Just got back from openings at two belltown galleries, Roq La Rue and Schmancy. Both shows feature friends of DK, so it was to say hi to these special people as much as seeing the art, but I ended up coming away much inspired and encouraged, as often is the case in seeing art […]
Archive for October, 2007
Ballard Art Walk tomorrow
Written by October 13th, 2007 in News at DK and Interesting Finds.0 CommentsField Report: “Take Your Time” Olafur Eliasson and art as the future of democracy
Written by October 13th, 2007 in Design Inspirations.0 CommentsI stumbled onto this exhibit by Ólafur Elíasson at SFMOMA last month, while in San Francisco. A whole top floor is dedicated to showcasing his work to date, while on the first floor there’s a frozen BMW in an icebox (picture here, though if you are planning to be at SFMOMA, you should wait […]
Design Kompany brands Seattle architecture firm Group3
Written by October 9th, 2007 in Portfolio.2 Comments
Brand identity design: the Design Kompany method
Written by October 8th, 2007 in Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.0 CommentsAs part of Design Kompany’s brand identity design process, we put together a collage of images that we call a “mood board.” This happens after we talk to you to gather up some background on who you are and what you do. For the collage, the idea is to get an overall sense of the […]
Hello Copenhagen :: Hej København
Written by October 8th, 2007 in Design Inspirations and Desk Notes.0 CommentsDesign Kompany is getting set to jetset to Europe.
More specifically, Copenhagen and Venice.
Gonna check out furniture, museums, graphic design, fashion stuff and of course, art.
The things that make people I get along with say “Scandinavian design is so clean.” What makes people say that? Note to self: Find out.
Droog design
New York design scene […]
Shot at Eastlake. –DK
As the rains start whipping about in Seattle around this time of year, I think about plays.
Or rather, I think about writing reviews, like Quartet and the Muse. Anyone who hasn’t been to On the Boards but likes theatre ought to check out 12 Minutes Max.
12MM is sort of like a sampler of […]
Martian Anthropologist Oliver Sacks to descend on Seattle 10/19
Written by October 6th, 2007 in Desk Notes.6 CommentsThe Space City is getting a visitor.
Neurologist Oliver Sacks is coming to Seattle on Oct. 19 to talk about “the future of health.”
Sacks wrote a lot of short stories about the imaginary worlds of his mental patients, which like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Rain Man give us some serious […]
