Protected: Making it real
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In her own voice
CLEAR WRITING. Is important. Direct, to the point. You don't have to get ornamental with it. These are the things I am saying to the person I used to be, not even two years ago. I guess sometimes you have to revisit the spots where you were, and look at…
The basics (and a compass)
REALIGNING WITH THE TEAM, here at DK World Headquarters in Phnom Penh. In Cambodia, where there is a slight breeze and the soft sound of humming constructions and light traffic. Traffic... that's a given in PP, sure, so I'm not going to complain, especially with the influx of cars. Very…
Protected: A picture blog
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A letter to guests of 3N
ALMOST THERE, now. Once the date is set this sort of moves pretty quickly: finalising the guestlist, sharing the agenda, confirming that you can be there, making sure you know where we're meeting. That kind of thing. Just like any great party, you have to do all the detail stuff…
Seeking interesting people in Berlin and Hanoi
QUICKLY. A short note. About 'onceness.' And '16N.' I'm looking for interesting people to invite to a 16-way blind date. 'Interesting' has a lot of definitions, I'm aware. I guess for me, the kinds of people who would say yes and show up to something as wacky as an 'N'…
Protected: A Q&A with type designer Xavier Dupré
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‘Whatever. I can’t just, well, I don’t want to just spell it out.’
Published in S. P. A. C. E. Get exclusives in DK's weekly eZine S. P. A. C .E. -- $28/mo 'TELL PEOPLE, in a relatable way, why they should care and why it will make their lives better. Your offering. Whichever one.' 'What??' 'Dude. You just have to think about…
Protected: S P A C E || Commitment and connection
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Trust the creative process, find the art and magic
[Update: AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017, DK is making Atelier S P A C E. But before we began roving the world gathering people in real life for conversations about the creative process (and hands-on programmes designed to get us doing instead of just thinking about doing), we used to have…
Thank you for applying for THE MIRROR!
REGISTRATION period for THE MIRROR Spring 2016 has ended. We'll share about the next window for joining THE MIRROR through an update mail later this year. Don't miss the next window to register. For a notification, just add your name to the S P A C E orientation page, which…
‘Light sticks:’ implements for generating sparks or flame
TODAY, A GUEST POST from Eric Chuk, who took me up on my challenge to write an answer to the question, 'What is intrigue?' This originally appeared in the final issue of the INTRIGUE sequence in our eZine, S. P. A. C. E. Light sticks A MATCHSTICK IS COMMONLY composed…
Protected: S. P. A. C. E.: On introspection and self-reflection
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S. P. A. C. E: ‘A last long look, from the far harbor’
TODAY I AM WRITING FROM SWEDEN. Snow and rain. Tomorrow I will go to Denmark. It feels very strange Writing these Words from a computer that has a keyboard setup for SV. There are some intriguing characters that come up, like ö and Ö and when you see them here,…
Social innovation with my Cambodian teammates
Today a guest post from Phnom Penh-based innovation consultant Akira Morita. Akira is a founding member of Design Kompany's creative collective. IT WAS DURING my third Startup Weekend that I was a coach at, in Siem Reap, when I realized I had no idea what it was like to actually…
November 17: FLOW. Hit your peak productivity with this workshop in Malmö, Sweden
This week in Malmö, Sweden, we are hosting our first-ever workshop on productivity. It's called FLOW. GREETINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA, ladies and gentlemen. DK is ambling about here for a spell, bumping into people and places so as to make space for real life. Workshops and conversation salons, that is, for…
Ad agency Hakuhoudo’s Masaharu Kato on creative thinking
[caption id="attachment_651" align="alignright" width="700"] Click to read about S. P. A. C. E. >[/caption] IN A BOOK called Kougu*, which in Japanese means “thinking tools,” author Masaharu Kato of ad agency Hakuhoudo offers a few tips to come up with fresh ideas. I’ve used them when coming up with ideas…
‘N’ London: NOTEWORTHINESS. What’s remarkable? Why?
[caption id="attachment_841" align="alignright" width="700"] 'N' ticket. 16 in total.[/caption] POSTS. TAGS. Tweets. Comments. Handwritten letters. Memos. Novellas and plays. How do people decide what to note? What to omit, where to expand, or how to refine even an instapic as a narrative? What are criteria to decide, "This! This is worth making note of."…
Protected: Against boredom (and the boring, and that thing called ennui)
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One Fish, Blue Fish for Miyabi Japanese Restaurant
HERE'S THE NEW logo and color scheme for Japanese restaurant Miyabi. Most of the people who hire Design Kompany work in professional services. So it’s always a treat when someone comes along who just likes our process, and wants to try it out. Miyabi came to us because they really…