Archive for March, 2008

Design Kompany creates a new logo for Portland contractor

Zenovation Renovation & Restoration Brand Identity Design by Design Kompany 2008

Sometimes the best way to tell a story is to say it straight.

When a Portland contractor commissioned Design Kompany to design a look for his new business, we knew simple and clear would be the way to go.

‘Glass Sky:’

This came from our “stock photography” pile of images that have been collected over the years here at Design Kompany. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you ‘Glass Sky:’

Sometimes when we’re working on something new, we like to go out and shoot specific images to “fit” a brand identity we’re developing. Rarely do these digital sketches […]

Secret Trip

Design Kompany is working on a couple of really fun new projects.
We even took a secret trip to do some research for one of them.

I alluded to this new project a while ago when I wrote about the books our clients recommended us. One was about the swordfighting strategy of a samurai, the […]

Frye Art Museum to host Thursday talk on Seattle’s underground comics

Fantagraphics‘ copublisher Gary Groth, and comic artists Peter Bagge, Ellen Forney, and Jim Woodring will be part of a forum on underground comics scene in Seattle this Thursday, March 27.

They’ll talk about their stuff “in the context of iconoclast R. Crumb and consider where the underground comic movement might be headed,” according to the Frye’s […]

Dream Kitchen: We Dare You to Dream Big

Bruce Rutledge, Chin Music PressDream Kitchen
Friday, March 28
KornerHaus (DK office)
10AM - 2PM
Brown Bag Lunch session with Bruce Rutledge at 11:30.

Youth-directed Film Festival 3/28-30 at Seattle Center

This weekend at Seattle Center, you can catch films by young people across the United States at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth.
This image is from ‘Commencement,’ a 9-minute first person documentary about struggling with depression. Directed by America Velasquez.
Check out ‘Commencement’ or 72 other youth-directed films from around the country. –DK
National Film […]

Kitchen II to welcome special guest Chin Music Press 3/28

Design Kompany hosts the next Dream Kitchen co-working session this Friday, March 28.
Quiz: What is Dream Kitchen?
A) A bring-my-own-lunch get-together at the offices of Design Kompany.
B) A get-to-know my neighbors thingamajig.
C) A place to bring my laptop and plug in without having to go to yet another cafe.
D) All of the above. […]

Line drawing in graphite (er, pencil)

I mentioned looking at some type design by London firm Wieden + Kennedy for inspiration to get a poster going. To warm up, I did this poster sketch. For the illustration, I’m using a self-portrait drawing I made a really long time ago.
Watch for the real poster design to announce Design Kompany’s secret art […]







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Allied Arts of Seattle
Atlantic School of English
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Blue Gecko
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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
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Row House Cafe
Spaccarotelli
TILU
World Beer Festival
Write with Meaning
Vibrance Nutrition + Fitness
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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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