Archive for August, 2007

Plot your brand story

Branding your company is a lot like plotting a good story.
There you are, writing your story…
Or there you are, figuring out what kind of image you want your brand identity design to convey.
Consider these parallels:
Nothing should happen at random
You don’t want to rely on a passing comment to sway your thinking, right? […]

Designers Korner coming up Monday September 3

Designers’ Korner
Even on Labor Day
Monday, September 3
Stumbling Monk
Capitol Hill
6:30pm

Total Lunar Eclipse on Tuesday

Speaking of planets and the way they move, there’s a total lunar eclipse coming up in the very early morning of this Tuesday.
Total Lunar Eclipse
Tuesday, August 28 :: 2am
Space
Check out what they say at NASA.

Your Seattle Design Kompany: branding + graphic design

Design Kompany is a Capitol Hill, Seattle, graphic design studio with a strong focus on branding. Our team is Dipika Kohli, Akira Morita and summer intern Angela Tomson. We also team up with web developers, illustrators and copywriters when projects get really exciting.
What is branding?
Branding is about getting your potential customer to see you as […]

Real Saturn pictures via Cassini-Huygens

Just a few days ago the space probe explorer Cassini-Huygens sent back this image of Saturn’s ringplane. Cassini launched in 1997 to go check out Jupiter, Saturn and Saturn’s moons. Titan, one of Saturn’s 18 moons, has a mostly Nitrogen atmosphere of cloudiness that some [humans] think resembles what the Earth might have been like […]

In Search of Meaning (5): Beautiful Simple in Carolina Blue


SolidsinBlue

Free healthcare for every American: Guaranteed

Who wants a free healthcare plan? Sign me up!
Design Kompany did the branding for an idea to guarantee healthcare for every American. Our client, Healthcare Vouchers, just launched a website to explain it.
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, one of the authors of the plan to make vouchers work in America, is coming to Seattle on October 11. […]

Faster in Japanese

In July the Seattle-based Japanese language magazine YouMaga asked Design Kompany to lay out a special section on Northwest day trips. Kind of what Bridget Jones might put together for a collection of “mini-vacations,” except all in Japanese. DK’s Akira Morita took this one on.

The other day we actually went for a day trip, and […]







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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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