Archive for May, 2008

Wing Luke Asian Museum reopens this weekend

The new expanded and relocated Wing Luke Asian Museum is hosting free, public openings Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1. That’s this weekend!
Wing Luke Asian Museum
Community grand opening
Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1
Saturday: 11 to 6pm., ribbon cutting at 10 am
Sunday: 12 to 5pm
719 South King Street
Seattle’s Chinatown-International District.
Free
More info:
WingLuke.Org/Home.html

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Field Report: DK gets Up Close at Tacoma Art Museum

Design Kompany took its second field trip to Tacoma ever to check out the Tacoma Art Museum’s exhibit of Chuck Close… um, tapestries.
We’re working on a total rebrand for a company that’s 110% open to our creative input (dream job!). So we’ve been investigating a million typefaces to see what could be a […]

Good Design

Good, a newish magazine headed by young Ben Goldhirsh, a son of “publishing legend” Bernie Goldhirsh, is maturing rather nicely of late.
Collection of stories that are political but non-partisan, provocative yet objective, and progressive without being overly activist/lobbyist, it is a refreshing take on longer-format journalism. Also notable is its emphasis on graphic design: […]

Sales and marketing experts’ advice: ‘Do what you say you will’

Marketing (with Class)

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UPDATE: March 2010
The tips below from a panel of sales and marketing experts from this post in 2008 holds today more than ever. We are getting WAY too many messages from so-called marketers on what we as business owners should be doing, or shouldn’t be doing. And they’re […]

‘Pet:’ a :49 short film by Design Kompany


Now for something unexpected: DK designs a wedding invitation!

Invitation design by Design Kompany for a Seattle wedding

Designing a wedding invitation using our signature DK approach to coming up with new and fresh design ideas.

Design Kompany brands a high-end Seattle event just for women


Designing an invitation to match the logo's colors and motifs

Quick update on DK projects + An aside on Ian McEwan

Four projects to tell you about.

Event branding
Design Kompany just finished branding The Broader View, a June event here in Seattle. Above is a corner of the printed envelope, just to give you a sneak preview. I’ll post more about how we got to the design and what the invitations look like later, but for […]







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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



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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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