News & Press

Held at the 7 Train Theater in Flushing, Queens, the first TAKE ON New York Showdown brought ten back-to-back traditional Muay Thai face-offs to a sold-out audience of over 800 pumped participants. Kiss Me I’m Polish designed the identity for this new event series and we were beyond stoked to see our logo all over the fighters’ gear, the ring and various collateral materials that night.

Definitely keep an eye out for upcoming TAKE ON Showdowns cause they’re taking New York by storm!
Chok dee!

This October, the AIGA hosted another one of its biennial design conferences - this time in Memphis, TN. Entitled “Make/Think,” the 3-day event explored the dual roles of designers as makers of beautiful things and strategic problem solvers. As part of the conference’s line-up, KMIP’s Agnieszka Gasparska took part in an “Art Direction on the Web” panel with Ian Adelman (nymag.com + menupages.com) and Khoi Vinh (NYTimes.com).

The online magazine Notes on Design - recently talked with Agnieszka Gasparska about the Kiss Me I’m Polish studio, being from Poland and pack-rat-itis.

In an August 3rd Thought Leaders post, Forbes.com touted the recently-launched ChallengePost as the “eBay for Innovation.” Described by founder Brandon Kessler as a public marketplace for “getting something done when that something in your head doesn’t exist,” ChallengePost aggregates innovation contests in a single online platform. Users can post challenges directly on the site, and visitors can support a challenge or opt to pledge money to raise the stakes.

Kiss Me I’m Polish designed the ChallengePost logo and the visual strategy for the website.

Two of our projects have been recognized at this year’s 13th Annual Webby Awards.

The THRILLIST website has been shortlisted for the Best “Guides / Ratings / Reviews” and our design of the NEA Jazz in the Schools web-based toolkit has been awarded an Honorary Webby in Education.

That’s Agnieszka’s saddle (and arm) as documented by WNYC’s Stephen Nessen during the sixth annual blessing of the bikes at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. What a spectacular event that was. And the best part - a grand finale lap *inside* the cathedral.

Recipients of a Rhoda Lubalin Fellowship, Rich Watts and Kiss Me I’m Polish’s very own Louise Ma produced ten t-shirts from August 2007 to March 2009. Each was printed with diagrams that relayed information from a recent news story, and was available by subscription, like a newspaper.

Their grande finale shirt dealt with the creeping death of newsprint. It features the work of twelve New York City-based designers, arranged like a classified ad section. Among the designs is a contribution by Agnieszka Gasparska, illustrating the drop in stock values of the top six U.S. Newspaper companies.