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15 Years

July 2010 marked our 15th anniversary. We would like to share highlights of the journey with you.

Many thanks to our clients for making this possible

Total employees to date (inc 7 current): full time: 8/part time: 6/casual: 6 = 20
Total contractors/freelancers to date: 9
Total newsletters to date: 357
Total cups of coffee: 13,680 (estimated)

Current as at March 2010

system 7.5.3

1995

KRD commences July 1995 Caulfield South
First all night project
First freelance employee
Quark v3
OS 7
Font of the Year : Triplex

quark 3.31

1996

First dial-up email connection
First City of Greater Dandenong project
First Agfa project
Font of the Year : Suburban

cultural games festival logo

1997

Studio move to Ashwood
First newsletter completed
CGD Games Festival project
Font of the Year : Platelet

dandenong stock markets project

1998

First part time employee
Dandenong Stock Market project
Studio HP Laser Printer purchased June 1998
Font of the Year : Democratica

episode

1999

Studio move to Malvern East
First Monash City Council project
KRD becomes Pty Ltd company
First KRD website
Zvonko joins KRD - first full time employee
First Robert Bosch (Australia) project
First Sensis project
First KRD xmas party
OS 9
First KRD promo book ‘Episode’
Font of the Year : Rotis

emerge

2000

First TarraWarra Estate project
First permanent email connection - ISDN
First appearance of ‘pony’
‘Zvonko Aid’ xmas party
Second KRD promo book ‘Emerge’
Font of the Year : Agenda

casey arc logo

2001

Casey ARC identity project
‘Countdown to Xmas’ party
First Maribyrnong City Council project
Font of the Year : Matrix

synthesise

2002

First National Print Award
First calendar design
1,000th Agfa project - July 2002
Churchill Avenue Laneway project
First game of 500
‘Back to KRD’ xmas party
Third KRD promo book ‘Synthesise’
Font of the Year : The Sans

500 playing cards

2003

First project printed by Adams Print
First City West Water project
First ADSL connection
KRD ‘500’ xmas party
Font of the Year : Scala

central otago book

2004

First wine label design
First casebound book design
Studio move to Hawthorn
Font of the Year : Info

sensis welcome kit

2005

Emma joins KRD
1,000th RBAU project - February 2005
First Gold National Print Award
Drum Theatre identity project
Maribyrnong Aquatic Centre identity project
First css website
KRD ten year anniversary
Last Agfa project as Agfa Photo internationally winds up after 100+ years of trading
Passing fad of Slot Cars
OS 10.4
Font of the Year : Scene

footscray mural

2006

First Roger Wandless NZ photography book
Footscray Railway Station Mural project
VEO+HRC identity project
First Adams Print calendar
Font of the Year : Font Diner TV Dinner / Pixel fonts

18x2 project Bosch Power Tools

2007

Bosch Power Tools 18x2 project
Clayton Centre identity project
First Joomla website project
Switch to Adobe Indesign CS3 from Quark 6.1
Upgrade to ADSL 2
Passing fad of Texas Hold ‘Em
Font of the Year : Cholla

melbourne in the 70s

2008

Priscilla joins KRD
First National Print Award - casebound book
First Lend Lease project - The Gauge Welcome Kit
First KRD self-published book - Melbourne in the 70s
Ways 2 Work identity project
Font of the Year : Metroscript

coffey hardcover book

2009

Joanne joins KRD
Coffey 50th Anniversary book
Lend Lease Vic Harbour Hoardings project
Whitehorse City Council - Sportslink Super Graphic project
Zvonko’s 10 year anniversary @ KRD - October 2009
OS 10.5.x
Font of the Year : Soho

ANZ tempoary signage

2010

Melissa joins KRD
Lend Lease ANZ signage
1,000th BSH project - March 2010
Studio HP Laser Printer is 12 years old and is our earliest piece of IT equipment
Fourth Gold Medal at the National Print Awards
2,000th RBAU project – May 2010
KRD celebrates 15th anniversary