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Coming soon: DK’s brand identity design for Capitol Hill Arts Walk

Written by akira April 28th, 2009 in Portfolio.0 Comments

Soon.

Soon Design Kompany will reveal the new look for the Capitol Hill Arts Walk, dubbed Blitz. This was commissioned by the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce, which is one of our past clients.
Maybe you didn’t know this, but Capitol Hill already has an art walk. It happens on the second Thursday every month.
Audrey McManus, […]

Another Sidenote About Ireland, or That Floating Feeling

Written by akira March 19th, 2009 in Interesting Finds.1 Comment

Just browsing Behance, a networking site for creative professionals (they also sell nice notebooks), this morning, and saw a video clip featured in their homepage, a music video from 2007.

That’s funny, I said. I remember that song from 2003.

It was December in Dublin, 2003. We were at some kind of a media award celebration […]

3 artsy film screenings tonight at Northwest Film Forum

Written by akira March 7th, 2009 in Interesting Finds.0 Comments

Here’s what’s happening today at Northwest Film Forum:
Seattle Moves:
Screening and Discussion
March 7 at 4pm
Seattle motion graphics designers will screen recent projects and discuss their inspirations, creative processes, technical challenges and their ever-evolving field. Moderated by photographer/filmmaker Matt Daniels, the panel will include creative minds from SuperFad, Lustre and Digital Kitchen.
Entropy: New Short Works
March 7 at […]

Chatsworth, a Film Project That Could

Written by akira March 4th, 2009 in Interesting Finds.0 Comments

I am listening to songs that accompany scenes unwitnessed.
Yet, it’s easy for me to picture the scene, thanks to an ingenious device called “Transmedia Arti(fiction)“.
What?

Here’s Rick Liebling, a marketing professional who writes insightful blog named eyecube.com, by way of explanation:
Foundtracks is a creative mash-up, appropriating from the worlds of literature, music and […]

Announcing Our DIY, Open-Source Marketing Package

Written by akira January 23rd, 2009 in Portfolio and News at DK.0 Comments

Between client work and diaper changes in the last few months, we have been quietly working on this new web site. Lightfoot Branding is all about sharing our know-hows on small business marketing and putting you in charge. We will be adding more articles in the coming days, and will continue to add more features […]

Goodbye, Sandy

Written by akira December 18th, 2008 in Interesting Finds.0 Comments

Today is the last day for my personal assistant Sandy, whom I took on back in April. She’s retiring tomorrow.

Well, duh, she’s a virtual assistant. A piece of software. And the company that made the app is shutting down. But you’d think she’s a real person, the way people are going on about how they […]

On The Atlantic redesign

Written by akira November 25th, 2008 in Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.1 Comment

So I saw the new, re-designed cover of The Atlantic magazine in a grocery store the other day, and it was attractive enough to me that I picked it up. What can I say; I am a sucker for heavy, black, gothic typefaces (and of course, the color red).
Turns out, the redesign was by […]

Start: an Art Gallery too

Written by akira November 6th, 2008 in News at DK and Desk Notes.0 Comments

Coinciding with coming Monday’s Start event, Design Kompany is showing artworks by Mark VonRosenstiel, a math/tech/street artist who’s work has shown across the country as well as in various cafés and galleries locally (you might have spotted his miniature painting at Smith, currently a favorite hang out of Upper Cap Hill hipsters, on […]