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Things we are feeling
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DESK | But what ‘impact’ did you have in the long-term, really?
We were in teh middle of the discussions, me and some people I know now, thanks to the internet and progressive conversations that deep over time. About the world of the NGO, and their reach for ‘impact.’ I am telling you, standing by on the sidelines blogging this blog and other blogs for a while,…
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The danger of seeking external validation
Not everyone is gonna be happy for you, and celebrate your small wins. Pay attention, is my tip.
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A new issue of DESK covers the 13-year time gap of ‘exit, exile and return’
As a limited edition of 20, this issue gets personal. New original illustration and writing from the desk of DK. A curated set of interviews, personal essays, and short snippets on the reflective points of view from thinkers on ‘returns’. What if there is no ‘going back?’ A study of queries on these lines, this…
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Why slowing down can make you faster
‘Slow down to see it.’ Writing about this these days, over at my various newsletters for different groups of people who care about design, journaling, meaningful work, doing what matters, and taking time to really introspect. I’m Dipika Kohli. I guess there’s so much to say about wanting to encourage people to do this, to…
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Art & Copy Zine Club popup at SF Zine Fest
Make time and meet up in real life with us… if you are in San Francisco we will pop up with our zines at SF Zine Fest this weekend. Book a time to catch us and perhaps meet new others at the event or at nearby locations. Here is a link…
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Protected: DESK | The good party
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‘We must not cease from exploration’
… a T. S. Eliot poem was always a great inspiration for me. We must not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive at the place where we began, and to know it for the first time. It’s a time of revisiting old things like this.…
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UNBOXED | Design Kompany’s new Creative Confidence virtual workshop
This is for you if you want to be a person who leads with innovation, either at work, or for your personal life. As in, “What can we do now, that’s new?” Let’s discover. Let’s explore. Details at https://designkompany.com/creative-confidence
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‘Art & Copy’ | ‘A June Afternoon’
The re-release of the issue of S P A C E from 2024 in the June month, for this year’s ‘Art & Copy’ June issue. There are many reasons for sharing it again. The biggest one is time and distance from the story, and coming back to it again, has been a theme for me…
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Tết
Here’s an update on an old post. As the celebrations get prepped for around Lunar New Year, here in Cambodia, I am reminded of my time in Viet Nam where everyone was getting all set for a long holiday, a week or a month, of lazing and eating and meeting family and friends. Quit season,…
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Kbach Zine Club
After a long hiatus, Design Kompany is returning to the Phnom Penh aesthetic as an area of focus, for a time. The big idea is to go deep into this place that we have been based for more than a decade, now, and make some use of the new ambient awareness of a culture that…
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Protected: Desk | Studying up for DK’s curation of Southeast Asia regional fashion in a quarterly magazine
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More than a decade after hosting ‘State of Publishing’, so much to say
It has been a little while since I updated this post. Let me share my most comprehensive musings with DK’s Art & Copy Zine Club communities, because the interestingness is more interesting when you share it with people who are actually very interested in these kinds of topics. Writing and blogging and tweeting and other…
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Art, Architecture and Design Zine
New conversations begin to co-make a special issue of our zine that will focus on art, design, and architecture. An international conversation starts in February. I’ve made a free ‘info’ space for guests in #phnompenh who are interested in meeting and talking about this topic over Telegram… https://t.me/+O2RwRwC4a_4zNzBl See you in the spaces!
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Investigations into Compositions for a Year
WHY COMPOSITION? The essay series takes you through my philosphical encounters with the questions, ‘What is “the composition?” What makes it artful?’ To make an honest study of this, I made my best efforts to go outside of my box. To dive into a study of composition through the year. In the summer, I went…
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Phnom Penh Graphic Design Residency
Currently in Cambodia, so the residency program we have available is for guests interested in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Kampot. A post about Kbach ornament This is a Phnom Penh based in-person opportunity for you if you: Want to explore the creative process in a simple, relaxed way Feel interested in a…
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Protected: Desk | ‘It’s okay not to be “perfect”‘
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Making zines in Phnom Penh
It’s a good moment when you recognize that things are starting to fall into place. A dream, a vision, an update, a real-time switch over to something else because this isn’t working quite… right. And you do this enough times and you stick with it, and something cool happens. People begin to notice. They see…
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Cojournal – Solopreneurship & Co-Storm
Solopreneurs need places to go and brainstorm with others who are in the same boat. Let’s discover what each other’s challenges are. Let’s connect.
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S P A C E | ‘Heights’
Emo.
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All kinds of things
Tonight I met someone really cool. Wondering if the person knows. Wanted to say thank you for the good conversation this evening, and good luck on your onward journeys. To the new and the next. Very well wishes, Hysteria
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A 10-week course | Branding
A new short course from Design Kompany Skeptical people. Fleeting attention. Trust taking time to build. Today branding is not what it was. It’s a claim you make about who you are and what you believe in, much more than the old visuals and design work that might have been enough in the 2000s. I…
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Protected: S P A C E | Play’s role in the art of Ideation
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‘Time for Us’ | A year-end reflection workshop for groups, individuals and leaders
Slowing down to talk.
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Effective Visual Design for Digital Communication
Meaningful visuals and persuasive, data-backed research can add to a company’s credibility and build trust. Clear, authentic and unique brand platforms give people a blueprint they can use to explain their value quickly and effectively. Work with Design Kompany on effective visual design for your digital communication, when you commission us for one of our…