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Singapore film festival designer talks to DK

DK just discovered Silnt, a really intriguing design studio in Singapore.
We corresponded wtih Singapore designer Felix Ng, one of the co-founders of Silnt, whose design for a film festival they’re organizing there really caught our eye.
Check out the website for the film festival. It’s beautiful. Nice to use. Lovely interface, and very appealing.
DK […]

How four generations built a 90 years strong brand

Building a solid brand takes more than hiring a great designer. It takes more than just an owner’s blood, sweat and tears. And way more than just launching a spiffy online presence.
Brand building takes time. It takes attention. Constant revisiting, adjustment, and recalibration.
And, according to what I learned yesterday from a very successful camp’s […]

What isotopes can tell us about anxiety

This is going to reveal some nerdiness, but I can’t stop thinking about halflifes.
Remember high school science? Uranium? Isotopes? Radioactive decay?
Halflife: the time required for something to fall to half its initial value. In particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate.

I was thinking about how we get to our […]

Yellow is the new black

DK is thrashing away at the labs of our rural North Carolina temporary studio address.
In a short period, we’ll unveil a fresh, beautiful new logotype and brand identity package we’re creating for a Seattle* software startup.
Here’s a sneak peek from our drawing tablet:

One sketch that became an Illustrator vector file which then got colorful, […]

3 ways branding is like improv

What!? Carrboro hosts a comedy festival?!
The answer is YES! And!—it’s next month.
More about that is at DSIComedy.com, the club that hosted last night’s Social Media Club Triangle event for people who are into linking up online. This was WAY more low-key than the SMC Seattle event DK attended last summer, and we liked the […]

The more things change

I went to Askew Taylor’s yesterday for the first time in 10 years.

Cluttered with art supplies of all size and variety, it was exactly how I remembered it.
Of course, being a decade older made me a lot less intimidated by the Artists who Shopped There, plus I got to strike up conversation with the owner, […]

5 ways to design brand

Thinking about updating your look?
Consider these five approaches to brand identity design.
5 ways to design brand

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Going-away party was like 10th grade

I know.
What does a lovely farewell party—wintry, wine, friends, and spontaneous, animated conversation—have to do with, ugh, high school?
Yearbook

I just found my yearbook from 10th grade.
People wrote: “Stay sweet.” They said: “You’re lucky you won’t have Ms. Franks next year.” And: “Good luck at your new school.”
Moving on

The first day of 11th grade, I […]




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Brand designs:

A1A
Atlantic School of English + Active Leisure
Blitz!
Bonanzle
Case Design + Project Management
Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce
C'ODA
D+A Studio LLC
Flow
Global Village conference
Group3 Architects LLC
Gupta Insurance & Financial Services
Joji Minatogawa Architects Kikokugo
Matchbox Mobile
Miyabi
Modern Business Training Services
Northwest Asian Weekly
Real Science
Petites Fleurs
Potters Bar
Redpill
Revolt
Spaccarotelli
Durham World Beer Festival 99-00 Write with Meaning
Vibrance Nutrition + Fitness
Zenovation
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