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WORKING WITH PROFESSIONAL DESIGNERS
Thirteen students took part in a Design Thinking Workshop at Kolar Design. Students were taken through a brand development exercise with the Kolar team of designers. They were asked to…
October 25, 2017
GOERING CENTER AWARDS
Kolar Design is the recipient of the 2017 Goering Center Family & Private Business Finalist Award for Private Businesses with fewer than 25 employees. This annual…
September 20, 2017
WHEN THE STUDENT IS READY, THE TEACHER WILL APPEAR
This summer I returned back to my alma mater to team teach Design Systems, a junior-level experiential graphic design (EGD) course. We guide students to research social issues within…
August 11, 2017
SEGD’S DISTINGUISHED MEMBER AWARD
Kelly Kolar, president and founder of Kolar Design, proudly accepted the prestigious SEGD (Society for Experiential Graphic Design) Distinguished Member award during the Experience Miami…
July 28, 2017
2017 SEGD CONFERENCE WRAP-UP – HANNAH ANDERSON – FOCUS
It was an exhilarating experience to speak at the 2017 SEGD Conference in Miami. Being tasked with the topic of “Learning from Failure” could have been daunting, but the content was…
July 25, 2017
CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S CLINICAL SCIENCES PAVILION
When Cincinnati Children’s opened their new Clinical Sciences Pavilion it made a 14-story, 445,000 square-foot commitment to research, innovation, and collaboration. The Clinical…
May 18, 2017
SEGD BRANDED ENVIRONMENTS AT THE DIGITAL SIGNAGE EXPO 2017
To fulfill our hunger for knowledge and seek out innovation, we attended the Digital Signage Expo again this year. Our team recognizes that the landscape of design (and really everything…
April 21, 2017
PARK AND TRAIL MAPS – WASHINGTON POST
Kolar Design and the entire project team are extremely honored to have the Theodore M. Berry International Friendship Park included as part of this article by Kim Cook |…
April 12, 2017
WBENC: LEVERAGING THE NETWORK
We first learned about WBENC Certification (Women’s Business Enterprise National Council) when our largest clients, Procter & Gamble and Cincinnati Children’s, encouraged us to…
March 23, 2017
THE YEAR OF INSIGHTS & INNOVATION
In 2017 we will be taking our company to the next level. Together we have reached new heights with our most innovative team ever. I’m immensely proud of the work that we are doing to…
February 20, 2017