Snippets
One of our regular sections in S P C is ‘Snippets.’ In which we quickly share some of the light, fast-read […]
Brand identity design for a Seattle cafe, 2010
I’m updating our portfolio, and I’m trying to start from as early as I can recall, which mean publishing here […]
Brand identity design: Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce, circa 2006
One of the first gigs we had at Design Kompany was for the rebrand of the Capitol Hill Chamber of […]
12 years ago, DK rebranded Seattle’s Northwest Asian Weekly
Cool. The Seattle community paper, Northwest Asian Weekly, is still using our rebrand all this time later. I’m updating our […]
NUK | Designing brand identity in Phnom Penh, 2014
Naming, brand identity design, and showing up to make space—quality space—for the process of people who want to discover somethign […]
Joints
A 1,000 year-old Japanese joinery technique that does not require nails or glue pic.twitter.com/atKE0WGeUJ — Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) September 25, […]
Issue #51, S P A C E | Kuala Lumpur, ‘Project Epicurus’
This week, we finished the issue S P A C E | Kuala Lumpur, ‘Project Epicurus.’ Releasing it today. It’s […]
Brand identity design for Seattle’s nightclub, Baltic Room, 2010
In the 2000s DK got to go to a lot of gigs, since we were based at that time in […]
‘Experience alone does not necessarily lead to learning; deliberate reflection on experience is essential:’ Wikipedia
This post is for SJ. Thanks for the insights yesterday. Suddenly I learned today how to send encrypted mail that self-destructs. […]
Cross Cultural Design and why it matters in an era that believes in ‘right answers’
Found something really cool today at the website ThirdCultureDesign.blogspot.com, by self-identified ‘Third Culture Kid,’ or TCK, Gerrit J. Hoppe. I […]
What is the role of the artist? To ‘exchange and understand’
Today, when the world is growing ever smaller through the spectacular development of the Internet and the increasingly rapid flow […]
The things in S P A C E
THE STORY IN A NUTSHELL. Going to different parts of the world, mostly Southeast Asia and Northern Europe, to discover […]
Atelier S P A C E | Riga
Make a ‘zine’ with DK. Get to know more about the DIY-style of publishing a mini-magazine. Techniques, templates, samples and […]
The glory and quietness of DIY publishing
THIS WAS ORIGINALLY going to be a protected-page post. I didn’t want to get all corny about this whole DIY […]
Kismuth in 2019
IT IS REASSURING and heartwarming to get the news today that there are readers following Dipika Kohli‘s new column, Kismuth […]
Hello Rīga
I KEEP DOING THIS. Showing up at major holidays, busting in with big plans and finding everything shut. I was […]