Fort #2
Isn’t this a killer…SCREENPRINT? Yes, folks-the above image is not a photo, but a limited edition Art Print by none other than Dan MacAdam of Crosshair Studios in Chicago. Dan’s work is absolutely outstanding, and if you haven’t seen it in person, you don’t know what you’re missing! His attention to detail and color is [...]
Where We Do What We Do
Yesterday was a great day off, but I know you’re all missing all the juicy information that I usually host on this blog everyday, so….here I go. Thanks to EJ again for passing along another winner. Now many of you know that with any luck we will be moving into a beautiful new office space [...]
Elephant Dung
Yesterday, in true EJ fashion, she sent an email to the entire Orange Element staff that asked simply “Who left the elephant poo on my desk? Cool!” For a while I was really confused. Why would elephant poo be on her desk, much less in our office? And why would she think that was cool? [...]
Role of Design In Social Media
Social media is an explosive new medium that is changing the way consumers interact with brands. Wikipedia defines it as: various activities that integrate technology, social interaction, and the construction of words, pictures, videos and audio. Among the countless examples of social media popular today are MySpace, Linkedin, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, bulletin boards, Wikipedia, blogs, [...]
Happy 5th Birthday Orange Element
Hi all, As many of you know, last night was Orange Element’s 5th Anniversary party at Kiss Cafe in Baltimore. It was a celebration of all of the great people that have played a part of our success over the years. The turnout was great and it appeared that everyone had a REALLY great time. [...]
This Hurts
As you know, last night was our Orange Element 5th Anniversary party at Kiss Cafe here in Baltimore. What an amazing time it was – thanks to everyone that came and also to everyone who has been a part of our success over the years. I will be posting pictures VERY soon. As you can [...]
When Product & Design Meet
I recently met a golf course architect named Terry LaGree from a company called Barbaron out of Florida. Terry is a great architect, who also happens to be responsible for golf course renovations at The Golf Club at South River. One of his newest ventures is what really caught my attention. Terry is a partner [...]
Design Can Change
Our good friend Rachael from Tilt sent me this link about how the design community in Baltimore and beyond can band together to support positive global climate change through sustainable design. Pretty good stuff, so check it out and take the pledge: http://www.designcanchange.org/ Garret Ohm http://www.orange-element.com
I’m On Board
Hi all – I’m very proud to announce that I have been selected as an interim board member of the Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance. I couldn’t be happier about this, both because it’s an extraordinary young organization that has a lot of potential and because it furthers Orange Element’s commitment to operating as a sustainable [...]
South River Rebrand
Recently, as part of our relationship with The Brick Companies, Orange Element was tasked with creating a completely new brand for South River Golf Club. The Annapolis-area course, one of Maryland’s finest, was about to undergo a transition from a full public golf course to a private club. In doing so, it was necessary for [...]
Is The Message Getting Lost?
As someone with a background in and love for advertising, I have always been a fan of the “big idea.” The idea and process of coming up with one driving concept for a campaign has always fascinated me. Having been involved in this process on numerous occasions I can honestly say that it is increasingly [...]
Next Company Trip?
I think I found out where Orange Element will be taking its next company trip. We’re going to go to Amsterdam on April 30, 2009 for Koninginnedag, which translated into English means Queen’s Day. Ok, maybe not, but it does look like a lot of fun–An orange holiday. Read more about the holiday HERE. And [...]
Creepy Vespa Creative From Canada
I found this via Adfreak and thought it was worth sharing. Like Adfreak, I found something a bit disturbing about the execution of these outdoor exhibitions, which were seen in Canada. While the brief probably talked about showing that Vespa riders have a certain sense of style of which the Vespa is a part, I [...]
New & Interesting Brandchannel Debate
Brandchannel has a new debate out that I found pretty interesting. The question is: “Are 3-D logos revolutionizing or ruining logo design?” My answer: Neither. Here’s more on what I had to say. I could have written a thesis on this but unfortunately you’re only allowed so many characters: This is an interesting debate, but [...]
Vote In Our Sweet Poll!
As you can see at the bottom of the navigation at right we now have the ability to add a poll to our sweet blog. This week’s poll touches on something that I think about quite a lot. At Orange Element, we’ve always had this dream of developing our own custom designed product line. But [...]
Validation For http://www.orange-blog.com
I get a lot of people that ask me if many people actually read our blog. Thanks to advanced Web analytics that WordPress has in place, I actually know the answer to that: Yes, I’m delighted quite a lot of people are actually checking us out here. Even still, I was glad to see some [...]
OE Client, TBC, In Today’s BBJ
One of our clients, who also happens to be one of the folks I mentioned in yesterday’s post about the Chesapeake Bay Foundation event was featured in an article in today’s Baltimore Business Journal today. The article was about the efforts The Brick Companies has made both at their headquarters but also at their portfolio [...]
Last Night’s Event @ Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Aaron and I were invited by our good friends at The Brick Companies to attend the sponsor’s dinner for the Akridge Save The Bay Classic to benefit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. It was an absolutely amazing event, held at the Phillip Merrill Environmental Center, which is the headquarters location for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. It’s [...]
Have you read my book?
To my amazement, I happen to be the main character in this book, Search For The Shadowman. Here’s a brief description: “What starts out as a simple family-history project turns into an obsessive hunt for the truth behind an old family feud. Andy Bonner is determined to get to the bottom of a mystery involving [...]
Brand New
Sarah is awesome. She sent me a link yesterday that I thought was pretty cool, so I wanted to pass it along to you so that you brand lovers can check it out: http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/ Brand New is a great blog that I am sure to add to my Google Reader. It’s mainly about something that [...]
Make My Logo Bigger Cream
Thanks to Wendy at our research & information partner Scherer Cybrarian for passing along this link: www.makemylogobiggercream.com. Oh, and if you haven’t signed up for their Research Redux 3-minute newsletter, you probably should! It’s a great read! Makemylogobiggercream.com is a site that makes light of the fact that one of the more common knee-jerk reactions [...]
New Header
Thanks to Beth Brady for designing the May version of the Orange Element Insights header. It looks amazing. I never thought I’d look so dashing as an astronaut petting my dog sporting “The Jessica.” Good work as usual, Beth! Garret Ohm www.orange-element.com
Adobe Guy
Every once in a while something that I have probably seen 5,000 times but never noticed catches my attention. That’s exactly what happened to me just recently when I opened an Adobe PDF document on my office computer. Here is what I saw: The design of this ‘welcome’ screen irritates me. What is the deal [...]
May 20, 2008 | Categories:Blog Posts | Tags: Bad Design, Commentary, Design | 4 Comments »