NPR just aired a story about how the advertising business is changing.
They interviewed David Lubars, a creative guy at the huge global ad agency BBDO. Here’s what he said:
There is risk and intuition and gut involved in this business. You can’t fight it. Everyone wants to test everything and find scientific evidence of what […]
Archive for May, 2007
There’s no magic answer to what’s “good, creative stuff”
Written by May 8th, 2007 in Desk Notes.0 CommentsHow do you bridge the “digital divide” that exists between the have’s and have-not’s of today?
One Laptop Per Child, a non-profit organization that was started “to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves” seems to have one answer to the problem: build a super-cheap, and useful […]
D: Did you ever see that movie, Mannequin?
A: No.
S: !
S: What made you think of that?
D: This picture.
S: Mannequin. That’s an 80s cult classic.
D: They drag that mannequin around everywhere.
S: Sometimes the dream girl comes to life.
A: I didn’t see the movie, but I know that song on the soundtrack.
D: What song?
A: That one by […]
On first Mondays, Design Kompany hosts Designer’s Korner — just for creative people we know around Capitol Hill — at Stumbling Monk. Bring your own snack, as they don’t have a kitchen. Tacos, for example, pair nicely with Chimay.
Designers’ Korner
Monday, June 4:: 6:30pm
Stumbling Monk
1635 E. Olive Way
‘Everything is Miscellaneous’?
Not in India, yaar.
Over there, Everything is Predetermined.
Destined.
Your future’s written in the stars.
But the book released this month by Harvard Law School fellow David Weinberger says human experience 2.0 is written on the Web:
“The Web,” Weinberger writes,” is a world of pure connection, free of the arbitrary […]
Wedding photographers hire Design Kompany for web site tweaks
Written by May 2nd, 2007 in Portfolio.0 Comments
Design Kompany creative director Akira Morita worked out the small details of what Anaura’s photographers wanted their web site update to be.
Design Kompany created a custom font for a restaurant, and now we’re making a new special font for a separate branding project. On grid paper. With a 45 degree triangle. Maybe the lean towards linearity comes from Design Kompany creative director Dipika Kohli’s inclination towards newspage design. See Northwest Asian Weekly | The City Collegian
Whenever Design Kompany starts a new branding project, the first thing we do is frame it: what is the purpose of this project? This gives us context and also sets a goal.
Here’s an example. One of our Seattle clients wants to generate buzz in Washington, D.C., around a concept: healthcare vouchers. The idea is […]
