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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 […]

But will it last

I’m not a big wedding goer. I didn’t have one. But almost up to our 10-year anniversary, and I’ve been thinking about this question pretty hard.
Last night I heard a divorcee or two talk about their exes. It wasn’t pretty. It really wasn’t easy to listen to. Thankfully it wasn’t for long, either. But […]

Why popular photography sucks

Crop of “Dans les Moments de Verite” by photographer Jean-Christian Rostagni. Full image at Rostagni’s photography website.
For months I’ve been waiting for a sink-your-teeth-into-it conversation about art, design, and meaning. Yesterday I got my wish.
Ten years ago, I was shooting for what used to be the Spectator Weekly. I thought it would be good to […]

Why Durham is awesome

Durham is what’s happening.

Not that this doesn’t go without saying. After all, Durham and the Research Triangle Metropolitan (okay, that’s a stretch of a term) Area cities are regular on those “top cities to live/work/move to” lists that magazines put together every once in a while. But having said what I said in the last […]

On parenting and what Eleanor Roosevelt said

Kush and Tulips at Duke Gardens

A good friend of mine is pregnant. I’m reliving with her those early moments of nausea, fear, anxiety, and wondering if it’s all going to turn out “OK.”

A love letter to Seattle

I have been quietly having one of those “mover’s regret” moments lately.

Every time I go to my facebook or twitter (which is becoming more often than I care to admit), I see more stuff happening there that I am sad to miss. Western Bridge’s New Year project seems like a fun thing to watch over […]

The fundamental theorem of calculus

It was the art and beauty of mathematics that did it. The idea that math could lay order on the unknown—and that it was deduced by some people with imagination and intuition—that I decided to study so much math in college. This thing—I’ll call it “abstract preciseness”—is what DK offers our clients, too. Creating a […]

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 […]







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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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