This past weekend (October 2-4) I attended a better world by design conference in Providence, RI organized by RISD and Brown University. An inspiring group of attendees from students to professionals, across disciplines, from researchers, business leaders, designers, artists, economists, architects, engineers, entrepreneurs, and educators came together with a common goal of making this world [...]

Charlotte Chambers, My first-cousin-once-removed (FCOR) visited kor group last week to learn about graphic design. Her high school in Sinking Spring, PA requires all seniors to complete a year-long project in which they research and gain first-hand experience about a career of their choice. (When I was in high school I did not even know [...]

As designers, we’ve been hearing a lot about how much of a carbon footprint we are leaving behind and the overall impact of our actions on the environment. At the same time, our clients are increasingly interested in ensuring they are communicating in an environmentally friendly way. While online methods offer one way of staying green, print materials are [...]

Creating dynamic photographic images for print and interactive communications is a blend of science and art. For healthcare organizations it is even more challenging due to physician’s schedules, HIPPA regulations and sterile locations. At kor group, we spend many hours working with our healthcare clients to perfect this process and I thought I would share some of [...]

 

The debate about speculative work is growing with the rise of “crowdsourcing,” as discussed in this recent Wired blog post. The term applies to a number of websites where designers compete to win projects by submitting concepts from which the client can choose. This trend, working towards the lowest common denominator, can only commoditize the [...]

Learn more about our rebranding project for Drydock, a mixed-use commercial space in Boston’s Seaport.

In our line of work there is a lot of emphasis put on visuals and aesthetic quality. Here at kor group that is something that we’re obsessed with; the right color palette, the right typeface, a stunning composition. We can’t get enough.
What you don’t see is the strategy, process, and thinking behind our design. Good [...]

Team ACIS/Kor/Sarah Wilkins
We just finished designing the ACIS (American Council for International Studies) 2010 student travel catalog, and this year we worked with a wonderful illustrator from New Zealand, Sarah Wilkins. Her use of color and imagery are refreshing and well thought out. She worked closely and collaboratively with the kor-ACIS team which made the [...]

Gary Hustwit, the director that bought us the film Helvetica, is working on a new film - Objectified. Described as ”a feature-length independent documentary about industrial design,” it is due for release in March, 2009. As part of this film, the director gained access to Apple’s exclusive design facility to interview Jonathan Ive as well as interviewing designers [...]

Yeah, I’ll say it. I don’t understand presidential polls. Who are these people running these things? Who are they polling? How large is the sample size? Are they accurate? How is this presidential race so close? However, the designer in me likes the concise nature of a color coded pie chart. A visual nugget that’s [...]