On Saturday Design Kompany checked out the Seattle Art Museum’s new section, and after investigating where that crazy line of hanging starworks cars led (a room with two projectors telling the story of exploding light), I beelined to Contemporary Art.
I go up the escalator and bang!–
Before I’m even up I recognize the works […]
Archive for December, 2007
Noteworthy Contemporary at the Seattle Art Museum
Written by December 30th, 2007 in Interesting Finds.0 CommentsAbout ten years ago I went to a diner in Manhattan and met a girl with dyed white hair and “Devi Dasi” in her name.
I was like, “Um, that sounds reeeelly Indian.” She did not look Indian. She wasn’t wearing all black like all the rest of us in the place. And that’s when […]
Christmas and the New Year is upon us. Hope everyone is having a good, chill time!
It’s an excellent time to reflect on the past year and chart out the new one, especially if, like us, you own/manage your own businesses.
We hope to help more of you create the best expressions for […]
Field Report: Dansk Design Center’s ‘Time for Each Other:’
Written by December 21st, 2007 in Desk Notes.0 CommentsI’m putting the final touches on Out of the Blue, a travelogue of my trip to Denmark, and thought I’d share this one photograph as a sneak-preview. I took this at the bottom of the Dansk Design Center in Copenhagen in October. This exhibit, “Flow Market,” was really fantastic. The whole thing was setup like […]
Just a plug for our client from this past summer — two weekends ago, I attended a Holiday party Bill Harding of Bonanzle threw for his team members, and it looks like the web site (”a cross between Craigslist and E-bay, except it’s much better”) is coming together rather nicely! The web site is […]
Kiyoshi Inoue: a samurai designer of American corporate identities, from the era of hand-drawn logos
Written by December 19th, 2007 in Design Inspirations.0 CommentsI was just watching an interview footage of Seijun Suzuki, Japanese film director known for his penchant for wild cinematography, seemingly random, comic, plot-aside and kitschy, colorful sets (seen in titles such as “Tokyo Drifter” and “Branded to Kill”).
In the interview, Suzuki talks about his good fortune of starting out in the shadows […]
The Year in New Brand Pictures: 2007 Highlights from DK
Written by December 17th, 2007 in Portfolio.0 Comments
