What the creative, digital and interactive industry world wide say about us.

"Swedish college Hyper Island is hugely respected in interaction design circles as an educational force that takes its students beyond academic studies"
- Design Week

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“A true 360° digital experience"
--Susana Esponda, Communication Channel Manager, Unilever Mexico
Unilever Mexico

“Fantastic course. Enlightening and empowering. Highly recommend it
to anyone looking for a thorough crash course in what is going on in
the digital world right now."
--Todd Riddle, Group Creative Director BBH – NYC
BBH

"Hyper Island Master Class was a completely eye opening experience.
Just when you think you might have it figured out, Hyper Island goes
and completely raises the digital bar. Great job and thanks."
--Kevin Moehlenkamp, Chief Creative Officer, Hill Holliday
Hill Holliday

"If you are clinging to the mainland, and comfortable with the view. A
trip to Hyper Island will alter your perspective. It's amazing the things
you can see from there."
--Chris Mitton, GCD/CW Ogilvy
Ogilvy

"The entire experience was eye-opening and inspirational. It's like
having kids -- you can't adequately explain the joy of it to someone
who hasn't experienced it."
--Tim Leake, Creative Director, Saatchi and Saatchi NY
Saatchi and Saatchi

"This was the most mind blowing and useful course I have ever been
on!"
--Annika Goodwille, Chairman, Goodwille Limited, U.K
Goodwille Limited

“Our Industry desperately needs more schools that specialize in creating and developing digital talent at the level and capacity of Hyper Island”
-- Winston Binch, VP/Managing Director of Interactive, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Denver, USA
Crispin Porter + Bogusky

"And then as I continue to make rationalizations and look at Sweden and Hyper Island and all the digital work coming out of Daddy and the other shops, there's obviously something going on there"
--Alex Bogusky, CCO, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Denver, USA
Crispin Porter + Bogusky

"Hyper Island, one of the most highly regarded digital learning programs"
--CNBC

"The Hyper Island session was by far the most valuable I attended at South By South West. Both for its content and delivery. Basically, you rule. There should be more schools like yours."
--Matt Arnold, Sons & Co, Christchurch, New Zealand
Sons & Co

"Hyper Island Grooms the Next Generation of Digital Media"
--Fast Company magazine
Fast Company magazine

"Hyper Island encourages choice, growth and dreams. This shines through in those who emerge from each Hyper Island crew. They have the will to explore and the desire to create. The school's learning process both seeks and builds collaboration – Big Spaceship's core-most value. We have a shared focus on diversity and innovation. Hyper Island's approach to education is inspired. It promotes big thinking... the kind that can only be realized through teamwork."
--Mike Lebowitz, CEO, Big Spaceship, New York, USA
Big Spaceship

"Hyper Island is recognized globally as one of the premiere educators of digital media. Not only does the school encourage constant improvement of applicable skills, but more importantly, Hyper Island grooms students for careers in our industry by allowing each person to discover their passion and as a result succeed in an accelerated manner."
--Alex Pejcic, Managing Director, Sonic Boom Creative Media, Toronto, Canada
Sonic Boom Creative Media

"Students from Hyper Island bring solid currency to any agency. They know the tools of the trade very well and the learning by doing concept of the school makes them well prepared for the dynamics of the ever-changing world of digital media."
--Peter Karlsson, CEO, Your Majesty, New York, USA
Your Majesty

"Hyper Island is an excellent portal if you're dreaming of having the world as a playing field for your career in design & technology.
We look to Hyper Island for the greatest talent because it really is the number one interactive education out there."
--Jens Karlsson, Creative Director, Your Majesty, New York, USA
Your Majesty

"You easily recognise a student from Hyper Island – young, energetic, probably been working all over the world already, independent and equipped with tools for solving creative problems. They challenge the business to keep on learning! I love it!"
--Karin Ernerot, Creative Director, Tewonder, Stockholm, Sweden
Tewonder

