Archive for December, 2008

The Year in New Brand Pictures: 2008 Highlights from DK

Here are the logo designs we designed as part of brand identity design packages for clients in 2008.

s1ngletown

Last week I went to the library and made a copy of a photograph in Adbusters, which really, I am still thinking about.
(This photo is from NathanBushDesigns’ Flickr.)
Turns out the image was of an exhibit of work by Droog design, which was up at this year’s Biennale in Venice.
Design Kompany reported from the […]

Goodbye, Sandy

Today is the last day for my personal assistant Sandy, whom I took on back in April. She’s retiring tomorrow.

Well, duh, she’s a virtual assistant. A piece of software. And the company that made the app is shutting down. But you’d think she’s a real person, the way people are going on about how they […]

DK brands Northwest orthopaedic sales company A1A

A1A, an orthopaedic sales company with offices in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest, commissioned Design Kompany to totally design a brand:

Business card and letterhead design

We created a logo and designed business stationery.

Life+Disdain=?

The debut play from a Seattle theatre company last night was one of those plays you know you’re going to remember for a really long time.
All the papers have reviewed The Adding Machine already, so I’ll just sum what it was to witness a 1923 play whose social commentary remains remarkably apt today.
The play
Without […]

Design Kompany brands Joji Minatogawa Architects Inc.

Joji Minatogawa Architects logo design by Design Kompany

This logo is part of a new brand identity design we made for the office of Joji Minatogawa Architects, a company based in our very own pocket of Seattle, Capitol Hill.

‘Wait:’ Short film of Seattle scenes by Design Kompany


Field Report: Palo Alto sun vibes

To get out of the gray for a bit, Design Kompany headed to Palo Alto, California on a recent last-minute deal.
Here are some pics:

I love taking trains, so of course we had to go up to San Francisco by the ol’ Caltrain. It’s changed so much since the days of the early 1990s, when I […]




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Global Village conference
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Matchbox Mobile
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Northwest Asian Weekly
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Potters Bar
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Durham World Beer Festival 99-00 Write with Meaning
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