Seattle Branding and Graphic Design creative team. Brand marketing and identity design. A Capitol Hill, Seattle business.
Knowing what you have in common is more important than thinking about how you’re different, when it comes to building strong teams.
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. We hear this all the time. But when it comes to collaboration professionally, do we really buy it? Here’s what I learned this morning at a talk on the subject of how to build successful teams at the Durham Chamber of Commerce.
Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel
A man who can no longer love his wife. A woman who refuses to be owned. Last night I saw the very deliberate, very quiet and loud together film Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009).
You could tell veterinarian Michael Salewski would be interesting just by his first e-mail query: “Hell! I don’t even have a name yet!”
Design Kompany’s task was to find a name, design a logo, and build out the brand design into business cards, envelopes and letterhead. The stationery designs have just been sent to the printers. And the logomark we created is pictured above.
Our first meeting was through Skype, and many subsequent ones, too, until Akira flew to Seattle to see how the Row House’s construction was coming along. He also got to sit down in person with Erin to talk strategy for social media marketing channels, and what that even means.
Older people are smart, experienced, and totally underrated by Generations X and Y. DK had a fantastic conversation Sunday night with some good folks who like good stories. [Painting by Yukiyoshi Omaki]
Is it just me, or do people out there feel like they don’t have any time?
I’m talking about time to do the things that make you happy. You know what these things are. Just think back to the last time you had a completely agenda-less day. What did you do?
Skateboardanimation from Tilles Singer on Vimeo.
This from the creator, Tilles Singer:
A ton of digital photos, a ton of real life magazines, an hour of recording music.
Unfortunately I cannot provide an exact list of photographers beeing responsible for the photography in the fist place. I found some of the photography on the web, in […]
If you like accents and fairytales, this is a good film.
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Design Kompany is in Durham, NC.
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