Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Hyper Island CEO Mattias Hansson was on a panel discussing the Digital Talent and Leadership Dilemma during 2009's Advertising Week in New York City.
Together with a panel consisting of:
Darren McCormick, Digital Agency Cultural Lead, Microsoft
Jeff Benjamin, VP, Interactive Creative Director, CP+B
Scott Belsky, Founder/CEO, Behance
Mattias offered his perspective on if a change needs to happen in the way we educate the digital leaders of the future. The panelists also discussed what they are doing about it and what must be done as an industry to find and develop the thought leaders of the future.
An excerpt from Boards Magazine's capture of the discussion:
"Asked by moderator Webby Awards executive director David Michel-Davis whether there was a lack of talent, the speakers agreed the problem was not talent per se, but rather finding it.
(...)
When Michel-Davis asked where the most demand for his students came from, Hansson was quick to answer: 'The most need [for our students] is from agency networks,' said Hansson, 'but it's not where they want to go.'
Hyper Island, which does not follow a formal curriculum, encourages its students to find their own voice by taking up creative pursuits outside the school's walls, a practice that, he intimated, is not always fostered at agencies.
Hansson added that many agencies try to resolve the digital brain-drain by simply parachuting in digital talent in a bid to magically effect change. Those types of hires are frustrating turn-offs for young graduates, especially if the agency does not also devote resources to retraining existing staff."
Click here to read the rest of the Boards Magazine article!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The Click 2009 conference, created by British industry bible Creative Review, was held in Singapore yesterday.
Hyper Island CEO Mattias Hansson was invited to talk about The Hyper Island Way and sat on the panel for "Changing the curriculum of learning - we don't need no education?" and "Defining the future of digital creativity". Amongst the other participants were leading professionals from Asian homes of Droga5, Ogilvy, Profero, AKQA, DDB, Iris Nation, Mindshare, Idea Factory, as well as British Poke and Unit9, together with many regional Asian professionals eager to learn more about the future of learning in the digital age.
"The energy and level of knowledge is amazing here in Singapore and I have made some really good contacts that Hyper Island will benefit from in the near future", says Mattias.
The interest for the Hyper Island Master Class is high in Singapore the local and regional agencies seek to raise the level of excellence in their workplaces.
"Hyper Island will be back in Singapore. Soon", promises Mattias.
Do not miss out the Click 2009 events in London and New York later this year. Visit www.click2009.net for more information.
Follow Click 2009 on Twitter - click here!
Photo: Inart Lui, interesting.org, Singapore
Thursday, August 13, 2009
August 18th, SINGAPORE
Click 2009
September 21st-25th, NEW YORK
Advertising Week
October 26th-27th, NEW YORK
Boards Summit 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
To read Globatron's interview with Mattias Hansson - click here!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Date: Friday June 26th
Time: 09:15–12:15
Where: Workshop Area Level1
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Hope to see you there!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Hyper Island celebrated the opening of newly renovated facility Båtsmanskasernen on Stumholmen in Karlskrona earlier this week. An extensive renovation of the old bosuns lodging building, originally built in 1847, has been in the works for some time. We're proud to have turned the building into a place for modern technology while conserving its history and environment.
Starting fall 2009, students will be able to work in the premises.
Blekinge county govenor Gunvor Engström was present, plugging in the cord to the first computer being used since the completion of the renovation. Here she is with Hyper Island CEO Mattias Hansson.
We are also proud of our other education facilities, including Kronohäktet (a former military prison) and Ångpannecentralen in Karlskrona, as well as our premises in the old Ericsson headquarters on Telefonplan in Stockholm.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Hyper Island CEO Mattias Hansson will speak at Creative's Creativity and Technology event in New York today.
Creativity and Technology is a tightly edited gathering of the best creative and tech minds for a discussion of furthering creativity through technology.
The event will consist of presentations, discussions and A-list creative case studies, a gallery where tech suppliers will showcase their products in the context of the work that they've enabled, and breakout rooms where tech suppliers can interact personally with creatives and provide hands on learning.
Mattias will speak about the Hyper Island Way and what makes Hyper Island a Swedish education revolution. For more information, visit:
http://www.creativitycat.com
Other speakers include:
· Winston Binch, VP/Managing Director of Interactive, Crispin Porter + Bogusky
· Nick Bilton, Design Integration Editor, The New York Times
· Mike Geiger, Chief Digital Officer, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
· Daniel Ilic, Creative Director, North Kingdom
· Manuel Lima, Founder, VisualComplexity.com
· Carlos Ulloa, Founder & Creator, Papervision3D and Interactive Director, HelloEnjoy
Tickets are available for purchase on-site at:
Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street
New York, NY
http://www.creativitycat.com
Friday, March 20, 2009
Read an interview with Hyper Island CEO Mattias Hansson from the latest issue of Fast Company.
