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CommunityWineandSpirits.com, Aug. 17, 2024
Interactive Shopping Experiences at Community Wine and Spirits: The Future of Retail
Ultimately, we hired a design firm, Potion (now owned by Hyperquake), specializing in interactive digital design, primarily in larger brand activations and museum exhibits. Our challenge was to help Potion see the application of interactive visual design in a retail setting and then hone the concepts to work with our three guiding outcomes.

Sustainable Tech Partner, August 7, 2024
Creative Agency Hyperquake Hires Thomas Federl as Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO): 3 Things to Know
Creative agency Hyperquake has hired Thomas Federl as chief sustainability officer. Here are three things to know about Federl's experience and Hyperquake's sustainability strategy.

AdsofBrands.net, Aug. 1, 2024
Hyperquake Launches Integrated, Extended Sustainability Practice, Adds Chief Sustainability Officer Thomas Federl to Lead
Federl began: "In my roles as head of communications and marketing for several global companies, Hyperquake was one of many agencies I contracted to help orchestrate and maximize all the extremely complex business matters related to sustainability. Simply put, in every engagement, Hyperquake over-delivered on expectations."

Cincinnati Business Courier, Aug. 1, 2024
Cincinnati-based Hyperquake expands services with new C-suite addition
Thomas Federl now serves as the agency's chief sustainability officer where he will lead its new sustainability-focused development services...

Creativepool.com, Aug. 1, 2024
Hyperquake Launches Integrated, Extended Sustainability Practice, Adds Chief Sustainability Officer Thomas Federl to Lead
“Given Hyperquake’s sustained growth – and its ever-expanding expertise and success building ambitious brands and experiences – this new offering is our next logical chapter,” Federl continued. “We are taking the term ‘sustainability’ quite literally, as in, ‘How healthy is the business in all aspects of its operations to provide the best conditions for longevity?’...”

GritDaily.com, Aug. 1, 2024
Hyperquake Launches Integrated, Extended Sustainability Practice, Adds Chief Sustainability Officer Thomas Federl to Lead
Could Hyperquake’s new sustainability practice provide the key to future-proofing your business?

MarTechCube.com, Aug. 1, 2024
Hyperquake Launches Sustainability Practice, Adds Thomas Federl to Lead
Building upon its world-class pillars uniting the company’s expertise in Innovation, Brand, Experiences, and Growth Marketing, Hyperquake is now offering far-ranging Sustainability-focused development services to optimize its clients’ present and future business operations.

PRNewswire.com, Aug. 1, 2024
Hyperquake Launches Integrated, Extended Sustainability Practice, Adds Chief Sustainability Officer Thomas Federl to Lead
As confirmed by Hyperquake's CEO Colin Crotty, under Federl's vision and direction, the firm has forged a proprietary approach to helping companies holistically develop their "sustainability" strategy. By his account, even before taking on matters related to ESG, it focuses squarely on bottom lines.

Roastbrief.us, Aug. 1, 2024
Hyperquake Launches Integrated, Extended Sustainability Practice, Adds Chief Sustainability Officer Thomas Federl to Lead
With its full slate of graduated service offerings that systematically move from assessments into strategy development and on into guided action, Hyperquake’s expertise simplifies the process of intelligently addressing the complexities of this realm.

TEAconnect.org, Aug. 1, 2024
Hyperquake Launches Integrated, Extended Sustainability Practice, Adds Chief Sustainability Officer Thomas Federl to Lead
Over the past several years, Federl engaged Hyperquake to help conceive and develop his foundational efforts for both Calavo Growers and Castellini Group. The success of those campaigns, which primarily focused on mission-essential activities including environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, set the course for today’s groundbreaking launch.

Cincinnati Business Courier, June 7, 2024
Five firms join 2024 list of largest Cincinnati advertising, marketing agencies
...Hyperquake has made advancements this year ranking No. 6 with 50 employees and previously ranked No. 10 with 47 employees in 2021. The company acquired Brooklyn-based company Potion, an interactive design firm that specializes in digital storytelling and immersive content creation.

