kor kitchen is the official blog of kor group

We love to fly and it shows

I know what you’re all thinking, and to be honest, I was thinking it too: “how has the Delta Airlines logo changed over the years to reflect the changing travel habits and tastes of a fickle flying public?” Well, wonder no more. The good folks at the Delta Heritage Museum (yes, there is such a place) have [...]

Corporate Identity

As designers we always hope for the best once we complete an identity project for a company, a person or an institution. Sometimes, once we hand over the files, it’s up to them to make sure it’s used properly. Some corporations have offices all over the world and keeping everything looking the same may pose [...]

Moving type

Sometimes typography can be very fluid. Check out this German artist’s piece.

Graphic Activism

In May 2000, the dictatorish Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe announced that general elections would be held in June of that year, giving the opposition little time to pull together a viable campaign. To make the biggest impact in the shortest amount of time, A graphic designer from Zimbabwe named Chaz Maviyane-Davies began designing two provocative [...]

keming.

It’s about time that someone came up with some new type language.

Think about it…think about it. Awesome. -Via Ironic Sans

The Google Logo

Wired presents a neat photo gallery explaining how Google got it’s logo.

Sing Your Brand

Spinner.com lists the best 25 band logos, including the highly recognizable (and oft tattoo’d) Nine Inch Nails, Aerosmith and Black Flag IDs.
Idolator quickly points out that Run DMC’s iconic logo is missing. How iconic is it? Enough to inspire this “Dim Sum” ripoff at a NYC Chinese eatery. Imitation is the most sincerest form of [...]

Soft Rock Band

Admittedly, one of kor group’s favorite after-work activities is kicking back with the crew and playing some Rock Band.
But what about when we’re feeling particularly histrionic? Haven’t we all felt the need to rage out our existential and/or romantic angst to Journey ballads?
Upcoming at a kor afterparty: Soft Rock Band. Link courtesy Wired’s Listening Post. [...]

O.D.G.

It’s good to see some fun design spoofery on the YouTube.

Obama is to Mac as Clinton is to…

The New York Times is trying to capture the race for the Democratic Nominee in a slightly different way. This article draws up a pretty in depth argument about how Obama is the Mac to Clinton’s PC. That’s right, the popular characters from Apple’s “Get a Mac” ads. It based on nothing but the design of the candidate’s websites, [...]