Orange Element http://www.orange-blog.com Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:30:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Welcome to the New Orange Element Blog! http://www.orange-blog.com/2010/08/27/welcome-to-the-new-orange-element-blog/ http://www.orange-blog.com/2010/08/27/welcome-to-the-new-orange-element-blog/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:55:50 +0000 Billy http://www.orange-blog.com/?p=2144 We hope you enjoy the new site design and features!

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ande
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]]> http://www.orange-blog.com/2010/07/13/a-gusto-for-soccer/feed/ 1 Turn your junk into useful pieces of art http://www.orange-blog.com/2010/06/22/turn-your-junk-into-useful-pieces-of-art/ http://www.orange-blog.com/2010/06/22/turn-your-junk-into-useful-pieces-of-art/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:53:56 +0000 Billy http://www.orange-blog.com/?p=2112 I know I personally like making sculptures out of random objects, but these guys take this to another level by utilizing found/used objects to make fantastic, usable and functional things. Not only are these great looking creations, but they’re a great way to recycle and make something beautiful all at once.

For example, a light made entirely of soda tabs:

From light bulbs to toilet paper rolls, there’s surely a project in here that will catch your interest. Check it out!

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]]> http://www.orange-blog.com/2010/06/22/turn-your-junk-into-useful-pieces-of-art/feed/ 0 Maryland Film Festival SIGNED Poster Giveaway! http://www.orange-blog.com/2010/05/05/maryland-film-festival-signed-poster-giveaway/ http://www.orange-blog.com/2010/05/05/maryland-film-festival-signed-poster-giveaway/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 16:09:59 +0000 Andy Bonner http://www.orange-blog.com/?p=2092 MFF_Poster_Sm

The 2010 Maryland Film Festival starts tomorrow, and runs all throughout the weekend (May 6-9) right here in Baltimore! In honor of opening day, we are having two EXCITING giveaways! Find out how to enter below, and for more information on this year’s festival, including a full screening schedule for the entire weekend, please visit the Maryland Film Festival Website. You can also stay up-to-date on the latest happenings at the Festival by visiting the Maryland Film Festival Blog and following them on Twitter.

Here’s what you’ve all been waiting for…

Giveaway #1
 One 24″ x 36″ Limited-Edition 2010 Maryland Film Festival Poster, Signed by filmmaker John Waters!

How to enter: It’s easy! Just visit the Maryland Film Festival Website, check out this year’s schedule, and leave us a comment below about which film you are most excited to see. Comments must be received by 12pm ET on Friday, May 7th, and a winner will be randomly selected and notified on Monday, May 10th.

Giveaway #2
One Glow-In-The Dark 2010 Maryland Film Festival Nalgene Water Bottle

How to enter: Visit Orange Element’s Twitter Feed and simply re-tweet today’s tweet promoting the Maryland Film Festival! Re-Tweet our post by 12pm ET on Friday, May 7th, and a winner will be randomly selected and notified on Monday, May 10th.

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See you at the festival!!

Andy
www.orange-element.com

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Congratulations to the coordinators of Baltimore’s first “A Day In The Life” event being held at MICA’s Brown Center this Saturday, April 24, 2010. The goal is to bring professionals and students together for discussion on the layers of our industry. Those lucky enough to have pre-registered will have the choice of attending small sessions throughout the day–11 options in total–that range from the business of design, branding, typography and the green movement. Our very own Aaron Moore is a panelist in the afternoon session The Value of Great Design. We are proud to be a small part of the larger, growing design community of the greater-Baltimore area. If you can not attend, AIGA is hosting a Blend after party at Red Maple. If you are an attendee, please share with us next week your ideas from the conference.

ande
www.orange-element.com

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Our friends over at Fastspot have created an iPad app that is sure to please Scrabble-lovers and those suffering from ADHD alike. The multi-touch game is appropriately titled Jumbalaya. It is a fun word game where you can push, pull, play and reset kind of like an Etch-A-Sketch. There are two game modes, Survival and Quick Play and three themes, Wood, Earth and Ice. Not to mention it is beautiful and better priced than any board game I’ve seen in a while. Check out the full article in today’s business section of The Baltimore Sun. Congrats Fastspot!

ande
www.orange-element.com

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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 seven favorite numbers, then dropped each fan’s name into an excel document and the corresponding names to numbers were….

Matt Paley – Medford MA


Tommy Bett – Texas A&M


Sabrina Kogan – Baltimore MD


Fred Brickenkamp – Potomac MD


Polly Basile – Stanwood, MI


Carmen Guido Calvo – Baltimore, MD


Mark Bentley – Baltimore, MD

Congratulations to our seven lucky winners! If your name is listed above please email your contact information to info@orange-element.com and your poster will be mailed out in the next few weeks. There are still seven more posters to give away for our twitter contest and only 2 days left to get your name in the drawing. To enter simply retweet @orange_elements “POSTER GIVEAWAY” post as many times as you want your name to be entered by Friday at 4pm and we will pick 7 more winners to be announced on Monday. Happy Tweeting!


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ande
www.orange-element.com

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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 will be two ways you can win:

1. Win a poster through Twitter
Between now and Friday (April 2nd) at 4 pm every person who retweets @orange_element ‘s “Poster giveaway” post will be entered to win one of seven “Lucky 7″ posters we will be giving away. Tweeters will be randomly selected and multiple retweets will increase your chances of winning.

2. Win a poster through Facebook
If you are not a fan of Orange Element on facebook, now is the time to check out our page and see what everyone is talking about! This past week we saw our fan count roll over 100 and to celebrate our growing fan base we will select seven lucky fans to win a “Lucky 7″ poster once we reach 150 fans! So now is the time to spread the word by suggesting our page if you know anyone who loves design and all things orange as much as we do.

So your chance to win starts today and we hope you are as excited as we are! Winners will be announced on Monday, April 5th so good luck! International shipments may require a shipping fee.

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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 folks over at the Production Club of Baltimore we thought the show was a huge success and we are really looking forward to next years festivities!

If you didn’t make it to the show or if you weren’t able to to pick up one of our limited run posters, stay tuned to the blog and to our twitter page on Monday for a chance to win one! In the meantime we hope you enjoy this desktop wallpaper and have a great weekend!

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—EJ
www.orange-element.com

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