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Design Kompany goes to Japan

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,” […]

5 storefronts: branding inspiration from Mito, Japan

Yesterday 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 […]

In Search of Meaning (24): Pygmalion

Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw.

If you like accents and fairytales, this is a good film.

How branding is like birth

Saxapahaw

Here’s the DK boss-man sweating away last weekend in Saxapahaw. Summer is for outdoor music festivals.
Last Saturday the toddling boss got to study bigger kids as they shimmied up trees, slid down a blue tarp fashioned as a Slip N Slide, and develop massive bubbles in the sun. Meanwhile artist Katharine Whalen played and […]

New tech startup tribe for Raleigh-Durham?

On Wednesday DK strolled down to Launchdays Durham, a tech startup-focused event that attracted more than 100 Research Triangle Park technology professionals. That’s a lot of brainpower in one room. It’s also nerdy.

Our kind of gig.
Like life came from the primordial soup, there’s a feeling that some new tech event might emerge from the […]

Good logo or not, is it good branding?

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 […]

Fear may be hindering you

Let’s get honest. Even if where you are in life right now is less than perfect, putting a foot out in a new direction is scary.
Fear. Anxiety. Being afraid to start making a change.
We’ve all heard these ones: “The devil you know is better than the one you don’t.” “Better to live together […]







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A1A
Allied Arts of Seattle
Atlantic School of English
Blitz!
Blue Gecko
The Broader View
Bonanzle
Case Design + Project Management
Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce
C'ODA
Counting Stars
D+A Studio LLC
Flow
Global Village conference
Group3 Architects LLC
Good Dog Art
Gupta Insurance & Financial Services
Hindsight Veterinary Care
Joji Minatogawa Architects
Kikokugo
Matchbox Mobile
MD Systems
Million Monarchs
Miyabi
Modern Business Training Services
Northwest Asian Weekly
Open Money
Petites Fleurs
Potters Bar
Portland Paws
Real Science
Redpill
Revolt
Row House Cafe
Spaccarotelli
TILU
World Beer Festival
Write with Meaning
Vibrance Nutrition + Fitness
Zenovation



DK in public



Guest post on Processed Identity
Lori Waxman reviews DK's Sharpie art
McGraw-Hill asks DK to judge in architecture competition
Northwest architects invite DK to talk branding
Seattle art gallery solo show
Watch our blog get critiqued
DK sponsors a park opening
Invited to University of Washington design school's professional night
Second short film screening in Seattle
Seattle Tech Startups invites DK to speak on branding
First short film at Southeast Asian Womens Film Festival in Seattle

 

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