And the Facebook Poster Winners are….
We did it, 150 fans on facebook (today we’re at 163)!!! And all thanks to your overwhelming support! Thanks for all the love, we are excited to reach out to new people and even more excited about our 7 winners who will receive our newest screenprinted poster! To pick the winners we wrote down our [...]
The Filmmakers Are Coming!
It will soon be film frenzy in Baltimore. In one month, the Maryland Film Festival will be upon us (May 6-9)! We look forward to this one weekend all year long. Besides, who else brings you Oscar-winning films a year early? (i.e. The Hurt Locker) Check out the new banner designed by Orange Element on [...]
That’s right…Time to give away some posters!
If you’re a fan of our 7th anniversary, limited-edition poster that we recently screen printed at Globe Poster but you missed the chance to get your hands on one at the Paper Show last Thursday, now is your time to win one! In an effort to explore some of our other social media channels there [...]
Freebie Friday :: Launch!
Happy Friday! Earlier this week we posted a teaser snapshot of a limited edition, screenprinted poster that we were designing to give away at the PCB Paper Show. Well here it is! For anyone reading who made it out to the show last night, what did you think? Thanks to all the hard work of the [...]
Print Grows Trees
The Printing & Graphics Association MidAtlantic (PGAMA) has launched a new campaign titled Print Grows Trees. With a shift in the last decade to favoring electronic media in response to growing environmental concerns, it is of no surprise that the paper industry has been greatly effected. With that shift, PGAMA is suggesting an alternative way [...]
PAPER SHOW!
Orange Element is proud to be a supporting sponsor and participant in The Production Club of Baltimore’s 2010 Paper Show. Entitled LAUNCH, participants will prove to bring more than just paper to show—from packaging to pixels—there is production information for everyone. So fasten your seatbelt and plan to soar to new heights at LAUNCH! Thursday, [...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Enjoy the holiday and be sure to call 1-877-963-TAXI for your free ride home from the “BA” tonight!
Serific Tote
Veer is always bringing us cool new merchandise. After all, that is how we discovered Shrapnel Design, who ended up designing our custom portfolio box. Check out Veer’s new seriously cool serif idea below. The tote retails for $22. ande www.orange-element.com
2010 Olympic Games
The two full weeks of winter games have officially come to a close. There were a lot of memorable moments, but I wanted to share one small favorite—the winners’ podium—designed by James Lee & Leo Obstbaum. The podium was constructed from donated wood and finished by new wood workers in the inner city of Vancouver. [...]
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 [...]
Lemonade
UPDATE: DUE TO THE WEATHER, THE SCREENING OF LEMONADE WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR SOME TIME IN MARCH. WE WILL UPDATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Orange Element is very pleased to be a sponsor for a screening of the film, Lemonade, brought to Baltimore and presented by Second Shore, the new public programming series created by [...]
Objectified
If you are in Baltimore tonight, be sure to attend Shag’s screening of Gary Hustwit’s Objectified. Gary, the director of Helvetica, covers the world of industrial design in this feature-length documentary. ande www.orange-element.com
And The Ultimate Font Hour Champion Is……
Well, it’s the moment you have all been waiting for. After much deliberation and some help from our good friend Dave Stock, the winner of last Friday’s Font Hour was “Chunk” submitted by Neal Shaffer via twitter. This ultra-bold slab serif from the League of Movable Type caught everyone’s eye for its old American Western woodcut feel. [...]
Fire Graphics
As a kid I remember asking my mom why the lettering on the front of an ambulance was backward. Perhaps the sign of an early graphic designer, but it definitely sparked an affinity for vehicle signage. With the recent news of Baltimore area fire station closures and job relocations, I’ve been thinking about the art [...]
Font Hour :: We Want Your Favorite Fonts!
It’s time for our favorite hour of the week again… Font Hour!!! This time we will be opening font hour to all our friends and followers for a chance to win a limited edition print designed with the winning typeface. Here is how Font Hour will work: Send us the name of one font you [...]
Water with Pulp
Everyone knows that the energy and resources associated with producing plastic water bottles is a taxing process on the environment. According to the Huffington Post, 60 million plastic bottles are thrown out everyday in the U.S. While refillable bottles are the preferred environmentally friendly choice, I still don’t know anyone who carries one at all [...]
Nonsek Machine
Like cool t-shirts? Nonsek Machine is a fun and interactive way to create your own custom one-of-a-kind t-shirts based on art from popular artists and designers, such as Jesse Ledoux, Aesthetic Apparatus, Art Chantry, and more. Load an artist’s channel, select your shirt color, and then create your own re-mixes of their illustrations! This is [...]
GOOD Transparency Food: Waste, Not Want Not
Good morning everyone, hope you enjoyed the holiday! After a long weekend of delicious food I ran across a video put out by GOOD and Mark Owens that seemed an appropriate followup to the festivities. It is a simple, well designed video with a clear message I think you’ll enjoy.
Wayzgoose
That’s right, Wayzgoose, not to be confused with WYSIWYG. It is actually a gathering happening this coming weekend at the Hamilton Wood Type museum in Wisconsin. It comes from a printer’s dinner given by a master printer to his workmen at the end of summer according to Wikipedia. It also means stubble goose (harvest goose) [...]
Living Climate Change with Ideo
We love following the creative work of Ideo and were excited to learn about the mission behind their Living Climate Change project. On their project page they say: Living Climate Change is a devoted space for the most defining design challenge of our time. It’s also a place to support fresh thinking and share provocative [...]
Freebie Friday
Hungry? These little monsters can’t wait to gobble up some turkey grub soon. Download over 10 Orange Element Monster photoshop brushes. Download here Simply drag the .abr file into your Photoshop > Presets > Brushes and then ‘Load’ the brushes from your palette or restart photoshop.
365 days with Lester Spence
Last week I met Political Scientist and Johns Hopkins Professor, Lester Spence, a very energetic and enthusiastic individual who introduced me to a photography project he has been working on for the past 122 days. He says he is not a photographer but for his 40th year he wanted to take one photo of himself [...]
Tim Brown on the shift to Design Thinking
Thank you, to all great designers, for again making and thinking “big” design. Tim’s presentation is well worth 15+ minutes of your time.
