Archive for October, 2006

Design Kompany Opens Gallery 1508.5

Design Kompany shares a street-facing storefront space at about 1508.5 East Olive Way with one of our clients and office mates, residential design firm D+A Studio. Together, we decided to open Gallery 1508.5 in our lobby space, so local artists can share their work with the Capitol Hill community.
Six large, 3.5-foot x 3.5-foot black […]

Mikiko Kobayashi Joins Design Kompany

Web designer Mikiko Kobayashi is working with Design Kompany to brand a Japanese job recruitment company. We’re making a logo and coming up with what designers call “the look and feel” for the new web site. Stay tuned.

One Fish, Blue Fish for Miyabi Japanese Restaurant

Here’s the new logo and color scheme for Japanese restaurant Miyabi. Read more

Miyabi's New Logo

Photo Show Gets New Exposure

We just launched a fresh web site for portrait photography company Counting Stars. Here’s how we approached the redesign .

Design Kompany refreshes Counting Stars photography’s web site

Photographer Laura Totten wanted a new look for her website that would be “playful and professional.” She wanted to be able to update it herself without having to read a lot of code. She appreciated clean lines. White space. And the images themselves had to be the most important part of the frame.
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Counting Stars photography website

How to Get Free Publicity for Your Business

A lot of small business owners think you have to buy ad space to get media attention. You don’t.
Before setting up Design Kompany I wrote for two newspapers. One was a small alternative community paper, the other a Seattle business daily. As a staff reporter I’d get a lot of press releases, and soon […]

Bright Red Cards for D+A Studio

After we created a new business identity and web site for building design firm D+A Studio, Design Kompany made these business cards.

Art Directing Seattle Central’s Handbook Redesign

Design Kompany art directed the redesign of Seattle Central Community College’s student handbook. Read more

Handbook







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Atlantic School of English
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Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce
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Counting Stars
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Global Village conference
Group3 Architects LLC
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Hindsight Veterinary Care
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Matchbox Mobile
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Northwest Asian Weekly
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Portland Paws
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Write with Meaning
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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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