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September 27, 2011
DESIGN ON DRAGON | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 5-9PM
The city’s finest art galleries and design showrooms are opening their doors welcoming you to see, stroll, and shop. Taking place on Dragon Street in the Design District, the annual street wide event includes music, local fare and spirits. Get out and stroll the “intersection of art and design” while enjoying a cool fall evening in Dallas.
For more information on this event and future Dragon Street events, click here.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Leave a commentThrift Studio Event: Design for a Good Cause
September 23, 2011
Join us for a Sneak Preview of the Thrift Studio!
Friday, September 30th from 6-9pm
1616 Hi Line – Dallas Design District
$25 Entry Fee – All proceeds benefit Dwell with Diginity
Thrift Studio is a thrift store unlike any you have ever seen before. This pop-up shop will be open for 30 days, bi-annually. Inventory includes furniture and home decor items donated by designers and designer showrooms, refurbished inventory, and also gently used items from the public. Some great pieces in the first studio store will include donations from Jan Showers, David Cadwallader, David Sutherland and Peacock Alley. Five interior designers will also display custom-designed vignettes. All proceeds from the Thrift Studio will benefit the future work of Dwell with Dignity.
Posted in Social Conciousness | Leave a commentMedea Vodka Packaging Design
September 19, 2011
Medea Vodka claims to be the “Best Engineered Vodka in the World.” It’s packaging design also has pretty extensive engineering in itself. In a saturated market of adult beverages and high-end competition like Grey Goose and Belvedere, Medea Vodka (made in Holland) grabs our attention in a different way by incorporating a programmable screen on the front of their bottles. The ticker can be programmed with up to six different messages and up to 255 characters each. The batteries last up to a year, but really, who takes a year to finish a bottle of vodka?
Client Spotlight: In Our Genes
September 15, 2011
In Our Genes has garnered media attention recently because of their truly unique products and work to fight disease. Founder, Darrin Grandmason, created a line of clothing featuring unique genetic art with a charitable tie. This genetic art is actually artistically-rendered DNA prints of some of the planet’s most challenging diseases. In Our Genes Mission: To eradicate disease one piece of clothing at a time.
To find out more or order a shirt to help fight one of the top 20 diseases in the world, visit their website today.
Posted in Design, Fashion Design, Social Conciousness | Leave a commentGraphic Designers, Not Only Designing Print and Web
September 10, 2011
Graphic designers have long dabbled in additional mediums other than print and web. Check out Linus Dean’s new line of rugs. Designed to be bold, minimal and typography-driven, the rug designs are all unique compositions designed by Linus himself. These rugs are also made from some of the finest wool on the planet and come in a wide range of sizes. You can even custom order a particular rug and specify the color and size to fit any space in your home or office.
His website says, “Each of our rugs is playful yet poised, sophisticated without being stuffy, avant-garde minus the arrogance.”
Posted in Design | Leave a commentEton of Sweden Hosts Fashion Night Out
August 29, 2011
Eton Fashion Night Out
Eton of Sweden hosts 2011 Fashion Night Out! If you are in the New York area and love fashion, drinks and great house music, our client Eton is throwing a fantastic party at 625 Madison Avenue, New York, NY. Eton’s men’s clothing line is the definition of style with a refined, modern edge, and we are very excited to help promote their 2011 fall event. To find out more about Eton of Sweden, visit them online.
Posted in Design, Upcoming Events | Leave a commentNew Luxury Portfolio Advertising Campaign
August 19, 2011
Having carved a niche in Dallas real estate marketing and branding, we are proud to release the new advertising campaign for Luxury Portfolio, in conjunction with Ebby Halliday Realtors and it’s affiliates Dave Perry-Miller and Associates and Ellen Terry Realtors. Starting with the August issue, check out the back cover of FD | Luxe magazine. Some of the most exclusive Dallas properties on the market are featured for your drooling pleasure.
Oak Lawn Dermatology Branding Launched
August 12, 2011
Oak Lawn Dermatology Branding
In conjunction with Hite Advertising (Dallas, TX), Erik Karvonen Design recently branded and launched a new dermatology and age management practice. The new branding initiative included a new logo, website design, advertising campaign, print collateral, and office signage. Located at 3500 Oak Lawn – Suite 650, in the heart of Dallas, Dr. Proffitt is a Board Certified Dermatologist and is also Certified in Age Management Medicine. His practice specializes in general dermatology, cancer screening and treatment, cosmetic dermatology, and medically-managed hormone replacement therapy.
For more information on Oak Lawn Dermatology and their services, contact them at 214-526-8100, or visit their website at www.oaklawndermatology.com.
Posted in Branding & Corporate Identity, Design, Erik Karvonen Projects, Works in Progress | Leave a commentSmart, simple design. The Magazine House.
July 27, 2011
Great design is simple and functional. Take the Magazine House for example. A simple shelter for your favorite design publications, with a jolt of color. Not finished with your reading? Just lay the open magazine on the roof of the house, and you can easily pick it up again to carry on reading, without loosing your page. Meanwhile your other favorite magazines can be stored inside. Available at Sleek Identity.
Welcome New Clients: Summer 2011
July 15, 2011
Erik Karvonen Design would like to welcome the following new clients:
American Talent Group: American Talent Group is a national speakers bureau and full service lecture and literary agency. American Talent Group represents such talent as Donald Trump, Anderson Cooper, Goldie Hawn, Dr. Oz, Jon Stewart, Suze Orman, and William Shatner. Click here for more information on American Talent Group.
Dwell with Dignity: Dwell with Dignity is a Dallas-based, non-profit organization of Interior Designers and Volunteers dedicated to creating soothing, inspiring homes for families struggling with homelessness and poverty. Dwell with Dignity will be featured on the Nate Berkus Show this coming August. Click here for more information on Dwell with Dignity.
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