Go see “Lemonade”, TONIGHT!
Tonight is the night! Come on down to The Windup Space at 7pm for a screening of the film Lemonade and the kick-off of the Second Shore Film Series! Orange Element is very pleased to be a sponsor of tonight’s screening, brought to Baltimore and presented by Second Shore, the new public programming series created by Slant Six [...]
Freebie Friday!
We’ve blogged about Paper Specs in the past, and we’re doing it again! Visit their website to download a free e-book on 19 ways to trim paper costs. If you have any additional tips, please share them. ande www.orange-element.com
Make Something Cool Everyday
If there is anyone reading who went to art school, chances are you were given some type of assignment that challenged your ability to solve one problem in as many unique ways as you could come up with. I remember a book binding teacher who gave us an overnight assignment to create a book showing [...]
Out of the Office? Get Dropbox!
With last week’s record-setting snow storm in Baltimore, everyone in the city was pretty much snowed in and out of luck when it came to heading down to the office. Orange Element didn’t skip a beat thanks to Dropbox, a FREE cross-platform, cloud-based application used to store, sync, and, share files online. We were able [...]
Orange Element welcomes MAP!
Orange Element is very proud to announce the start of a new brand identity for our friends and colleagues at Maryland Art Place (MAP). Established in 1981, MAP is a not-for-profit center for contemporary art that energizes encounters between artists and the public through networking, educational leadership and outreach. MAP averages eight amazing exhibitions annually [...]
“Start Fresh” today, tomorrow, everyday!
Well… we’re just about a month into the new year and we want to ask ”how have you started off your year?” This year at Orange Element we have kicked off 2010 with the theme of starting fresh. A fresh year, a fresh decade, a fresh attitude towards a year full of fresh new creative ideas! That [...]
Clothbound Penguin Classics
Penguin Classics has created a series of clothbound novels, designed by Illustrator Coralie Bickford-Smith. Each book in the series is a true work of art, and is bound in an elegant colored bookcloth and stamped with a one-color foil stamp of a pattern inspired by the work within. Penguin is already on it’s second series [...]
Font Hour Freebie Friday
Thanks everyone for the great Font Hour submissions! We had a lot of fun looking through them all. Results will be in on Monday! Until then, enjoy a Font Hour themed Freebie! 1024×768 (standard) 1680×1050 (widescreen)
Fine Art, Handmade Gifts & Unusual Objects
MICA’s Art Market is here! The MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) Art Market is a venue for the sale of original artwork and handcrafted pieces created by more then 250 students, faculty, staff and alumni. The event, which lasts for four days, is a perfect opportunity for holiday shoppers and helps to provide funding [...]
Happy Turkey Day!
Happy Thanksgiving loyal OE followers! As a Thanksgiving Freebie we wanted to offer something you can use if you find yourself in a dinnertime pinch this holiday. Here are two recipe cards containing recipes for pumpkin and apple pie on one side and a list of ingredient substitutions on the back side. Simply print the card on [...]
The Toyota Flower
Car companies today are doing more than ever to create more energy-efficient cars, cars that get better gas mileage, and cars that rely on emerging technologies like fuel cells, hydrogen, and electric motors. It’s very exciting–and Toyota has taken innovation to a whole new level and decided to make a great effort in reducing CO2 [...]
1 of 1500
“1 0f 1500″ is a 10-Year retrospective book highlighting the collaboration between JDK (Jager Di Paola Kemp) Design, Higher Ground, and the Iskra Print Collective. It showcases over 120 silk-screened music posters and features comments by the designers and the bands themselves. The cover is silkscreened and hand-numbered out of 1500 copies (hence the title [...]
Freebie Friday: 5 Secrets to Problem Solving
Here’s a wallpaper to use as a reminder of Michael Bierut’s 5 Secrets to Problem Solving, featured in EJ’s blog post yesterday, which you can read here. Click a link below to download! 1024×768 (best for standard) 1680×1050 (best for widescreen) Andy www.orange-element.com
Art Chantry says “Take a Nap!”
Jumping right on the heels of yesterday’s post about problem solving I wanted to share some design advice I received from punk designer Art Chantry a few years ago. When I was in school I had the opportunity to participate in a visiting designers workshop that was run by a selection of noteworthy designers with [...]
Michael Bierut: 5 Secrets to Problem Solving
How does the designer solve a problem? Michael Bierut of Pentagam says that he doesn’t consider himself creative but he is someone who people come to for solutions to problems. He works out these problems in his notebooks, which are filled not with paintings, or cartoons but problem notes, requirements and free-flowing ideas. After 86 notebooks [...]
Stages 09: Design for Cause
STAGES is a global art exhibition to raise funds and awareness for the fight against cancer. It is a partnership between Lance Armstrong and Nike, and all of the work in the show is available for purchase with proceeds directly benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation. STAGES features work by Shepard Fairey, Damien Hirst, Ed Ruscha, [...]
Freebie Friday: Fallpaper ’09
The leaves are starting to fall, and now is the time of the year for apple picking, cider, pumpkins, and cool Orange Element desktop wallpaper! Click a link below for a downloadable image of the Fallpaper ’09 desktop wallpaper: 1024×768 (best for standard) 1680×1050 (best for widescreen) And for last year’s Fallpaper, see this post. [...]
“Shopping on a Shoestring” Tour
Andrea, EJ and I decided to take a trip down to Whole Foods yesterday for their “Shopping on a Shoestring” tour. We all felt it was a really cool way to introduce people to Whole Foods’ own 365 Brand and the Whole Foods experience in general. The purpose of the tour was to teach people [...]
Soar, baby, like an eagle.
(Okay, a birdie is fine too.) Good luck today golfers! Orange Element is a participant and proud sponsor of The Brick Companies’ Seventh Annual Classic Charity Golf Tournament. Today, hundreds of golfers descend upon Queenstown Harbor for a day of play and giving back. TBC supports programs and initiatives that benefit the heritage, residents and environment [...]
Your Brain on Logos
Every minute we are inadvertently bombarded by images and marks that represent brands. Just sitting at your desk you can probably count far beyond a dozen around you. Rarely do we think twice about the significance of these marks but we may be taking them into consideration more than we are consciously aware of. According to a [...]
The Mobbies: Maryland’s Outstanding Blogs
Head on over to the Baltimore Sun’s website and check out The Mobbies–our blog has been nominated by The Baltimore Sun for one of Maryland’s Outstanding Blogs (Business & Technology)! Help us climb the ranks and maybe even give us your vote for Best Overall blog. The more “hits” the better! And of course, thanks [...]
Aartrijk Brand Camp 2009
If you happen to be in Chicago today, make sure to stop by the Hotel Sax and check out Aartrijk Brand Camp 2009! We designed the identity, program, promotional materials, signage and more for the event. And, our very own Aaron Moore is giving a talk on making an impact with your website through design, [...]
New Work: Seeds of Genius
Hot off the press! We just received the new company overview brochure for Seeds of Genius. The woman-owned IT solutions company, based in Columbia, MD, approached us with the goal to create an informative brochure that captured their human side. In a sea of acronyms, their name alone stands out among IT companies. But how do [...]
Preserving More Than a Mark
Happy Friday once again. This morning our good friend and talented designer, Beth Brady, passed on a link to the World Trade Center Logo Preservation Project. It is unlikely for any of us to forget that one day eight years ago, just ask the next person you see and chances are they can recount the [...]