"There are schools and programs where you study for years without getting somewhere. Theory with no reality. Hyper Island is the total opposite. It’s about doing. It’s about experiencing. It is about getting in touch with the truth at an early stage and meeting the industry. Theory in practice. And by so in the best possible way learning how things work. For me this pedagogic is very rare and also one of the most amusing forms of education. Just brilliant. Also, the atmosphere of the school, its down to earth humble approach, combined with top class learning skills makes the school truly amazing"
--Daniel Ilic, Creative Director, North Kingdom, Stockholm, Sweden
North Kingdom

"Hyper Island have a solid understanding of the industry, a never-ending desire to improve and great skills with people. I am amazed how the students grow through the education and when they end up at some of the best communication agencies in the world, they actually deliver"
--Mattias Nyström, Great Works, Stockholm, Sweden
Great Works

"Some special things about Hyper Island students are; their energy, flexibility and sence of responsibility for the mission and their job. Digital Media is a media that changes every day, therefore people working in the business need to have the same approach. I think the "learning by doing"-concept and feedback focus helps the student to develop this skill"
--Anna Gullstrand, Operational Manager, Deasign, Stockholm, Sweden
Deasign

“In a marketplace where the rules are changing and media channels converging, search engines are the new tool for branding. If you are looking for talent that can navigate in this new terrain, the future starts at Hyper Island.”
--Magnus Wretblad, Creative Director, Lowe Brindfors, Stockholm, Sweden
Lowe Brindfors

"There are some fantastic examples of courses around the world and Hyper Island is I guess the most succesful of which their graduates are desperately seeked by every single agency, I'm sure not only in the UK. The way they teach is very unique and I don't understand why that way of teaching is not adopted in other places around the world and certainly in the UK. It is very succesful, it is all about group working"
--Laura Jordan Bambach, Head of Art, Glue London and co-founder She Says, (from Chinwag Live: "Skills emergency")
Glue London She Says

"Why Hyper Island? Because we are both powered with an open, collective culture and have no boundaries between disciplines. Because we both have outstanding visions and goals we want to attain. Because we both know that passion leads to success. And simply because Sweden is beautiful!!"
-- Petula Bouchard, Sid Lee, Montreal, Canada
Sid Lee

"'We used to recycle talent from Wieden [and] Chiat -- a mutual-aid society of creative professionals,' says partner(-creative director) Mr. Steve Simpson. New hires include a rapper known on YouTube as Jelly Donut.../. It also includes students from Sweden's Hyper Island digital-media and management school, where one of the agency's recruiters, Zach Canfield, went to teach a class to get to know prospects before hiring from a résumé"
-- Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, The Agency of the Year, (from AdAge)
Goodby Silverstein & Partners

“If you’re working at a top-tier, advertising or digital agency in the United States, you most likely know that our Swedish counterparts are consistently producing some of the best work out there. And what many of us hear is that Hyper Island is largely responsible. Our industry desperately needs more schools that specialize in creating and developing digital talent at the level and capacity of Hyper Island”
-- Winston Binch, VP/Managing Director of Interactive, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Denver, USA
Crispin Porter + Bogusky

“Hyper Island seems to provide students an interesting educational system which consistently produces students with a rare balance of conceptual and executional skills...It just seems that Sweden bleeds interactive”
-- David Lee, Interactive Creative Director, Wieden + Kennedy London, London, United Kingdom
Wieden + Kennedy London

"Initiatives such as Hyper Island are crucial in the development of high quality digital creative professionals"
-- Justin Pearse, Editor, New Media Age, London, United Kingdom
New Media Age

"Here in the UK Hyper Island is regarded as the pre-eminent breeding ground for top-class digital talent. A Hyper Island student is practically guaranteed a job the moment they walk through the doors"
-- Gavin Gordon Rogers, Executive Creative Director, Agency Republic, London, United Kingdom
Agency Republic

