Design Kompany paid a visit to the North Carolina Museum of Art opening festival over the weekend. It was a lot of fun!
The whole thing was impressively well-organized, and well-executed, without the heavy-handedness sometimes found in events hosted by large publicly-funded institutions. We especially loved the interactive parts: dancers “invaded” the lawns, courtyards and […]
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Good logo or not, is it good branding?
Written by April 28th, 2010 in Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.3 CommentsWhy Durham is awesome
Written by April 13th, 2010 in Design Inspirations, News at DK and Interesting Finds.2 CommentsDurham is what’s happening.
Not that this doesn’t go without saying. After all, Durham and the Research Triangle Metropolitan (okay, that’s a stretch of a term) Area cities are regular on those “top cities to live/work/move to” lists that magazines put together every once in a while. But having said what I said in the last […]
A love letter to Seattle
Written by April 1st, 2010 in Design Inspirations and Interesting Finds.2 CommentsI have been quietly having one of those “mover’s regret” moments lately.
Every time I go to my facebook or twitter (which is becoming more often than I care to admit), I see more stuff happening there that I am sad to miss. Western Bridge’s New Year project seems like a fun thing to watch over […]
DK has an annoucement at the November Korner, this Tuesday
Written by November 2nd, 2009 in News at DK and Desk Notes.0 CommentsNovember’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 […]
At 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 CommentsUPDATE March 2010: View the question and answer dialogue that emerged from this discussion here.
Photo 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 […]
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 […]
