Archive for May, 2009
Last days to see DK’s Sharpie art!
Written by May 29th, 2009 in Portfolio, Design Inspirations, News at DK and Desk Notes.0 Comments
I have been thinking of getting some safety goggles.
Really.
The thing is, I have a little baby. He keeps swatting me with his fist. In the eye.
I see these little flashes of white behind my eyelids when that happens.
I just went to the eye doctor, too. He said that’s not good.
Should I get […]
Flashback to youth and summer beergardens of Sapporo
Written by May 27th, 2009 in Design Inspirations.0 CommentsIn the summer of 2002, I was in Japan for World Cup Soccer. I got an assignment from a newspaper in Ireland, The Southern Star, to go and meet people in Irish bars in Roppongi and report on what people were saying. Oh, yeah. Ireland was in the World Cup at the time. And oh, […]
Brand marketing is all about thinking through what you want to say and whom you want to say it to.
This Friday we’re hosting Launch III, the third in a series of marketing sessions for small businesses that we’re hosting at our studio. Read more about what’s in store at Launch III: Small is Beautiful.
Launch III
Small […]
There’s this film I wanna see.
It’s called Art & Copy. It’s part of the Seattle International Film Festival. It’s all about “the advertising revolution of the 1960s.”
Will it be better than Helvetica?
That is the burning question.
The 1960s witnessed a creative revolution in advertising, in which idea, image, music, and theater were combined in ways […]
DK tours South Seattle’s artist lofts: the Bemis Building art opening
Written by May 22nd, 2009 in Design Inspirations and Interesting Finds.0 Comments
Here are some pics from the art opening at the Bemis Building earlier this month. The location’s so cool, right next to Safeco field and also the train tracks.
Two Art Shows You Can Enjoy While Sipping A Latte, This Month
Written by May 20th, 2009 in Design Inspirations and Interesting Finds.0 CommentsI love cafes. And sometimes, I like what’s hanging on the walls enough to tell friends about them. Art can be sometimes elitist (”I don’t want my work hanging where people are eating, drinking coffee and talking!” an artist told me once), and sometimes it’s justified; some work should really be experienced fully, not in […]