Blooloop.com, May 20, 2024
Electrosonic helps Johnson Controls showcase smart building capabilities
Electrosonic partnered with Fivestone, Hyperquake, Nanolumens, Pixera, and others to create this experiential technology solution, which presents OpenBlue as the ‘blueprint of the future for smart buildings’.

Cincinnati Business Courier, May 9, 2024
Cincinnati-headquartered Hyperquake buys Brooklyn design firm
One of Cincinnati’s largest advertising and marketing firms, Hyperquake, has acquired a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based design and technology firm.

Hyperquake.com, May 7, 2024
Are Your Agencies Behind on AI? Time For a Change.
The success of your brand and business depends on it. If your agencies aren’t using AI to maximize your investment, it’s time to cut them loose.

InParkMagazine.com, May 7, 2024
Hyperquake acquires interactive design firm Potion
Hyperquake, the independent creative strategy, branding and experience design agency, has acquired Brooklyn-based interactive design firm Potion.

MarTech360.com, May 3, 2024
Independent Creative Strategy, Branding And Experience Design Agency Hyperquake Acquires Award-Winning Design And Technology Studio Potion
Launched in 2005, under the leadership of Founder Phillip R. Tiongson, Potion has built a far-reaching reputation and track-record for innovation in inclusive digital storytelling and immersive content creation.

Roastbrief.com, May 3, 2024
Hyperquake Acquires Award-Winning Design and Technology Studio Potion
Championing universal design values through its groundbreaking work for clients spanning leading brands, agencies and cultural institutions, Potion’s awards recognition includes a Webby Award; several top MUSE, Core77 Design and APEX Awards; multiple finalist honors in the National Design Awards; as well as inclusion in Communications Arts Interactive Annuals and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, among many other prestigious accolades.

Adweek Agencyspy, May 2, 2024
Revolving Door Agency Moves
Hyperquake, an independent creative strategy, branding and experience design agency, has acquired Brooklyn-based Potion, a digital storytelling and immersive content creation shop. Potion will retain its identity, its full staff and its headquarters in the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard.

AdsofBrands.net, May 2, 2024
Hyperquake Acquires Award-Winning Design and Technology Studio Potion
Of vital importance to all parties are the heightened opportunities to collaborate in bringing expanded offerings to their clients, especially through Hyperquake’s Storybuilding® group, which is dedicated to innovation in experience design.

Creativepool.com, May 2, 2024
Independent Creative Strategy, Branding and Experience Design Agency Hyperquake Acquires Award-Winning Design and Technology Studio Potion
According to Hyperquake’s CEO Colin Crotty, this strategic acquisition provides his company with its first presence in New York City, the media capital of the world.

LiveDesignOnline.com, May 2, 2024
Independent Design Agency Hyperquake Acquires Award-Winning Design & Technology Studio Potion
The development also reflects Hyperquake’s commitment to expanding digital offerings and enhancing creative capabilities to better serve clients in a world that is increasingly digital-first.

PRNewswire.com, May 2, 2024
Independent Creative Strategy, Branding and Experience Design Agency Hyperquake Acquires Award-Winning Design and Technology Studio Potion
“We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Potion’s ultra-talented team to the Hyperquake family,” Crotty began. “This win-win development allows us to offer our clients an unlimited range of digital solutions through our Storybuilding expertise, where Potion pairs seamlessly.”

Sound & Video Contractor, May 2, 2024
Independent Creative Strategy, Branding and Experience Design Agency Hyperquake Acquires Award-Winning Design and Technology Studio Potion
“For further background, since launching in Cincinnati in 1986, Hyperquake quickly rose to national prominence in the field of branding. With Crotty and Chief Creative Officer and Partner Dan Barczak purchasing the firm in 2016, two years later, Hyperquake acquired Cincinnati’s The Brand Experience.

