When Hyper Island student Martina Tranström was out on her internship in New York, she couldn’t help but notice that out of 40 web designers, only two were female. And she decided to do something about it! Read more.
- 9th July

This week politicians and others gather in Almedalen to discuss politics and make plans for the future. Hyper Island CEO Mattias Hansson will talk about the secret behind Swedens most successful education at a seminar held by Svenskt näringsliv on Thursday. Read more.
- 9th July

This year many of our former Hyper Island students did very well in the “world championship in advertising” in Cannes. The winner of the Grand Prix in the Media cathegory was a company called Perfect Fools, which is the work place of eleven former Hyper Island students. Read more.

- 4th July

Our co-worker Maria Eriksson took the UGL course last week, and we asked her to answer some questions about her experience. Read more.
- 2nd July

During our summer tour to Hultsfred we asked our visitors to do something creative out of a rather dull piece of white paper. Now we have elected the most creative one! Read more.
- 1st July

Our students work with real clients all the time, but as a part of the first year, they get to work as real companies as well. Ola Möller was the CEO of his company, and we asked him some questions about the project. Read more.
- 30th June

During the recruitment days last week we interviewed some really interesting, wonderful, talented, brilliant persons. We asked one of them to answer some questions about why he applied on our blog. Read more.
- 27th June

Last week our first Interactive Art Director students graduated after a year at Hyper Island. After the ceremony We took Stina Norgren aside to ask her some questions about the future and her Hyper Island experience. Read more.
- 26th June

Last week Hyper Island visited the “world championship in advertising” in Cannes, France. About the Cannes Lions much can be said, but one thing is for sure – this year Sweden finally proved that we are up there with the biggest nations in the world, receiving more Lions than ever before.Read more.
- 24th June

Our students come from different parts of the world. Two weeks ago two ukrainian students, Julia Demchenko and Anton Dubina graduated from the Digital Media program in Karlskrona. Read more.
- 23rd June

Hyper Island is often mentioned in media and the blogosphere all over the world. One example is the british Knitware Blog which recently interviewed Hyper Island CEO Mattias Hansson. Read more.
- 19th June 12:29

Hyper Island went to Hultsfred and Dreamhack to talk to young people about our school. Read more about our Dreamhack stop here and if you want to know more about our visit to Hultsfred have a look here.
- 16th June 13:18

Last week Hyper Island had a visiting lecturer from Crispin Porter + Bogusky, one of the biggest agencies in the US. The vice president, Mr Winston Binge, came here to talk about the agency and give the students some advice for the future. Read more.
- 16th June 12:00

The students from Interactive Art Director have been out on their internships. Every day, one of the students told about her or his experiences at the internship blog.
- 11th June 22:04

Our Digital Media students are presenting their final projects. One of the groups have
developed an application called Stuff to do, based on an iconographic language, to help people achieve their goals. read more here.
- 10th June 9:00

Apparently the Swedish football players are a bit older than the players in other teams in the European championships and this inspired our co-worker and former Hyper Island student Christian Olsson to write a song and make a super funny video. Have a look here.
- 9th June 17:00

One of our students, Rasmus Bjurström is doing his internship at Essen International, Sweden's largest branding agency. I asked him to write something about it, and he decided to take the opportunity to explain the difference between a trademark and a brand. Read more here.
- 4th June 16:00

Last friday a group of Hyper Island students was nominated for Best company commercial and Best moving media in the Karlskrona based contest Guldeken. Read more here.
- 30th May 10:12

It is graduation time here at Hyper Island and it is time for our students to try their own wings. We asked Sarah Ejermark who graduated a year ago, what she has been up to and what she learned at Hyper Island, that she finds useful now. Read more here.

- 28th May 10:00

One of the students who graduated from our Business Management program and already has a great job is Elin Johansson. We asked her what she thought of her Hyper Island experience. Read more here.

- 23rd May 12:40

We have recieved a lot of applications this year both from Sweden and the rest of the world. We asked Wesley Jones from the US to write and explain why he applied. Read more here.
- 25th May 20:00

Hyper Island, and the offices at Telefonplan where we are based in Stockholm, is always striving to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions. We are currently 30 % below the national average for offices. Read more here.
- 26th May 10:59

Last friday, representatives from the major ad agencies and media companies in Sweden gathered for our second Hyper Island Session. This time the guests were treated to a very interesting lecture with Jonathan Briggs about the future of digital media. Read more.
- 19th May 11:08

Last week our students in Stockholm finished their Design Specialisation and we asked one of the students, Susan Nygren, to write something about it on our blog.
- 14th May 17:00

Our Digitial Media students just started the TIP-module. TIP is short for The Industry Project which means that the students are working on sharp projects with real clients. One of the responsible for this module is Ann Westfelt, who is also working as a structuring coach. We asked her about the module and what a structuring coach really does. Read more on the Hyper Island blog.
- 13th May 12:40

Four of our Digital Media students who are specialised in project leading recently came back from a three week project where they have been working for a record label in Amsterdam. Read more on the Hyper Island blog.
- 12th May 13:33

