry
Jun 13, 2011 | Brand ID
There is no greater challenge than creating a symbol that people of any culture around the world can rally behind in sup ...
The Opportunity Gap
Jun 09, 2011 | Data Viz
The opportunity gap disproportionately impacts students of color who come from low-income backgrounds. The demographic i ...
The Champions League Final 1956 - 2011
May 28, 2011 | Data Viz
Our Champions League obsession continues. On this piece for New York Times Goal, we take a deep look at the the history ...
NSF 2011 Community Gala
May 18, 2011 | Brand ID, Print, Web
North Star Fund is an established New York community foundation supporting grassroots groups leading the movement for eq ...
Education & the Workforce of the Future
May 09, 2011 | Data Viz
GOOD, in partnership with the University of Phoenix asked us to visualize the discrepancy between the qualifications of ...
TWHP 2011 EPIC Awards
Apr 27, 2011 | Brand ID, Print
The White House Project's 2011 EPIC Awards are a celebration of women's leadership in the media and in popular culture. ...
Champions League Infographic
Apr 26, 2011 | Data Viz
The New York Times official soccer blog, Goal, liked what we did with our World Cup Radial Bracket Poster last year so w ...
Voices of Youth
Apr 06, 2011 | Brand ID, Print, Web
UNICEF's Voices of Youth program strives to offer all children and adolescents a safe space where their voices will be h ...
Planning Cities for People
Apr 05, 2011 | Data Viz, Print
ClimateWorks is a San Francisco based foundation whose mission is to support public policies that prevent dangerous clim ...
Knowledge Series
Mar 30, 2011 | Data Viz, Print
ClimateWorks is a San Francisco based foundation whose mission is to support public policies that prevent dangerous clim ...
Hacking the Cloud
Mar 16, 2011 | Data Viz
Popular Science asked us to create a series infographics to illustrate the history of hacking. The illustrations were fe ...
Get in Step with Ecomagination
Mar 15, 2011 | Print
Through their new Ecomagination Line Dance campaign, GE is aiming to create the world's longest line dance online in an ...
Product Packaging System
Feb 28, 2011 | Print
Sullivan Street Bakery makes some of the best bread in New York City. With almost two decades under its belt, it's a ven ...
Focus Features Website
Feb 28, 2011 | Brand ID, Web
Focus Features, the motion picture production company behind such great films as Milk, Brokeback Mountain, The Motorcycl ...
Let's Swap
Feb 14, 2011 | Brand ID, Web
Let's Swap is a place where artists and designers can swap art for free.As much as we love the web, there's nothing like ...
Saving Our Schools Data Visualization
Feb 10, 2011 | Data Viz
The factors that affect academic performance in the American education system are broad and complex. The Daily, News Cor ...
The American Energy Spectrum Infographic
Jan 04, 2011 | Data Viz, Print, Web
How do Americans use their energy, and where does it all come from in the first place? We teamed up with GOOD magazine t ...
Food for Thought Poster
Dec 07, 2010 | Print
If you had to make a sandwich of all the stuff that inspires you to create, what would it look like? That's precisely wh ...
NSF Annual Report 2010: A Community of Leaders
Nov 19, 2010 | Data Viz, Print
North Star Fund's 2010 Annual Report, their fourth designed by Hyperakt, is all about the leaders of their donor communi ...
TWHP 2010 Annual Report
Nov 15, 2010 | Data Viz, Print
TWHP provides leadership training around the country for women seeking roles of political leadership at every level of g ...
I have PSD
Nov 09, 2010 | Web
Adobe asked us to create a piece in celebration of Photoshop's 20th anniversary. We were given full creative freedom to ...
Political Climate Interactive Data Visualization
Oct 29, 2010 | Data Viz, Web
Every election cycle has its own issue; what Americans care about is constantly changing. Every January, the Pew Researc ...
The Bazaar
Oct 26, 2010 | Web
The Bazaar is an online marketplace that allows artists to sell their work to fans and aficionados around the globe. Par ...
Challenge.gov
Sep 08, 2010 | Brand ID, Web
Challenge.gov allows U.S. government agencies to harness the ambition, creativity, and res ...
How You Will Get Hurt At Burning Man Infographic
Aug 17, 2010 | Data Viz
Spending a few nights in the desert with tens of thousands of people can have its consequences, and we want everyone to ...
Driving Is Why You're Fat Infographic
Aug 10, 2010 | Data Viz
Exercise more and lose weight. Still, many people spend most of their time either behind a desk or driving to or from wh ...
The Biggest IPOs In History Infographic
Aug 03, 2010 | Data Viz
Initial public offerings—when companies first make their stocks available for sale to the public—can gener ...
World Cup Radial Bracket Poster
Jul 31, 2010 | Brand ID, Data Viz, Print
Hyperakt created this radial bracket documenting the results of the 2010 World Cup. We thought football-obsessed designe ...
A Stitch Closer to Perfection Infographic
Jul 27, 2010 | Data Viz
Modern medical science has afforded us the ability to change nearly anything we don't like about our appearances. Americ ...
