Be Inspired
We are excited to start a new blog series, Be Inspired, which will feature someone who inspires and moves us. We are hoping you all will also be inspired by the featured enthusiasts in this new series. Our first feature is Sam Davis. He is an environmental engineer for Hunt Valley, Maryland based EA Engineering and an avid nature photographer. His [...]
Rewear, Reuse, Recycle
Take a walk on the vintage side with Ting belt flooring. Yup, tile flooring handmade out of salvaged belts. At $75 a square foot, its a far cry from a budget item, but I bet you’ll look differently at the belt rack next time you visit your local Goodwill. http://www.tinglondon.com Ande www.orange-element.com
“Take you riding in the car”
When you think of the Audi brand you most likely associate it with sleek lines, sharp reflections and high contrast photography. Well, try this for a change: I ran across this ad on abduzeedo and wanted to share. It is a great ad that brings a more personal and light-hearted touch to the clean brand. [...]
Seven things you may not know about Aaron Moore
Both Rachel Stuart and Tracey Halvorsen have tagged me in response to Darryl Ohrts’ “7 Things” meme. I’m to share 7 things that I feel you should know of me, and then choose 7 people to go and do the same. Here goes: 1. I prefer to listen, which makes telling you all 6 more [...]
E-paper
I was fortunate enough to be handed a PaperSpecs business card at a letterpress seminar I attended during the 2008 HOW conference in Boston. I encourage you to check out Sabine Lenz’s online creation and mega resource: www.paperspecs.com. While anyone can enjoy general postings related to the paper industry, (see the Obama printing link below) [...]
Freebie Friday: Open Blog Kick Off!
To all of our valued readers: it is about time we open the blog to hear what you have to say! We love hearing about your ideas, inspirations, projects, and crazy internet findings. If you have any photos stashed away of the worlds largest rubberband ball, or whatever else gets your design ideas going, now [...]
Gig Posters Volume 1
If music and poster art is your thing, this is the perfect book for you! Some of you might be familiar with the poster website and community GigPosters, which is a great resource for artists and fans alike, and is home to almost 8,000 designers and almost 100,000 posters! According to the website, this book “includes [...]
Wooster Collective
@LukeHanyok informed me of a pretty cool new site after my recent post about the little mystery robot on Friday. I had never heard of the Wooster Collective, but it’s one of my favorite new blogs. The Wooster Collective got its name from a street in the SoHo section of New York and is built [...]
Help Solve The Mystery
One of Orange Element’s designers, the fabulous Sarah Rosenthal, blogged this morning about a little alien robot dude she saw on the street at the corner of Light Street & Key Highway right near the Maryland Science Center here in Baltimore. Apparently, there have been sightings in Philly too. Does anyone know the story behind [...]
Best and Worst Brand Identities 2008
Armin over at Brand New has recently done a blog post outlining his choices for the best and worst brand identity updates for 2008, largely based on reader comments. It’s definitely worth a look, so check it out HERE. Here is my favorite (because it does a great job of tying into the pink ribbons [...]
Someone Explain The Logic. Please?
As most people know, the fragrance market is a competitive one. If you’re unsure, just note the 45,000,000 choices of scents when you go to the local department store. That said, I totally understand why fragrance manufacturers and marketers act in desperation to differentiate themselves and move product. It’s a tough sell, especially when so [...]
A Warning For Tough Economic Times
I found this today and had to share: It’s so true – so much of our capitalistic society is built upon perception. If people perceive that the market is bad, they will do things that perpetuate just that, like take all of their money out of the stock market. The same applies to companies. Similarly, [...]
Getting Back to Work
As much of the business world actually starts to return to work today from a long hiatus, I figured it would be great to start 2009 off with a couple of examples of campaigns I’ve heard about recently that are pretty creative. I think these are particularly awesome because they illustrate how a campaign, tactic [...]
