Written by dipika June 14th, 2010
in News at DK.
UPDATE: Thanks for joining our June get-together at PORCH!
DK enjoyed a lovely, low-key gathering of new and old friends at our happy hour here in DK Durham’s Yelohaus. Life is good when you have sangria, children, coloring, and Sharpies.
Join us this month for a low-key happy hour on our front porch. I wish we […]
Written by dipika May 16th, 2010
in News at DK and Interesting Finds.
If you are in: design, art, architecture, new media, old media, journalism, philosophy, math, tech, or any or all of the above, you might want to swing on by Design Kompany’s happy hour. Ok, you don’t have to be any of those things to stop in. Just come by if you’re on for an unpredictable […]
Durham is what’s happening.
Not that this doesn’t go without saying. After all, Durham and the Research Triangle Metropolitan (okay, that’s a stretch of a term) Area cities are regular on those “top cities to live/work/move to” lists that magazines put together every once in a while. But having said what I said in the last […]
Written by dipika December 20th, 2009
in News at DK, Desk Notes and Interesting Finds.
I know.
What does a lovely farewell party—wintry, wine, friends, and spontaneous, animated conversation—have to do with, ugh, high school?
Yearbook
I just found my yearbook from 10th grade.
People wrote: “Stay sweet.” They said: “You’re lucky you won’t have Ms. Franks next year.” And: “Good luck at your new school.”
Moving on
The first day of 11th grade, I […]
Written by akira November 2nd, 2009
in News at DK and Desk Notes.
November’s Designers’ Korner will be held at Vermillion Gallery Cafe, tomorrow, Tuesday November 3rd. So make sure you do your duty at the voter’s booth (well, drop off your ballot) before, and head over to 11th and Pike in time for the 6:30 kick-off.
In addition to the usual doodling and lounging, Design Kompany will […]
Written by dipika October 22nd, 2009
in News at DK.
Talk about nail-biting experiences.
Our blog was the first in line to get critiqued LIVE in front of 250 people.
And those people were bloggers. This was WordCamp Seattle, an “unconference” for people who want to get nerdy about Wordpress.
Internet marketer Ian Lurie, wrote about the experience for his blog, Conversation Marketing. Check out Watch […]
Written by dipika August 25th, 2009
in News at DK.
UPDATE: August 28, 2009
We have a page for Designers Korner on Facebook, too. There’s also a LinkedIn group. Connect with DK there!
Join us next Tuesday for Designers Korner.
This is a monthly, low-key get together for people who like to talk about art and design, or just hang out after work in the middle of […]
Written by dipika July 12th, 2009
in Portfolio, News at DK and Desk Notes.
If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll be familiar with the style of some of the illustrations I put together to accompany posts. Vector images, inspired by sketches for client projects or bad flyers I just want to redo. No shortage of bad flyers out there to spark some juice in the studio back at […]