BPL Calendar of Events System
Jul 20, 2010 | Print
The BPL's Calendar of Events provides broad snapshot of events, library information and program information. The calenda ...
Voices of The Vulnerable Visualizations
Jul 01, 2010 | Data Viz
GOOD Magazine asked us to work on this series of data visualizations for a United Nations brochure titled Voices of the ...
BAC Identity Brochure & Poster
Jun 02, 2010 | Print
The Brooklyn Arts Council gives grants, presents free and affordable arts events, trains artists and art professionals, ...
The Commons Brooklyn Identity
May 21, 2010 | Brand ID, Print
The Commons Brooklyn is a place to learn, work, play, and share. Its mission is to protect the forms of wealth that are ...
IWPR Identity Brochure
Apr 19, 2010 | Print
IWPR gives voice to people at the frontlines of conflict, crisis. and change. From Afghani ...
TWHP 2010 EPIC Awards
Apr 09, 2010 | Brand ID, Print
The White House Project's 2010 EPIC Awards are a celebration of women's leadership in the media and in popular culture. ...
NSF 2010 Community Gala
Mar 19, 2010 | Brand ID, Print, Web
North Star Fund is an established New York community foundation supporting grassroots groups leading the movement for eq ...
NAACP 2008 Annual Report
Mar 10, 2010 | Data Viz, Print
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is America's oldest and most influential civil ri ...
Frolick Identity & Packaging
Dec 10, 2009 | Brand ID, Print
Frolick is a small NYC based company with a big appreciation for the joy pets bring us. So much appreciation that they p ...
NSF Annual Report 2009: Three Lessons
Dec 01, 2009 | Data Viz, Print
North Star Fund's annual report, released in the Fall of 2009, is all about the three most important lessons the organiz ...
loft_2c Website & Welcome Materials
Aug 12, 2009 | Brand ID, Print, Web
In order to promote this Brooklyn vacation rental apartment to potential guests, we created a website and welcome kit wh ...
DiNoto Agency Portfolio Website
Jul 08, 2009 | Web
Designed by DiNoto, a New York City ad agency, our task here was to build the Flash-based portfolio website and content ...
The New Face of Leadership
May 07, 2009 | Data Viz, Print
The White House Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, organization that aims to advance women's leadership in all communi ...
NSF 30th Anniversary Community Gala
Apr 27, 2009 | Brand ID, Print, Web
North Star Fund, a New York community foundation supporting grassroots groups leading the movement for equality, economi ...
Liquidity Microsite
Apr 10, 2009 | Web
Knight Capital Group, a financial trading company, has decided to invest in a different kind of liquidity. In partnershi ...
BLA Identity System
Apr 03, 2009 | Brand ID, Print, Web
Bill Lynch Associates provides consulting services to individuals and organizations in the corporate, political, labor a ...
SYRFILM Website
Apr 01, 2009 | Brand ID, Web
After helping SYRFILM restructure its brand, we began work on the architecture of the new SYRFILM.com. With new organiza ...
NSF Website
Mar 10, 2009 | Web
North Star Fund needed a site that reflected the organization's scope and reputation while providing the organization wi ...
One City/One Future Blueprint for NYC Growth
Feb 02, 2009 | Data Viz, Print
A product of four years of collaboration between civic leaders, neighborhood advocates, co ...
NSF Annual Report 2008: Giving. Organizing. Changing.
Dec 15, 2008 | Print
The concept for North Star Fund's 2008 annual report was to illustrate the building blocks of a just and equitable NYC. ...
Obama Posters
Nov 28, 2008 | Print, Web
In 2008, Barack Obama inspired us to participate in American politics. At Hyperakt, we created artwork in support of Bar ...
The New Hope Exhibition Promotional Material
Oct 26, 2008 | Print, Web
The New Hope exhibit was our perception of the political landscape in the U.S. prior to the 2008 presidential election a ...
Rhetoric Posters
Oct 14, 2008 | Print
This poster series features Barack Obama quotes from public speeches that define his position on various issues. Key wor ...
Public Assembly Identity System
Jul 15, 2008 | Brand ID, Print
Public Assembly is a large art, music, and performance venue built out of an old industrial factory in Williamsburg, Bro ...
Rights/Camera/Action Identity System
Jun 16, 2008 | Brand ID, Print, Web
The American Civil Liberties Union's Rights/Camera/Action (RCA) program participates in discourse on civil rights issues ...
Nikon Illumination
Jun 13, 2008 | Data Viz, Web
The Illumination concept originated at DiNoto. Nikon is a respected brand among photo professionals but it wanted to do ...
Check Group Branding
Apr 25, 2008 | Brand ID, Print
Chek Group is a brand consultancy for fashion and lifestyle brands. Chek required a sophisticated new identity that woul ...
NSF Annual Report 2007: Tools for Democracy
Nov 16, 2007 | Print
North Star Fund's 2007 Annual Report conveys the organization's inspiring devotion to civil rights. "Tools for Democracy ...