TEAConnect.org, May 2, 2024
Hyperquake Acquires Award-Winning Design and Technology Studio Potion
“As our Storybuilding team grew and clients demanded more dynamic immersive experiences, we began working with Potion more, and discovered the value of combining our strengths to help our clients turn their stories into momentous immersive experiences.”

SEGD.org, Jan. 24, 2024
Hyperquake Selects Fivestone for Interactive/Content Development for Johnson Controls’ New OpenBlue Innovation Center
As the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, the mission of Johnson Controls is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places, and the planet.

TEAconnect.org, Jan. 23, 2024
Hyperquake Selects Fivestone for Interactive/Content Development for Johnson Controls’ New OpenBlue Innovation Center
With the recent opening of its OpenBlue Innovation Center within its North American Headquarters in Glendale, Wisconsin, Johnson Controls’ customers now have access to an extremely powerful, high-tech learning center dramatically showcasing its holistic business approaches – and their real-world impacts.

SVConline.com, Jan. 23, 2024
Hyperquake Selects Fivestone for Interactive/Content Development for Johnson Controls’ New OpenBlue Innovation Center
Johnson Controls commissioned creative strategy, branding, and experiential marketing agency Hyperquake to lead the highly ambitious design and architectural development of the new Innovation Center.

Roastbrief.us, Jan. 23, 2024
Hyperquake Selects Fivestone for Interactive/Content Development for Johnson Controls’ New OpenBlue Innovation Center
Hyperquake’s leaders including Managing Director of Storytelling John McDaniel chose award-winning immersive multimedia company Fivestone Studios to develop the Center’s high-profile interactive elements and original storytelling content.

LiveDesignOnline.com, Jan. 23, 2024
Hyperquake Selects Fivestone For Interactive/Content For Johnson Controls’ New OpenBlue Innovation Center
“At Hyperquake, all of our design decisions, from architecture and experience design to tactics and content, are driven by our customers’ narratives,” McDaniel began. “After collaborating with Johnson Controls on its storyline, we created an experience journey, concepted each tactical storytelling moment, and developed the content strategy and framework.”

Creativepool.com, Jan. 23, 2024
Hyperquake Selects Fivestone for Interactive/Content Development for Johnson Controls’ New OpenBlue Innovation Center
Working closely with Johnson Controls’ leadership, Hyperquake devised a comprehensive visual design system unifying the brand and its key narratives. This guided the Innovation Center’s architecture and overall design, while also providing a clear story and framework for Fivestone to explore in its content and installations.

Behance.net, Jan. 23, 2024
Johnson Controls’ Innovation Center Gets Interactive
Two key installations where all of the vast technological expertise comes to life are the interactive 3D Globe and the projected Vision Book installations.

AdsofBrands.net, Jan. 23, 2024
Hyperquake Selects Fivestone for Interactive/Content Development for Johnson Controls' new OpenBlue Innovation Center
“Being part of this vital project for Johnson Controls through Hyperquake and our partners was a great honor,” said Traylor Woodall.

HealthcareDesignMagazine.com, Aug. 8, 2023
Using Experiential Design To Improve The Patient Experience
Jonathan Alger, managing partner of C&G Partners (New York City), which designed the Koi Pond with Phillip Tiongson of graphic and interactive design firm Potion Design (Brooklyn, N.Y.), says the benefits of positive distractions in clinical settings have been known for a while now.

BrandNew, April 12, 2023
New Logo, Identity, and Packaging for Warped Wing Brewing Co. by Hyperquake
Putting the Wing in Brewing

BrandNew, Feb. 24, 2023
Friday Likes 196
From Lukas Vanco, Hyperquake, and Richards Partners

Cincinnati Business Courier, June 4, 2021
Greater Cincinnati's Largest Advertising & Marketing Firms
#11: Hyperquake

BusinessWire.com, April 21, 2021
Hyperquake Expands Footprint and Services to Salt Lake City
Hyperquake, the Cincinnati-based brand building & business strategy firm continues to expand its capabilities with a technology investment that extends their geographic reach.

