Kush turned 2 this month on our visit to Mito, Japan. It was fun to show him around some of our favorite places.
Being Design Kompany, of course this had to include cultural excursions like a world-famous Japanese garden and some awesome modern architecture.
Above is a pic we took at a very old “manor,” […]
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Design Kompany goes to Japan
Written by August 28th, 2010 in Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.0 CommentsDK is branding Durham’s Cleveland-Holloway neighborhood
Written by August 27th, 2010 in News at DK.2 CommentsAkira Morita is heading up Design Kompany’s part in creating a brand design for the pocket of downtown Durham that some people think is cool, and others think is scary: Cleveland Holloway.
Here are some pictures from our last session: the wordstorm, from which several keywords emerged.
Cleveland-Holloway has its own charm, deserving of a unique […]
Colin Farrell meets Ondine: A sea woman and a beautiful Neil Jordan movie
Written by August 24th, 2010 in Interesting Finds.0 CommentsSometimes you just luck out with plane films. Back from Japan this evening, and still thinking about Ondine.
Ondine, was lovely altogether. It helped that it was set in Ireland, directed by Neil Jordan, and starred Colin Farrell as a just-back-to-being-sober fisherman. I hadn’t seen him since he played a hitman In Bruges.
Jordan also directed […]
5 storefronts: branding inspiration from Mito, Japan
Written by August 11th, 2010 in Design Inspirations, News at DK, Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.2 CommentsYesterday at Mito’s Keisei department store.
Japan’s many tiny shops with small storefronts compete for the attention of a multitude of passerby at all hours. That’s why they make for a great study of the art of storefront design.
Branding done well never stops at just a logo, or a business card. You know someone is thinking […]
Need a business card or logo design? Start with DK for beautiful simple brand design.
Written by August 4th, 2010 in News at DK.0 CommentsDesign Kompany is a mom-and-pop (literally!) studio. We’re really all about three things: Search. Query. Resolution.
Search
It’s true. What we’re doing is really common, and designers run the gamut in terms of price, quality and style. At the low end, you could just hop onto some online “design mill” to find your $300-or-less logo. But that’s […]
Knowing what you have in common is more important than thinking about how you’re different, when it comes to building strong teams.
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. We hear this all the time. But when it comes to collaboration professionally, do we really buy it? Here’s what I learned this morning at a talk on the subject of how to build successful teams at the Durham Chamber of Commerce.
In Search of Meaning (25): Chanel as muse
Written by July 23rd, 2010 in Interesting Finds.0 Comments
Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel
A man who can no longer love his wife. A woman who refuses to be owned. Last night I saw the very deliberate, very quiet and loud together film Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009).
You could tell veterinarian Michael Salewski would be interesting just by his first e-mail query: “Hell! I don’t even have a name yet!”
Design Kompany’s task was to find a name, design a logo, and build out the brand design into business cards, envelopes and letterhead. The stationery designs have just been sent to the printers. And the logomark we created is pictured above.