SYRFILM Identity System
Nov 13, 2007 | Brand ID, Print
The Syracuse International Film Festival is an annual event dedicated to promoting the exchange of cultural ideas throug ...
Product Packaging
Nov 06, 2007 | Print
Miss Jessie's, a line of premium haircare products for curly hair, was created by the granddaughters of Brooklyn Hair Qu ...
100N3 Identity System
Oct 05, 2007 | Brand ID, Data Viz, Print, Web
High-end branded condo building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.View Site: 100N3 Lofts
Ideological Exclusion Microsite
Aug 31, 2007 | Web
ACLU's Ideological Exclusions website educates the public about prominent and well-respected artists, writers, and polit ...
End Poverty 2015 Campaign
Jul 18, 2007 | Brand ID, Print
The UN's End Poverty 2015 Millennium Campaign supports and inspires people from around the world to take action in an ef ...
BPL Dream Every Day Brochure
Jun 21, 2007 | Print
The Dream Every Day campaign was launched last year to help the Brooklyn Public Library raise funds for their network of ...
2007 Festival Identity & Collateral
May 07, 2007 | Brand ID, Print
The 2007 edition of the Syracuse International Film Festival's identity centered around an illustration by famed Italian ...
Fundraising Brochure
Feb 01, 2007 | Print
Breakthrough New York is a tuition-free educational program aimed at preparing a select group of talented and motivated ...
Identity System
Jan 22, 2007 | Brand ID, Print, Web
As part of a comprehensive re-branding for the World Music Institute, Hyperakt designed a new logo, stationary, print pi ...
DWO Identity and Wayfinding System
Jan 01, 2007 | Brand ID, Print
Hyperakt designed a mark and handsome way-finding signs for Downtown West Orange (in New J ...
Art4Now Identity System
Dec 01, 2006 | Brand ID, Print, Web
Art4Now is a non-profit organization co-Founded by Hyperakt and teacher Jenna Shapiro to counteract a lack of available ...
The New Nordic Exhibition Branding
Oct 01, 2006 | Brand ID, Print
The One Club, an organization that promotes excellence in advertising, asked Hyperakt to design the logo and signage for ...
Identity System
Oct 01, 2006 | Brand ID, Print, Web
The Brooklyn Jazz Underground is a collaborative of cutting-edge musicians. This website i ...
Outside.in Identity
Oct 01, 2006 | Brand ID
Outside.in is a website that pools together local information from blogs and organizes it geographically to further the ...
JLC Radio Collateral
Sep 01, 2006 | Print
We approached the design of pieces for jazz legends, including Wynton Marsalis, by creating energetic collateral to pro ...
BAC 40th International Film & Video Festival
May 01, 2006 | Brand ID, Data Viz, Print
With The Brooklyn Arts Council's 40th Annual Film Festival, we faced the challenge of rejuvenating an event that has bee ...
Downtime Identity System
Mar 01, 2006 | Brand ID
Downtime designs baby accessories that help babies (and moms) get some sleep. We created their identity around the desig ...
Real Brooklyn Identity System
Feb 08, 2006 | Brand ID, Print
Real Brooklyn is a marketing and branding program for Brooklyn manufacturers established b ...
Miss Jessie's Identity System
Jan 01, 2006 | Brand ID, Print
Miss Jessie's, a line of premium haircare products for curly hair, was created by the granddaughters of Brooklyn Hair Qu ...
Disco Lemonade Identitiy System
Sep 30, 2005 | Brand ID, Print
Identity and signage for a children's boutique in New York City's West Village.
Camp Identity System
Aug 01, 2005 | Brand ID, Print
We channeled our inner summer camp counselor to create branding for this fun Brooklyn watering hole that caters to st ...
Ralph Ellison Poster
Jun 01, 2005 | Print
The One World Poster Set is designed to help students, younger and older, think about thei ...
2005 Festival Identity & Collateral
May 07, 2005 | Brand ID, Print
Poster illustration and design of all printed collateral for the 2005 Syracuse International Film & Video Festival.
The Works Map Illustrations
May 01, 2005 | Data Viz, Print
Kate Acher's award-winning book, 'The Works - Anatomy of a City', is an in-depth look at New York City's complex infrast ...
2005 Pre-Festival Collateral
Apr 01, 2005 | Brand ID, Print
In preparation for the 2005 Syracuse International Film & Video Festival, we created this series of pre-festival mar ...
Apartment 138 Identity System
Feb 02, 2005 | Brand ID, Print
We worked closely with Apartment 138 owner Ted Mann to convert his vision for this one-time apartment-turned hip Carroll ...
Shylock Identity and Collateral
Jan 01, 2005 | Brand ID, Data Viz, Print
'Shylock' is a one man piece about Shakespere's complex Jewish character in 'The Merchant of Venice.' We were challenged ...
MoreNYC Identity & Collateral
Sep 01, 2003 | Brand ID, Data Viz, Print
More NYC is an initiative to attract tourism to the city's increasingly popular outer boroughs. The branding system is b ...
Murray Street Identity System
Feb 06, 2003 | Brand ID
The identity system for Murray Street Productions, an award winning radio production compa ...