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People love working with Design Kompany because when you work with us, you get to be part of the process.

How often do you get to do that?

Designs we create aren’t about us. They’re about you. And your brand story.

Be creative. Creative in how you think about your message. Your strategy. Your vision for your company.

How we work with you

Here’s an example.

Our neighborhood chamber of commerce needed an identity. But more than that, they needed to know what they wanted their new image to say.

Here’s how we came up with their logo design.

Keeping it loose and simple in the early stages helps us all focus on the message.

CollaborationSo does collaboration.

Great collaboration means giving feedback along the way.

It means making sure we all understand what the big idea is.

We take ideas and turn them into concept drawings.

From these, we talk with you about a design direction to develop.

Talk

Good, strong designs spell out your brand message with elegance and clarity.

But what’s a brand message, really?

How do you get one?

One of the tools we use is a “mood board,” a collage we work with you to make to get a look and feel for the brand’s new image.

Here’s the one we made while working with the Capitol Hill Chamber of Comerce:

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Colors, shapes, and ideas that emerge here sometimes make it into the final drawing:

Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce logo

Here are some other examples of our logo design work.

See? Easy.

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A1A
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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Seattle art gallery solo show
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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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