2012 was a year for the record books. 300++ projects, 12 designers, 1 new outpost in Bangkok, 2 office moves, 80 APHA posters in 4 weeks, a 400+ page volume of charts, 5 conferences, 4 pregnancies, 2 babies (so far) — it was a productive and fertile year.
![DL_OYIP_v1_16c](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/DL_OYIP_v1_16c.gif)
January
Happy Birthday, Brian! A sweet pairing of chocolate cake and hand-crafted paper flowers.
![Brian bday 3](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Brian-bday-3-200x300.jpg)
February
Stef back at the UN.
![photo (1)](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/photo-1-730x1024.jpg)
Brian tests the new video cam.
![Brian camera](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Brian-camera-862x1024.jpg)
March
Carly weaves daisies into a delightful message for Design Lab’s booth at the Global Leadership Meeting.
![GLM Booth](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/GLM-Booth-1024x768.jpg)
Everybody loved the booth and binders too.
![GLM Booth 2](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/GLM-Booth-2-e1356020444963-768x1024.jpg)
Anne in FHI 360 orange with Liza at the GLM Closing event.
![Human Development: The 360° Perspective](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/FHI-360-Human-Development-Event-63-1024x680.jpg)
April
Matt Mattassa, official understudy for TEDxDupontCircle speakers.
![IMG_3171](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/IMG_3171-1024x764.jpg)
More hosting duties for yellowpants: “Have a great, er good Friday!” at TEDxChange TEDxDupontCircle
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Melanie scribbling on the TEDxDupontCircle wall (that she ordered!)
![TEDxDupont Circle- The Big Picture-52](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/TEDxDupont-Circle-The-Big-Picture-52-1024x681.jpg)
May
Un voyage à Paris? Mais oui! A stroll through the City of Light after meeting with UNESCO. Followed by THE BEST. MEAL. EVER.
![Paris-dinner](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Paris-dinner-300x225.jpg)
How’s it hanging in the FHI 360 PQC (aka condom exploding lab)? Kung shows off her…*ahem*…package designs. (Yes, she designed the pink strawberry!)
![condom lab 2](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/condom-lab-2-1024x764.jpg)
June
Just hangin’ out…
![Seriously](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Seriously.png)
Leanne joins Brian, Jake and Anne at the Vimeo Film Festival. (It was a windy day.) Cool video wall in the Gehry-designed IAC Headquarters building.
![image](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/image5-1024x1024.jpeg)
July
Design Lab moves to new studio! So many, many, many boxes.
![image_4](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/image_4-1024x1024.jpeg)
Kung visits DC! Taking her out for some Southern Hospitality.
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Birthdays – sponsored by Google Hangout
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Homemade (in-house illustration) Candy. Welcome to Design Lab, Kay! How did we exist for so long without you?
![Kay Garcia](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Kay-Garcia1.png)
August
Meliha auditioning to be a Pantene model. #glamphotobomb
![Design Fab_Breck Model](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Design-Fab_Breck-Model-1024x785.png)
Scenes from Design Lab Pet Thursdays. Note the kitty stare-off.
![pet-thursday1](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pet-thursday1.jpeg)
September
Louis Frederick Saab III is born! Congrats to Deanna, now the mother of two. (But seriously, how can she look this good moments after delivery?!)
![Saab_September1](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Saab_September12.jpg)
Working and working out….
![Work balls](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Work-balls-1024x768.jpg)
Major team headache effort: APHA Conference Posters. Signed, sealed, delivered – 80 research posters for in 4 weeks.
![APHA Posters](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/APHA-Posters-1024x768.jpg)
Good morning, AIGA DC!: Lively and passionate audience at AIGA Salon – “How to Design for Good, Full-time”
![AIGA Salon](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/AIGA-Salon.jpg)
October
After a long search… Welcome Irinn to Design Lab/Bangkok! (Something tells us that you’re going to fit right in)
![irinn oct 4](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/irinn-oct-4-e1356026468591.jpg)
Congratulations to the new Mrs. Shannon Smith Dyson!
![Screen shot 2012-12-26 at 10.47.10 AM](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Screen-shot-2012-12-26-at-10.47.10-AM.png)
WOW! Our laser cut Marian Bantjes poster on display at Cooper-Hewitt’s Graphic Design: Now in Production
![image_6](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/image_6-764x1024.jpeg)
November
Thanksgiving package. Welcome to earth, Stella Marie O’Brien. Stef gets a new name: MOM.
![photo_2](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/photo_21.jpg)
December
Design without a dime…Kay crafts a message for our wall using tape, paper, and whatever else is lying around the studio.
![Wall 2](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Wall-2-300x225.jpg)
![InProgress](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/InProgress-1024x815.jpg)
And then the Rauschenberg arrives…
![Rauschenberg-2](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Rauschenberg-2.jpg)
Our BKK ladies…at play work
![kung_irinn_dec-13](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/kung_irinn_dec-13.jpg)
![Design Lab APRO](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Design-Lab-APRO-300x300.jpg)
Prepping for first ever TEDxLumpini at the stellar FHI 360 APRO office in Bangkok.
![65038_4992078245501_13965816_n](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/65038_4992078245501_13965816_n.jpg)
Irinn’s concept note: An “X” forms when you bridge the space between “> <”
![8253152621_7c137b7975_o](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/8253152621_7c137b7975_o.jpg)
Last checks with Kung, the “AV” director (It means different in BKK. Scroll to 1:46 to find out.) with Pailin and the inspiring TEDx speaker / horse whispherer Dr. Siraya.
![8266842348_c8ce544095_b](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/8266842348_c8ce544095_b1.jpg)
Anne with the lovely Jackie McPherson
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Thank you to AIGA and the fine folks who attended our studio tour.
![StudioTour](http://designlab360.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/StudioTour-1024x492.jpg)
Holiday mini potluck. On the menu: Kay kale, Peruvian chicken, noodles, a blueberry pie, green tea crepe cake and Brian’s divine ginger crème brûlée. Naps.
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