If You Like What You Are Reading, Vote!
Hi all – Fuel Lines, an ad agency new business blog done by Michael Gass Consulting, has recently nominated us one of the Top 10 Advertising Agency Blogs for November. Even though we’re not really a typical ad agency, it’s still pretty cool to be nominated! What’s more, he’s holding a vote so folks can [...]
New Work :: Elevation Burger
Ever since I heard of the concept behind Elevation Burger, I knew we had to find a way to work with them. They are a rapidly growing, fast-casual concept serving 100% organic beef burgers and fresh-cut french fries cooked in heart-healthy olive oil. The concept began in 2005 and is growing fast, largely because of [...]
Design Your Own Snowboards
It’s cold here today in Baltimore. And when it starts turning cold, the folks here in the shop start thinking about snowboarding. So today I wanted to share with you a snowboard maker that has a pretty cool Web site where you can download a template and literally design your own custom snowboard. With Prophet [...]
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
In true Barack Obama fashion, the president-elect gave his weekly address and immediately posted it up on YouTube for all to see. These can be considered the ‘fireside chats’ of the new millenium and if his presidential campaign was any indication I imagine this type of access to the president will be something the world [...]
New Work :: FS Poster
You might remember a while ago when we posted about our brand identity work for our friends at Fastspot. The process of creating the final identity was one we were particularly proud of, so we decided to commemorate it by making a sweet poster out of it. Click HERE to see a larger version. What [...]
Cool Poster
I found a pretty cool poster on AdFreak that I think is really well done. It’s for The Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs, hosted by Mike Rowe, a native of Baltimore. Click the image above to enlarge it for detail. It’s worth it. If you’ve ever watched the show, you know how perfect this poster [...]
Re-covered Classics
With the invention of devices like Amazon’s Kindle and even the increasing popularity of audio books, publishers are struggling to keep traditional book publishing and production from going extinct. A new publishing house, White’s Books, has a novel idea of how to keep the printed word around for a long time. With the idea that [...]
New Blog Header :: November
Special thanks to Rachel Stuart for designing the November edition of the Orange Element Insights blog header, which you can see at the top of your screen. As always, you can find all the previous header designs by clicking “Header Design Archive” on the navigation to the right. Looks great, Rachel! Garret Ohm http://www.orange-element.com
Freebie Friday: Fallpaper
Fall desktop wallpaper! This gorgeous fall Friday in Baltimore inspired this little wallpaper. Hope you enjoy! Click a link below for a downloadable image of the Fallpaper desktop wallpaper: 1024×768 (best for standard) 1680×1050 (best for widescreen) Have a beautiful weekend! Sarah Rosenthal http://www.orange-element.com
President V.2
Earlier this week I wrote about President-elect Barack Obama’s big win on Tuesday, and how I hoped that he would continue to harness his powerful brand and understanding of new media to engage the American public. Here’s what I wrote: As he makes his transition into the presidency, I will be particularly interested in whether [...]
Product Packaging Design
Yesterday we met with a company that manufacturs a great consumer product that you’d find in a grocery store to talk about working with them on some brand and marketing initiatives. As such, we’ve been thinking about product brands and product packaging a whole lot over the past few days. It seemed only appropriate to [...]
Obamabats
Today is a new day. The American people have spoken and elected Barack Obama as their 44th President of the United States. His encouraging words of “yes, we can” are providing hope for multitudes of generations and uniting the American people on both sides of the aisle. As he makes his transition into the presidency, [...]
MGH You Are Going Doooooooooown!
You might remember that recently another local shop challenged us to a table tennis match. If not, go HERE to get up to speed. We’ve responded: Bring it on, MGHWOM. Garret Ohm http://www.orange-element.com