"The Hyper Island students are very well rounded in design skills, software and conceptual development, compared to many other students"
-- Henry Brook, Interaction Director, Digit, London, United Kingdom
Digit London

"Even if a Hyper Island student has a true passion in design, they will end up being a project manager at one time. So you get to try other peoples shoes basically and that is only gonna be beneficial"
-- Steve “Buzz” Pearce, Design Director, Poke, London, United Kingdom
Poke London

"Hyper Island must be the most successful school in the world at placing students and getting them to actually follow that line. They never stop being enthusiastic and learning"
-- Nicolas Roope, Founder/Creative Director, Poke, London, United Kingdom
Poke London

"In the Hyper Island network it seems like all the students still are in contact somehow. They seem to focus very much on teambuilding, group dynamics and stuff like that"
-- Kristian Lundquist, Partner/Account Director, Great Works, Barcelona, Spain
Great Works

"We welcome applications from all kinds of Hyper Island students, from management and from graphic design. You are welcome to Spain and you will have a very nice time here"
-- Sebastian Puggros, Partner, Area3, Barcelona, Spain
Area 3

"It’s got a good reputation and it’s the only school of its kind. I don’t know any other school where you can be so focused on just learning this business”
-- Fredrik Heghammar, Head of Production, Perfect Fools, Stockholm, Sweden
Perfect Fools

"I think the students of Hyper Island have exposure to a lot of digital media from production, people skills and working in teams"
-- Tina Brazil, People Director, Profero, London, United Kingdom
Profero

"We’ve had a number of interns from Hyper Island and I have been, quite simply, amazed by the quality of talent Hyper Island produces. We have been able to put them on client work from day one and the work they produce has been impressive"
-- Rei Inamoto, Global Creative Director, AKQA, San Francisco, USA
AKQA

"Hyper Island give their students a great, broad foundation to continue build upon. It feels like Hyper Island is really good at taking care of each students own interest and talent"
-- Mathias Appelblad, Interactive Creative Director, Forsman & Bodenfors, Göteborg, Sweden
Forsman & Bodenfors

"I work with several digital agencies and my annual lunch www.digitalpodge.co.uk has been replicated in Sweden, the home of Hyper Island. The UK site has been project managed by Hyper Island students for the last few years and I find them to be flexible, talented, multi-lingual and hard-working. All of the agencies I advise hold Hyper Island in great esteem"
-- Phil Jones, Managing Director, Real Time, United Kingdom
Real Time

"Hyper Island is the world’s leading digital media educator and although based in Sweden its influence can be felt across the world – even here in Beijing. DMG Group is China’s largest independent advertising and marketing agency and when we wanted to accelerate our digital media learning we reached out first to Hyper Island"
-- Sebastian Adam, DMG, China
DMG

"We celebrate people who know what they're doing and do it everyday. We adore confidence and not arrogance. We appreciate those with the backbone to say, "I don't know." Then go find it. Therefore, we look to Hyper Island, because this is the place that produces those students who are more ambitious, more well-rounded, and technically advanced. Hyper Island has proven itself a think tank of ideas and innovation. We're seeking out the best talent who will surpass our expectations, surprise us creatively and just light up a room"
-- Allyson Kutler, Partner, Talent Sourcing Director, Creative, Ogilvy, New York, USA
Ogilvy

"Reading Room understand Hyper Island's students are open to new and exciting experiences and are encouraged to look at the digital world from different perspectives. Our approach and structure at Reading Room is similarly challenging, allowing our staff to learn and progress rapidly. During 2008 Reading Room intend to strengthen our ties with Hyper Island"
-- Sarah Vick, Client Services Director, Reading Room Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Reading Room

"There is something that Hyper Island puts in its water. God knows what it is, but its graduates tend to have a fantastic attitude and are able to hit the ground running"
--Derek Robson, Managing Partner, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, USA
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners

"Hyper Island is yet another swedish success story... the interactive equivalent of Oxbridge"
-- Kunal Dutta, Campaign
Campaign


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