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 […]
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Written by January 29th, 2010 in Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.0 CommentsThe more things change
Written by January 20th, 2010 in Design Inspirations and Desk Notes.0 CommentsI 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, […]
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Going-away party was like 10th grade
Written by December 20th, 2009 in News at DK, Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.0 CommentsI 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 […]
The poster for a new movie, Where the Wild Things Are makes me happy and sad at the same time.
Happy: “Wow! I can’t believe they’re making it into a movie!!! I LOVE this book.”
Sad: “I really feel like somebody is trying to make a buck off of my childhood memories. And yes, I’m sort […]
Ode to the old standbys
Written by December 13th, 2009 in Design Inspirations, Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.0 CommentsThis post is dedicated to The Regulator, my favorite bookstore in the Triangle.
“I’m so glad you’re still here,” I said, 18 years after first setting foot in the place.
“We’re glad we’re still here!” one of the two gray-haired gentlemen working the register volleyed.
I didn’t say anything about how I thought they had used […]
Portraits of Design Kompany by Laura Totten
Written by December 7th, 2009 in News at DK and Desk Notes.0 CommentsDK just had family portraits taken by Seattle photographer Laura Totten.
Some of you might remember seeing Laura’s pictures at Dazzle, one of our first parties. After admiring her work for a couple of years, it’s really curious and fantastic to be on the inside of the picture frame. Something always happens when you see […]
I wish this was a different logo
Written by December 5th, 2009 in Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.0 CommentsI wish Pentagram had done something better for this new logo design for the North Carolina Museum of Art.
You can see the logo and read about it here.
I loved Pentagram’s work for the New York City Ballet, so it’s especially disappointing to see this. It feels…lazy and uninspired.
I don’t like the way they […]