Oscar Asmoarp from Crew 8 and Mattias Matthisson from crew 7, recently won the cyber cathegory of the competition Young Lions Sweden and will represent Sweden in the international final in Cannes this summer. Read more on the Hyper Island blog.
- 8th May 23:12

Onesize is a Dutch creative studio focusing on motion graphics, animation and visual effects. They held a workshop for our design students in Stockholm and we took the opportunity to ask them some questions about motion graphics and what they think of Hyper Island. Read more on the Hyper Island blog.
- 5th May 16:35

Team Torsk, consisting of four Crew 11 students, won the Webdesign International Festival. 40 teams gathered in Limognes in France, and had 24 hours to finish a task. Congratulations to Hampus, Johan, Rasmus and Anton! Read the full story in our blog.
- 24th April 9:34

Emil Rydberg, one of the students at Digital Media in Karlskrona, won MacWorld's competition at Creative Zoo. More about this at MacWorld. Congratulations, Emil!
- 11th April 17:34

Even before the first year is over, the Interactive Art Director program is a true success. The students are extremely attractive in both Sweden and abroad. More than half of the students are doing their internship at top international agencies. Read all about it and see the agency list in the press release.
- 8th April 17:23

... and they have the best salaries as well, all according to a new survey by Scandinavian design magazine CAP&Design. Congratulations to all of us! We promise to keep up the good work.
- 7th April 8:24

The blog reports on features on Hyper Island in the two dominating media industry magazines, Resumé and Dagens Media.
- 3rd March

Digital Media student Madonna Arsan reports on her latest module, where the students have been getting first hand insights into the business. Check it out at the blog.
- 22nd February

The blog reports on the new Digital Media Stockholm 2009 site that is getting ready for its release at the end of the month.
- 18th February

Hyper Island student Carin Nilsson writes about the latest module for the Digital Media Karlskrona 2009 class, Design Specialisation held by Greg Henriques, at the blog.
- 15th February

"Hyper Island graduates are desperately seeked by every single agency" said Glue London head of art Laura Jordan Bambach at a recent seminar. Read about it in the blog.
- 13th February

The blog reports on a trailer previewing the coming Digital Media Karlskrona 2009 website.
- 11th February

Check out some feedback on the new Interactive Art Director site, from the likes of Boing Boing and Motionographer, at the blog.
- 8th February

Elin Cederborg, at the Interactive Art Director program in Stockholm, visited a seminary at Konstfack by industrial design professor Teo Enlund. Read her report.
- 6th February

Goodby Silverstein & Partners have been named "Agency of the Year" by prestigious industry magazine Ad Age and talk about their work with Hyper Island in the acceptance interview. Read the story at the blog.
- 2nd February

This friday, 5 PM at Boulehallen in Stockholm, will see the release of the new Interactive Art Director Student site. Check out the trailer at www.iad08.com.
- 30th January

Edvard Scott from Stockholm Design Lab gave a lecture to the International Art Director program. Read a feature on him at the blog.
- 25th January

Martin Fredricson from Malmö based design agency We Recommend is interviewed about the latest module for the interactive art director program at the blog.
- 20th January

The blog caught up with Christian Lampa, who was offered an internship at world renowned agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners after their recent workshop at Hyper Island.
- 14th January

Business Management student Elin Johansson reports on their last module, concerning their final project. Read it at the blog.
- 7th January

The blog reports on a project by five students in Karlskrona, who have launched a singing competition on Facebook.
- 20th December

It is not all boring Pixar lectures at Hyper Island. The blog reports on a christmas decoration workshop held last week.
- 18th December

Hyper Island CEO Mattias Hansson attended two events, CLICK 07 and DIGITAL PODGE, in London, and was met with queues of agencies wanting to know how they can get students for internship.
Read the story at the blog.
- 14th December

William Hall worked with the Digital Media students in Karlskrona on the Visual Communication module. Here is his account of the process.
- 12th December

Business Management student Charlotte Hagefors reports on Hyper Islands' presence at the SACO student fair in Malmö. Head over to the blog.
- 10th December

World renowned flash Programmer Fakepilot, also known as Mattias Lindberg, visited Hyper Island and we got a Q & A with him at the blog.
- 6th December

Karlskrona Digital Media student Johannes Mathisson writes about a typography lecture with William Hall at the blog.

- 5th December

Karlskrona based Digital Media student Emelie Ivansson reports on the STRP festival. Read at the blog.

Check out an article that CEO Mattias Hansson wrote for industry magazine Dagens Media’s Opinion page. You find it at the blog.
- 27th November

The Digital Media students in Stockholm have been working on book cover design. Check it out on the blog.
- 20th November

Business Management student Anu Lyra writes about the latest module, Building a Brand, here.
- 19th November

Student Stina Norgren writes about the latest module "Interactive User Experience" in her program. Read it here.
- 29th October

John Lester gave a lecture on how to incorporate business ideas into the Second Life platform. Read student Erik Jonssons report here.
- 26th October

Beyond the homepage and the official blog the Hyper Island students have a frenetic online activity. Today we added an application to help you keep track of the students own blogs - a true behind-the-scenes look at Hyper Island life. Read more.
- 22nd October