Soon after we completed the WPI #1 MBA campaign, kor group developed the Department of Management’s 2008-2009 Annual Report. WPI’s Department of Management has a lot to be proud of, in addition to the incredible #1 part-time MBA in the nation, so we’ve highlighted those achievements in their annual report. This was a great project for us, we worked with Lee Nash on [...]

Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Department of Management was recently ranked #1 part-time MBA in the nation by BusinessWeek. kor group led the cross media advertising campaign with Redhead Media, and the marketing team at WPI. The branding and design had to work on various applications; from a 1″ sticker, to an outdoor billboard, online and on-air. We kept [...]

kor group exhibited in November at the American Marketing Association Symposium for Marketing of Higher Education. Held in Boston, the event was attended by more than 775 higher education marketing professionals from around the world. kor is known for building strong college and university brands through strategy, design and new media. This flash movie highlights [...]

Honoring our own
We  are proud to be celebrating the ten year anniversary of James Grady, Associate, with kor group—and counting on at least ten more. We gathered at 28 degrees for a night of honor, celebration, and thanks to the best thing that ever happened to kor group, James Grady, who demonstrates this time and [...]

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 [...]

Having come from a male owned, predominantly male staffed company, I get asked all the time now…what it is like to work for a women-owned firm? It is very different?
My honest response: “It is great!”
Before working at kor group, I was often surprised to hear about someone working for a women-owned firm and curious too. [...]

Last month MB Jarosik and I (James Grady) were invited to speak at the CASE Design Institute: Creativity in a Challenging Environment conference. Our lecture focused on our process of getting started, vetting new ideas and engaging clients with nontraditional designs. We talked about our effective methodologies and presented some of our cutting edge educational communications.

In order to deliver effective and creative results, kor [...]

kor group is known for bringing exceptional creative solutions and dynamic communication strategies to life for our corporate and institutional clients. In addition, we have made a commitment to creating meaningful communications for institutions outside the for-profit sphere. Understanding the value of good design, non-profit organizations realize that strategically developed solutions can help them meet [...]

 

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 [...]

Register for CASE Design Institute 2009 to hear kor group speak.
ready. set. design. presented by kor group
kor group will share their best practices in getting started, vetting new ideas and engaging clients with nontraditional designs. Learn about their effective methodologies and view some of their cutting edge educational communications.
get ready: beginning the relationship and scoping [...]