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.
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Written by March 3rd, 2010 in Design Inspirations and Desk Notes.0 CommentsHow four generations built a 90 years strong brand
Written by March 1st, 2010 in Design Inspirations, Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.0 Comments
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
Written by February 19th, 2010 in Design Inspirations, Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.1 CommentThis 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
Written by February 9th, 2010 in Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.0 CommentsDK 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
Written by January 29th, 2010 in Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.0 CommentsWhat!? 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
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 […]
