November’s Designers’ Korner will be held at Vermillion Gallery Cafe, tomorrow, Tuesday November 3rd. So make sure you do your duty at the voter’s booth (well, drop off your ballot) before, and head over to 11th and Pike in time for the 6:30 kick-off.
In addition to the usual doodling and lounging, Design Kompany will […]
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DK has an annoucement at the November Korner, this Tuesday
Written by November 2nd, 2009 in News at DK and Desk Notes.0 CommentsAt our roundtable discussion Wednesday, we talked about authenticity and branding. We also invited questions from the group, and since we didn’t have nearly enough time to address all of them, I promised I’d answer them online. Here’s the first question:
Q1: (In relation to a discussion on Guy Kawasaki’s “mantra” concept, and Gladwell’s Tipping […]
DK speaks on branding vs advertising for architects roundtable today
Written by July 15th, 2009 in News at DK.0 CommentsPhoto by our summer intern Victor Ng. More pics at DK’s Flickr stream.
A very special thanks to Tony Case and John DeForest for introducing and inviting us to speak today at CORA Northwest, a roundtable for architects that meets every month at the office of Miller|Hull.
Some of the things we talked about: authenticity-based branding, […]
On the heel of July 4th Celebration (Happy America!), Capitol Hill’s new arts walk is happening again this Thursday. DK intern Victor Ng is in charge of the visuals this time.
Here’s the postcard:
See you out and about on Thursday night!
Two Art Shows You Can Enjoy While Sipping A Latte, This Month
Written by May 20th, 2009 in Design Inspirations and Interesting Finds.0 CommentsI love cafes. And sometimes, I like what’s hanging on the walls enough to tell friends about them. Art can be sometimes elitist (”I don’t want my work hanging where people are eating, drinking coffee and talking!” an artist told me once), and sometimes it’s justified; some work should really be experienced fully, not in […]
Cardboard Furniture Duo Graypants Go Big Time in New York
Written by May 15th, 2009 in Design Inspirations.0 CommentsOur friends and fellow enterprising designers Graypants are in New York, showing off their wares at International Contemporary Furniture Fair this weekend. They came to our Dream Kitchen session last year to share some samples of their work and the design philosophy behind it, and I’ve been a big fan since.
Their scrap lights are truly […]
BTFL|SIMPL showing until June 5. Thanks for coming to the opening!
Written by May 10th, 2009 in Portfolio.2 Comments
Georgetown Super 8 Film Festival is today
Written by May 2nd, 2009 in News at DK and Interesting Finds.1 Comment… and our own Akira Morita has a little short called “Prawl” showing there. It’s a totally home-spun festival, in its fourth year, run expertly by Georgetown artist Laura Wright. It will show an eclectic collection of works (nearly 60, non-juried) submitted by participants (many of whom, like me, were experiencing the medium for the […]
