Archive for February, 2007

The Making of a Logo: Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce

Some time ago we told you we were working on a *secret* logo design project in Capitol Hill. Recently we just wrapped up the final color scheme and image design for the newly formed Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce’s brand identity scheme.

This design project was a textbook example of the Design Kompany approach: work […]

Dream Kitchen is Wednesday, Feb. 21

Design Kompany hosts Dream Kitchen on Wednesday, Feb. 21. This is a limited series of open brown bag lunch sessions at DK’s office on East Olive Way in Capitol Hill. The sun fills our conference room on days like today, and local artists, web developers, writers and other creative folks swing by to chat about […]

‘Pink is for Monica:’


‘Brown Sugar’

Design Kompany hosts ‘Sugar’, a dessert party for sweet friends, on Saturday, February 24.

Akira, Dipika, Jace, Laura and Aaron host ‘Sugar’ this Saturday to celebrate the good things in life. What better way than to indulge–and in this time, the month they’ve devoted to a thing called love. More on serving up ‘Sugar,’ coming […]

Design Kompany makes a logo for Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce

Helvetica.
What a gorgeous font. It’s no wonder they made a movie about it* and that the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce picked Design Kompany’s Helvetica-based option for their final logo design. DK created an identity scheme that takes Helvetica by the cap of its H and breaks it apart.
Seriously. Graphic designer Akira Morita did a […]

The Strangers

Everyone loves to loathe the Stranger weekly mag, but I personally think they have great art direction. They did two covers on last week’s Valentine’s Day issue, each featuring a handsome boy/girl holding out a bloody heart… Eew. Seriously, the type treatment, colors and layout worked beautifully together, IMHO. C’mon, Seattle Weekly! […]

Secret Project Almost Unveiled

Next Wednesday, Feb. 21, we’ll have a post for you about the secret Capitol Hill identity design project we mentioned a while back. What we did. How we did it. The whole shebang. Stay tuned.

Illustrator Sketch #3: Mergers and Acquisitions

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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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