Monday, February 16, 2009
The small US hillside town of Boulder is not only the home to leading digital agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky. Tuesday afternoon 17th of February, Mattias Hansson, CEO of Hyper Island, is invited to a round table discussion at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
Jeff Howe, contributing editor at WIRED and author of CROWDSOURCING, will moderate. The discussion will focus broadly on the digital future and is intended, in particular, to explore and articulate what the graduate of the future will need to know to make a contribution as an employee in the digital/interactive industry.
Other participants include Scott Mellin, CEO at Factory Design Labs, Jay Wolff, Owner/CEO at Odopod, Robert Reich, President at OneRiot, Don Springer, Founder/Creator of Collective Intellect, David Slayden, Advertising Sequence Head/Associate Professor at CU, Paul Voakes, Dean of School of Journalism and Mass Communications at CU, and others.
School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Colorado is exploring the possibilities to start up a new digital/interactive Masters Program. Hyper Island is invited to share its experiences from 14 years of producing international high-end learning experiences.
Friday, January 30, 2009
On March 14th, 2009, Hyper Island CEO Mattias Hansson will host a workshop at South by Southwest, in cooperation with the University of Colorado at Boulder.
From 3-6PM in the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, Mattias Hansson will present the unique learning methods used at Hyper Island, which has provided the interactive industry with the world's most sought-after creative talents for more than 13 years.
After you register for SXSW Interactive, send an email to sxsw@hyperisland.se to reserve your place at the Hyper Island workshop.
Click here to read more about the 10 day event, which focuses on Music, Film and Interactive.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Hyper Island CEO Mattias Hansson was interviewd by Dagens Industri regarding the Hyper Island Stockholm branch - seen on page 17 in today's paper or online here! (in Swedish)
Monday, May 21, 2007
Photo: Martin Bogren
Name: Mattias Hansson
Age: 38
Family: Engaged to Maria (designer at H&M), Erik, 5 years, and another son due to late June.
History: top positions in Swedish TV, radio, magazines, Internet and new media. Now finishing an MBA, global concentration, at Stockholm School of Economics. A school from where I also have a diploma from the Advanced Management Program.
Occupation: Soon (the 1st of June) to be appointed CEO of Hyper Island.
Mission: To upgrade and grow the brand Hyper Island, while revolutionize education.
Promise to: take good care of Hyper Island and don’t hesitate to take tough decisions to let the brand grow in the right direction.
Dream of: A private zendo for daily meditation. Maybe we can have it at school soon!
CD: ”Nail” by Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel. “Hillbilly DeLuxe” by Dwight Yoakam.
Movie: ”Apocalypse Now” by Francis Ford Coppola. “Darling” by Johan Kling is probably the best Swedish film produced post-Bergman. Will Ferrell is always worth watching.
Contemporary artist: Damien Hirst and Dan Wolgers. And of course Charlotte Gyllenhammar. And Carl Johan De Geer has (still) always something interesting to say.
Museums: SFMOMA and Prado Madrid (I can watch the Bosch-paintings for hours and hours, they never stop to fascinate with their timeless mysticism).
Magazines: Economist and Wired. Monocle and Odd At Large.
Writers: PO Bronson and Carl Hiaasen.
Right now reading: “Previous Convictions” by A.A. Gill and “Killing Yourself To Live” by Chuck Klosterman.
Funniest: Sarah Silverman and Larry David.
Also: I have written three books about media. The first one, titled “Welcome to the cyber-world” (-98) was about the exploding Internet culture. The latest book was titled “Media – How it works (really)” (-00) and is a book for young media wannabes. On spare time I’m now working on my first novel, it’s kind of my meditative hobby.
Beside work: I’m co-founder and owner of Swedish regional bi-monthly magazine SKÅNE (Allers förlag) with a target audience amongst 40-60 year old women in the south of Sweden (?!). I am also going to keep my engagement in Media Mötesplats Malmö with whom I try to create a Moving Media Center for advanced research and production of moving media for new media solutions in fast growing Västra Hamnen, Malmö.
Confession: I am a passionate outdoor man, with hunting of deer and wild boars as a special interest. A couple of times a year I go with fellow media-men, designers, art directors, advertising executives and stand up comedians (!?) deep down into the Swedish woods…
Learn more about me: at homemade (sorry, folks!) Swedish resume-page: www.mattiashansson.com
Looking forward to: See you soon.
All the best,
Mattias