Cincinnati Business Courier, Sep. 11, 2020
Rebel Mettle Brewery opens in downtown Cincinnati
Drawing Department is the architect on the project, and JS Held is the project manager. Hyperquake is the brewery's marketing partner.

Cincinnati Business Courier, Sep. 3, 2020
Rebel Mettle sets opening date for downtown craft brewery
Rebel Mettle brought on Hyperquake as its marketing partner as well as an equity investor.

Cincinnati Business Courier, Aug. 26, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Downtown getting first new brewery in more than a decade
Rebel Mettle brought on Hyperquake as its marketing partner as well as an equity investor. The goal is to open by the end of this year.

Cincinnati Business Courier, Aug. 13, 2020
Courier announces 2020 Best Places to Work finalists
This year's 73 finalists include Hyperquake.

Ad Age, June 26, 2020
Verizon Executive Briefing Center
A multi-functional installation tells the origin story of the internet — and so much more

Cincinnati Business Courier, June 5, 2020
Largest Greater Cincinnati Advertising/Branding/Marketing Firms
#11: Hyperquake

Shorefire Media, May 12, 2020
Louis Armstrong House Museum Announces Renowned Jazz Pianist And Multimedia Artist Jason Moran As Guest Curator Of Permanent Exhibition In New Armstrong Center
For the exhibition, Moran will work alongside Potion, the interactive design firm, and the multi-specialty creative studio, C&G Partners, as well as with LAHM's Director of Research Collections Ricky Riccardi and Archivist Sarah Rose.

Cincinnati Business Courier, March 6, 2020
Movie makers: At Fourthwall Youth Studios, students put career skills into practice
The studio was adopted by downtown branding agency Hyperquake, whose creatives brainstormed a new name – Fourthwall – after the imaginary wall that separates actors from their audiences, a wall that can be broken through under the right circumstances.

Cincinnati Business Courier, Aug. 14, 2019
TQL sets Inc. 5000 record; see all 47 local companies that made this year’s list
No. 1856: Hyperquake, 218% growth, $13.6 million revenue

Cincinnati Business Courier, Aug. 9, 2019
Largest Greater Cincinnati Advertising/Branding/Marketing Firms
#14: Hyperquake

Cincinnati Business Courier, July 10, 2019
Five things you need to know today, and ferris wheel fever
Hyperquake to consolidate space downtown

Cincinnati Business Courier, July 9, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: One of Cincinnati’s largest branding firms consolidates offices downtown
Hyperquake has signed a long-term lease for about 9,000 square feet of space in the Edge Building, located at 310 Culvert St. The building was already home to Brand Experience, which Hyperquake acquired in 2018.

Cincinnati Business Courier, Aug. 15, 2018
Greater Cincinnati’s top entry in the Inc. 5000 is a newcomer; see all 46 local firms
No. 4615*: Hyperquake, 69 percent growth, $5 million revenue

Cincinnati Business Courier, Aug. 8, 2018
Largest Greater Cincinnati Advertising/Marketing/Branding Firms
Hyperquake

Cincinnati Business Courier, July 2, 2018
The Queen City Quarterly Report: Cincinnati’s Q2 Deals and Fundings
Branding firm Hyperquake has acquired another local company, story-building startup Brand Experience, the Cincinnati Business Courier reports. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Cincinnati Business Courier, May 17, 2018
Five things you need to know today, and FCC could make speedy jump
Hyperquake acquires story-building firm

Cincinnati Business Courier, May 16, 2018
EXCLUSIVE: One of Cincinnati's largest branding firms Hyperquake acquires brand experience company
One of Cincinnati's largest branding firms acquired a local company that specializes in creating visual experiences for some of the biggest companies on the planet.

