
Archive for June, 2009
Open house at Ballard art studio Piano Nobile this Saturday
Written by June 18th, 2009 in Design Inspirations and Interesting Finds.1 Comment
Ten DOs and DONTs of running a biz with your spouse
Written by June 15th, 2009 in Design Inspirations, Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.5 CommentsAkira and I have been in business together in Seattle since 2004, and we have been together together since, um, 1995. The thing is, we just really like hanging out.
Everything started at North Carolina State University with a t-shirt design. (I had originally taken it to the Asian Students Association, where Akira, then president […]
DK’s been very lucky to have talented students approach us for internships in design. After a break in 2008, this year we continue the tradition and welcome Victor Ng as our third summer intern. Victor is into photography and studies design at Carnegie Mellon. Here’s a picture he sent in, and some thoughts he shared […]
Three events so far for the series Flourish—
the first to convene a group of people interested in the role of the arts
the second to discuss how to formulate ideas into action
the third a real event to coincide with the Capitol Hill Block Party last summer
Could we see a fourth? What would it look like?
Design Kompany […]
DK is pretty psyched up that the first Blitz (aka Capitol Hill Arts Walk) under our newly branded design kicks off today!
More information at blitzcapitolhill.com

I am getting to the point where I want to unplug my computer permanently.
We’re going to UW design department’s professional night!
Written by June 9th, 2009 in News at DK.0 CommentsDK got a personal invitation—hand delivered!—from the University of Washington’s visual communication design department for its “Professional Night” tomorrow evening.
How nice of them!
So on Wednesday, June 10, we’ll be at the University of Washington’s Jacob Gallery to check out what the students in the visual communication design department are up to. It should be fun.
UW […]



