Doing good?
Communicate it better.

If your work can positively impact a system, sector, or community, you're in the right place.

Hypenotic is a founding Canadian B Corp made up of  strategic,  creative, and  technical problem-solvers. Since ’98, we’ve helped progressive brands, organizations, and institutions accelerate their impact through an agile-spirited approach to brand strategy, visual identity, and web experiences.

Got a purpose-driven project or practice? We can tune your communications to the frequencies the right people are listening for.

—Let's chat:
HOWDY@HYPENOTIC.COM
Hypenotic Inc.

360 Dufferin St #202
Toronto, ON M6K 1Z8

(416) 363-5215
howdy@hypenotic.com

The right Service range

Go from problem definition to creative and technical implementation in one shop.

Research—Understand your issue, issue ecosystem, internal frictions, audiences, opportunities, and comparator initiatives.

Strategy—Ask the right questions, Steward brands, Define approaches most likely to impact useful metrics, Scope to fit project constraints (budget, timelines, etc.).

Creative—Graphic (ID, Print, Package), Data-viz, Interaction (UX, UI, IA), Content Strategy (Thought leadership, profile building), Copywriting (Web, Advertising, Courseware), Illustration and Other media creation.

Technical—Web development, Server setup and support, Training.

External internal design Dept.

Grow your capacity with a strategy, design, and development team down the virtual hall.

Plug in a team that:

  • Is ruthless about brand stewardship/caring how you look in your jeans and is responsible for telling you.
  • Has spent 25 years flexing creative + technical problem-solving muscles.
  • Gains value + creates efficiencies through institutional knowledge gleaned over time.
Working On

Our engagements start with a project and tend to result in a relationship.

Akiima Price Consulting
Building Up v1
Douglas Capital Inc. v1
Énergie Douglas
Fair Chance Learning
Fiesta Farms 14yrs
Fiesta Gardens v3
Food Secure Canada v1
Friends of Anacostia Park
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 5yrs
Marine Magnetics 24yrs
Nature Canada 3yrs
Neighbourhood Land Trust
North York Community House v1
Ontario Tourism Education Corp 3yrs
Park People 7yrs
PP: Canadian City Parks Report v4
Sustain Ontario 14yrs
TAF: EV Station Fund v1.5
TAF: Carbon Inventory v1
Tufts University: Living Materials Lab
Venture for Canada 5yrs
VFC: All Things People Conference v2
VFC: Impact Report v4
Victim Services Toronto: Reclaim 1yr
White Ribbon Canada ~8yrs


Clients

Through 25+ years of concerted effort to work on important projects for people who inspire us, we’ve netted out at an interesting group of clients doing impactful work.

Visionary entrepreneurs, innovative nonprofits, and intrepid intrapreneurs. We get to visualize, ignite and promote the work of people who wake up each day and head into the office for a cup of systems change.

Beat that.

The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals offer a unifying framework and prioritized actions to create the world we want to live in.

Perhaps their greatest quality is corporate, institutional, and scientific alignment on a social agenda.

Our clients' missions and initiatives usually intersect multiple SDGs.

Aramark
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
4
Quality Education
Quality Education
5
Gender Equality
Gender Equality
10
Reduced Inequality
Reduced Inequality
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
Art Starts
10
Reduced Inequality
Reduced Inequality
Bell Canada (Strategy)
2
Zero Hunger
Zero Hunger
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
4
Quality Education
Quality Education
5
Gender Equality
Gender Equality
10
Reduced Inequality
Reduced Inequality
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
15
Life on Land
Life on Land
16
Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
17
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Black Creek Community Farm
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
17
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Building Up
8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Decent Work and Economic Growth
10
Reduced Inequality
Reduced Inequality
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Cabot Creamery Cooperative
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
Canadian Constitution Foundation
10
Reduced Inequality
Reduced Inequality
16
Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
10
Reduced Inequality
Reduced Inequality
Chocosol
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
Cormex Research
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Dixon Hall
1
No Poverty
No Poverty
8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Decent Work and Economic Growth
10
Reduced Inequality
Reduced Inequality
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Ecoman
13
Climate Action
Climate Action
15
Life on Land
Life on Land
Empire State Connector
7
Affordable and Clean Energy
Affordable and Clean Energy
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
13
Climate Action
Climate Action
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Evelyn’s Crackers
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
Farmlink
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
17
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Fiesta Farms + Garden Centre
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Fifth Town Cheese
2
Zero Hunger
Zero Hunger
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
Food Secure Canada
2
Zero Hunger
Zero Hunger
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
17
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Foodshare
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation
2
Zero Hunger
Zero Hunger
4
Quality Education
Quality Education
Global Alliance for the Future of Food
2
Zero Hunger
Zero Hunger
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sustainable Cities and Communities
17
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Green Party of Ontario
1
No Poverty
No Poverty
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
4
Quality Education
Quality Education
5
Gender Equality
Gender Equality
6
Clean Water and Sanitation
Clean Water and Sanitation
7
Affordable and Clean Energy
Affordable and Clean Energy
10
Reduced Inequality
Reduced Inequality
16
Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Groundswell Energy
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
13
Climate Action
Climate Action
Harris Affinity
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
17
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Hospitality Workers Training Centre (HWTC)
4
Quality Education
Quality Education
Ingenuity
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
International Fund for Animal Welfare
13
Climate Action
Climate Action
14
Life Below Water
Life Below Water
15
Life on Land
Life on Land
Local Food Plus
5
Gender Equality
Gender Equality
10
Reduced Inequality
Reduced Inequality
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
15
Life on Land
Life on Land
Lowfoot
7
Affordable and Clean Energy
Affordable and Clean Energy
Marcatus QED
1
No Poverty
No Poverty
2
Zero Hunger
Zero Hunger
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
4
Quality Education
Quality Education
5
Gender Equality
Gender Equality
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
13
Climate Action
Climate Action
15
Life on Land
Life on Land
16
Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
17
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Marigold Capital
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
5
Gender Equality
Gender Equality
10
Reduced Inequality
Reduced Inequality
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
Marine Magnetics
marketcityTO
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sustainable Cities and Communities
MaRS Centre for Impact Investment
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
MaRS Discovery District
4
Quality Education
Quality Education
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Nature Canada
North York Community House
OneGRID
7
Affordable and Clean Energy
Affordable and Clean Energy
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Ontario Apple Growers
2
Zero Hunger
Zero Hunger
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
Organic Council of Ontario
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
Park People
Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre
1
No Poverty
No Poverty
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
10
Reduced Inequality
Reduced Inequality
Pfenning’s Organics
2
Zero Hunger
Zero Hunger
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
Picis Clinical Solutions
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
Proventus Global
Public Energy
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
13
Climate Action
Climate Action
QuantaHolistics
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
Red Prince Apples
2
Zero Hunger
Zero Hunger
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
Root Rescue
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
Ryerson University
4
Quality Education
Quality Education
Socialfinance.ca
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Sustain Ontario
10
Reduced Inequality
Reduced Inequality
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
13
Climate Action
Climate Action
Sustainability Advantage
10
Reduced Inequality
Reduced Inequality
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
13
Climate Action
Climate Action
The Atmospheric Fund (TAF)
The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Toronto Food Policy Council
2
Zero Hunger
Zero Hunger
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
4
Quality Education
Quality Education
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
Responsible Consumption and Production
13
Climate Action
Climate Action
17
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
Partnerships to achieve the Goal
U Waterloo
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Venture for Canada (VFC)
White Ribbon Campaign
3
Good Health and Well-being
Good Health and Well-being
5
Gender Equality
Gender Equality