Print Magazine, April 2, 2018
10 Beautiful, Promo-Driven Poster Designs
Hyperquake Poster Series

Communication Arts, March 9, 2018
ARTLENS Exhibition
“A playful, wide and deep experience enabling museum visitors to connect with art in simple, physical ways and interact amongst themselves.” —juror Eva Mautino

Cincinnati Business Courier, Aug. 18, 2017
Largest Greater Cincinnati Advertising/Marketing/Branding Firms
Hyperquake

Clevelandart.org, June 21, 2017
Cleveland Museum of Art Introduces ARTLENS Gallery, a Touchscreen-Free Approach to Integrating Art, Interpretation and Technology
Partnering with the museum on ARTLENS Exhibition was Potion, an interactive design firm located in New York City. Phillip Tiongson, principal says “What's most exciting to me, is that in ARTLENS Exhibition, people use their natural tools — their eyes and their hands — to look more closely at art— and that experience might change how they look at art for the rest of their life.”

Museums and the Web, April 19, 2017
Removing The Barriers Of Gallery One: A New Approach To Integrating Art, Interpretation, And Technology
For the upcoming iteration of the ArtLens Exhibition, the museum is working with Potion. The museum went through a rigorous RFP process to ensure selection of a vendor that offered more than just cutting-edge technology. Through the process, it was clear that Potion truly understood the importance of prioritizing and communicating the museum’s educational content.

Cincinnati Business Courier, Aug. 12, 2016
Advertising & Marketing Firms
Hyperquake

Interaction 16, March 1, 2016
Speaker: Phillip Tiongson
Phillip R. Tiongson is the principal and a founder of Potion.

Cincinnati Business Courier, Aug. 14, 2015
Cincinnati's Largest Advertising & Marketing Firms, 2015
Hyperquake

Pratt News, May 7, 2015
Pratt Presents Series Features Phillip Tiongson and Justin Hendrix in Conversation
Pratt Institute and NYC Media Lab recently presented “Design, Technology, and the Future,” an evening featuring interaction designer Phillip Tiongson, principal and creative director at Potion Design Studio, in conversation with Justin Hendrix, executive director of NYC Media Lab.

Cincinnati Business Courier, Aug. 15, 2014
Cincinnati's Largest Advertising/Branding/Marketing Firms, 2014
Hyperquake

WWD, June 19, 2014
The Richard Avedon Foundation Introduces App
The point of the app is to give access to Avedon’s work, he said, noting that it was created in partnership with interaction design and technology company Potion.

Cincinnati Business Courier, Aug. 16, 2013
Advertising-Branding-Mktg Firms 2013
#19: Hyperquake

Wired.com, Aug. 7, 2013
A Masterpiece Book on Color Theory Is Now on the iPad
Designed by New York City-based Potion Design, the Interaction of Color app is about as close as most of us will get to the original version of Albers' masterpiece, which today primarily lives in special collections and museums.

Cincinnati Business Courier, June 26, 2013
Brandery announces agency partners for 2013 class
The Brandery sent me the list of agency partners today: Empower; Go Dutch; gyro; Hyperquake; LPK; Possible; Resource; Rocket Science; Rockfish; We Have Become Vikings...

Cincinnati Business Courier, Jan. 24, 2013
Cincinnati chamber names 2013 C-Change Class
The 2013 C-Change class [includes] Daniel Barczak, Hyperquake LLC

Cincinnati Business Courier, June 29, 2012
Brandery welcomes 11 new companies Monday
Agency partner: Hyperquake

For Print Only, Feb. 15, 2011
HyperQuake 10th Anniversary Letterpress Poster
This year, a particular piece caught my attention, Cincinnati-based HyperQuake’s 10th anniversary poster (so, maybe not an official holiday card, but it arrived in that time).

Cincinnati Business Courier, June 17, 2011
P&G tempting consumers with new product ‘regimens’
Consumers need a way to choose between all the new technologies and product groupings can simplify that process for them, said Emily Haunz Stubbins, an account executive at Cincinnati-based branding agency HyperQuake, who works with P&G.

