Make: A Roundtable on the Creative Process

To mix it up we like to get people together. Sometimes this is big, sometimes small. See images and links to past Design Kompany events below.

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Lightfoot

We’re into branding, and we’re into getting people together. So we thought it would be interesting to try to get people together to talk about branding. A series of events kicked off in March with a focus on marketing in the era where people are trying out a bunch of new things to see what sticks. Keep an eye out for new things we’ll co-sponsor at LightfootBranding.com.

Designers Korner

Design Kompany hosts Designers Korner monthly

Designers Korner is now on first Tuesdays at Vermillion, an art gallery and bar in Capitol Hill.

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Read about past Designers Korners hosted by DK and friends.

Past events at Design Kompany

Beautiful Simple, Sharpie marker drawings by Dipika Kohli, 2009

Beautiful Simple by Design Kompany

Gather, a potluck and conversation about community, 2009

Gather: A conversation about community and a potluck

Launch, a kickoff event for Lightfoot Branding, 2009

Launch details

LAUNCH is a Lightfoot Branding workshop series. Lightfoot Branding empowers small businesses with big ideas that are easy to act on, around the areas of branding and marketing.

Start, a celebration of new beginnings at Kornerhaus, 2008

Start: A party to celebrate new beginnings

Flourish III at graypants/Capitol Hill Block Party, 2008.
On Friday, July 25, friends of Design Kompany graypants hosted “projection mayhem” at their studio.

Projector Mayhem at Graypants, Flourish on Friday, July 25

Dream Kitchen spring series 2008.
Special guest speakers joined Design Kompany and co-working colleagues a selection of Fridays for conversation and inspiration.

Dream Kitchen spring 2008 season packs up

Why We Need Internet 2008. DK invited Lee LeFever of Common Craft and Bill Harding of Bonanzle to talk about their respective Internet-based businesses with us and special guests at Dream Kitchen.

Do We Need Internet? Illustration

FlourishII 2008. A planning meeting for how to get a new art project going in Capitol Hill.

Flourish2 at Vermillion on May 16

Flourish, a roundtable discussion on April 25 on sustaining the arts in Capitol Hill.

Design Kompany will host Flourish on Friday, April 25

Wavular by DK, an art installation at Vermillion 2008. This was a special exhibit for Arcade magazine’s “fashion and technology” issue launch partyon March 6.

Dipika working on "wavular"

Pop 2008, an open house at DK’s new office

Pop hosted by Design Kompany 2008

Sugar 2007, a dessert party for special colleagues and friends

Sugar, an event hosted by Design Kompany 2007

Dazzle 2006, a photography show opening at our office


Dazzle hosted by Design Kompany 2006

Spring 2007, a tea and cupcake social co-hosted with indie craft organization Urban Craft Uprising


Spring hosted by Design Kompany and Urban Craft Uprising 2007

Sponsoring an auction for Home Alive 2007. DK was the title sponsor for this nonprofit’s annual fundraising event. Home Alive is based in Capitol Hill. They teach classes on empowering people to take charge of their own self-defense. More about Design Kompany’s designs for Home Alive’s auction.


Home Alive auction sponsored by Design Kompay 2007

Co-hosting a barbecue party with client and office mates at D+A Studio, 2006.

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Green Plus brand refocusRebrand design and brand focus for Green Plus
“Nuts and bolts of doing green.” Nailing the core benefit of a Durham-based national nonprofit’s work. Talking to members, understanding the value.

Loom Foundation naming and brand designLoom“Weaving people and place.” Finding the authentic story for a new grantmaking foundation in Seattle.

Matchbox Mobile naming and rebrandMobile app software company
“Setting your mobile vision alight.” Starting from the core. Resculpting the image for this Brighton, U.K., and Seattle-based software developer.

Maekawa Japanese restaurant menu designDesign for a menu for a Japanese restaurantElegant doesn't have to cost a fortune.

Million Monarchs naming and brand designNonprofit in Portland's business card design
How we found a name that sparked hearts for this Portland nonprofit energy startup.

Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce branding designChamber of commerce logo design Business cards, stationery, and logo design for a startup chamber of commerce in Seattle.

New Hope Acupuncture brand identity designAcupuncture clinic brand design
“Chi your way to better.” Brand storymaking for a startup community clinic in Durham.

Northwest Asian Weekly 25-year anniversary rebrandNewspaper design
"A window to the world." A new page grid design. New logo. New look and feel.

Wedding invitation designWedding invitation design
A modern take on wedding invitation design.

Snaptotes brand refocusSnaptotes holiday promotion photography and graphic design
Total refocus for a custom bag manufacturer based in Durham.

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Allied Arts of Seattle
"The public square." Brand storymaking for a placemaking nonprofit advocacy group.

Atlantic School of English
Deep refocus for marketing an Ireland-based English as a Second Language school by the sea.

Avenue Medical Products
Branding for a Seattle-based national distributor of medical devices for surgeons.

Barka Lounge
Brand design. A Portland dog day care needed a fun but also trustworthy look and feel.

Blitz Art Walk
A playful, malleable brand identity design for a community festival. Each art walk, a different design studio gets to dress the logo in its own style.

Blue Gecko
"We've got your back." Teambuilding and brand storymaking for a Seattle-based remote database administrator with an international presence.

The Broader View
Branding and invitation design for a high-end, women's exclusive miniconference in Seattle.

Case Design
“Earth sense design.” Brand storymaking and ground-up identity design for an architect in Seattle.

C'ODA Architects
Brand storymaking for an architect.


Cleveland Holloway

"Durham's front porch." A neighborhood finds its logo and a new brand message.

D+A Studio
Total branding suite for a women architects’ boutique.

Group3 Architects
“Real. Fun. Thoughtful.” The three words that best describe a Seattle architecture studio’s new brand.

Gupta Insurance & Financial Services
"Sound advice for life." Brand storymaking for a smart Los Angeles advisor team.

Hindsight Veterinary Care “See. Learn. Heal.” Naming and brand design for a vet who does both Eastern and Western medicine.

Joji Minatogawa Architects
“Far is near.” Brand storymaking for an architect in Seattle.

Little Green Software mobile app design
Collaborating. Art direction for a game design from concept up.

Miyabi Japanese restaurant logo design
Brand design for a fun-loving restaurant south of Seattle.

Modern Business Training Systems
Brand design for an Irish trainer's national business.

MyVoucher
Brand design for a political initiative to guarantee healthcare for everyone.

Open Money
“Let’s play.” Barter in local currencies, an initiative by Victoria-based organization Open Money.

Potters' Bar
Logo design for a restaurant in Ireland.

Salon |e| Aspire
Brand design for an architect's startup salon series.

Spaccarotelli
His own wild Alaskan salmon label: a fisherman's dream.

Vibrance Nutrition & Fitness
Health and wellness.

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