Archive for December, 2006
Designing everyday things: Droog’s smart designs ask good questions
Written by December 28th, 2006 in Design Inspirations and Desk Notes.2 CommentsPart industrial design house, part avant-garde art group, part makers of clever consumer products, Dutch design group Droog has been making waves since 1993. They create everyday things that are not so everyday/mundane. They ask, “what is a chair?” and proceed to design something that make us question what we know about a chair. The […]
I went to Art Walk downtown for “First Thursday” this month, where I picked up a bunch of colorful postcards of shows and gallery events.
What was neat was wandering into the opening reception for this weird but intriguing animation show at Soil, an artist-run gallery in Pioneer Square. Fantastic stuff. Very inspiring in its […]
Very insightful and pertinent point raised by a fellow designer Nathan Borror on “like” and “don’t like” feedback (is someone frustrated with his client? ;p). I wholeheartedly agree; designers everywhere have the responsibility to ask questions and encourage a closer look at things so they aren’t boiled down to “hot or not” dichotomy.
Here’s a new web site we designed for architecture firm D+A Studio.
The contrast of the bright two-toned orange building and blue sky caught my eye today at University Village. I went there to do some last minute Christmas shopping and it was hectic, as expected.
Jace Krause’s latest move has been to join us at Design Kompany. Jace is especially good at taking lots of cluttered information and finding a neat thread. That aligns perfectly with what we do: helping business owners come up with a clear and consistent message through their brand design.
But Jace also writes music, and […]
To develop the Kikokugo.com logo and web site, we worked with Seattle web development company Asset System USA. As part of the partnership, Asset’s web designer Mikiko Kobayashi came to our office a few days a week to learn how Design Kompany approaches brand identity design. We asked her what she thought of the experience. […]