The Atlantic, May 18, 2011
Did the New York Public Library Just Build the Magazine App of the Future?
The new Biblion app could be a model for how to present information on the tablet

Cincinnati Business Courier, April 1, 2011
HyperQuake spins at Race to Any Place
HyperQuake CFO Jeanne Bruce was one of the stationary bike spinners for the second annual Tristate Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Race to Any Place, sponsored by MSA Sport, on March 12.

For Print Only, Dec. 2, 2010
HyperQuake's Bird Bot
I am usually all over interactive pieces. While these don’t let me get my hands dirty, they sure provide a few minutes of minute challenges that reward with a fun ending. HyperQuake’s Bird Bot does not disappoint.

Fast Company, March, 2010
Most Innovative Companies: Design
#8: Potion. In 2009, Potion produced interactive installations that get computing out of the box: four for Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry and two for New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage. One used iPod Touch devices to upgrade audio guides, and synced headsets for visitors in the same area to make the museum experience more social.

Cincinnati Business Courier, Feb. 19, 2010
Hyperquake lands national account with iExplore
Downtown-based advertising agency Hyperquake has landed some new business, redesigning the Web site of iExplore, a Chicago-based company that specializes in adventure and experiential travel.

The New York Times, June 28, 2009
Reinventing Interaction
An interactive wine bar designed by Potion for Clo Wine Bar in New York

Cincinnati Business Courier, June 22, 2009
Panel to discuss Cincinnati’s strength in innovation
The panelists will include: Chad Reynolds, founder, HyperQuake interactive marketing... company that specializes in adventure and experiential travel.

Cincinnati Business Courier, June 16, 2008
Skateboard, street-inspired Cincinnati boutique right up their alley
He and Anonymous owner Nick Accurso brought a proposal to Bang's Troika Development and Chad Reynolds, who owns interactive Web design firm HyperQuake, to open a clothing store in the up-and-coming urban district forming on West Fourth Street downtown.

Cincinnati Business Courier, June 25, 2007
Customers do heavy lifting
Make ExerciseTV the online coach for living a healthy and balanced lifestyle. That was the charge given to downtown interactive marketing firm HyperQuake when it won a contract from the media company to revamp and refocus ExerciseTV's Web presence.

Cincinnati Business Courier, June 26, 2006
Interactive brander's got game
HyperQuake creates fun online marketing for movies, firms

Cincinnati Business Courier, July 14, 2005
Hixson launches updated Web site
The site was designed by Cincinnati-based Hyperquake and will be maintained by Hixson, which has its headquarters in Mount Adams.

Cincinnati Business Courier, May 14, 2004
Meeting of the minds
The merger of HyperQuake and Bruce Design was four years in the making, but Steve Bruce and Chad Reynolds said they believe it was worth the wait.

Cincinnati Business Courier, Oct. 13, 2003
Procter set to launch expanded Web site
A Web launch can cost anywhere from $200 to close to $1 million, said Chad Reynolds, president of HyperQuake, a Cincinnati interactive design firm that specializes in Web development.

Cincinnati Business Courier, July 2, 2003
Ask the CEO
Chad Reynolds, CEO hyperQUAKE

Cincinnati Business Courier, Jan. 27, 2003
The Web's next level
Chad Reynolds doesn't believe in Web sites, he believes in experiences. Take, for instance, the experience Reynolds' multimedia design firm hyperQUAKE created for potential customers of Convergys Corp...

Cincinnati Business Courier, Jan. 13, 2003
Ask the CEO
Chad Reynolds, HyperQuake

Cincinnati Business Courier, May 7, 2001
Ask the CEO
Chad Reynolds, HyperQuake

Cincinnati Business Courier, April 16, 2001
Dot-com shakeout doesn't rattle start-up
HyperQuake covering Web design spectrum

 

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