Museum Mark Making
This week I wanted to acknowledge some truly exquisite mark making—the kind of branding that makes you eat your heart out. Iconic, timeless, balanced and beautifully refined. A few of the worlds’ most well known and respected Museums also boast some seriously awesome identities.
Baltimore Print Studios Visit
Several of our team members visited Baltimore Print Studios this morning to check on our exciting new collaborative project. Co-owners Kim Bentley and Kyle Van Horn have been busy mixing pantone colors and prepping the press for a promotional poster series that is set to launch next month.
Publications & Multiples Fair
Open Space is pleased to present its 2nd Annual Publications and Multiples Fair! Saturday March 26th - Sunday March 27th | 12:00pm – 6:00pm each day | FREE Admission! Open Space Gallery 2720 Sisson St. Baltimore, MD 21211
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 [...]
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 [...]
Amazing Clock
I want this. But I don’t want this one. I want a clock that chronicles MY OWN brand interactions. It would be amazing if someone could put an ecommerce site together that allowed you to upload the timeline of your brand interactions and have your own clock produced and delivered. Who is with me? Found via [...]
Tilt-Shift
Hi all – I’ve missed blogging over the past few days due to our move. I’m glad to say we’re now in our new office in Fell’s Point and we’re very excited to be here. Please note our new address: 330 S. Broadway Baltimore, Md. 21231 We’ll post pictures and more information soon, but now [...]
SlideRocket :: A Better PowerPoint
It’s probably safe to say that there aren’t many computer programs that are hated more than Microsoft PowerPoint. Its limited functionality and customization abilities and inefficient user interface have been responsible for some of the worst presentation atrocities (I don’t know what else to call them) in the world. Don’t believe me? Then check out [...]
Cream of the Crop
Hi all – I’m just getting back from a meeting with a local non-profit that I really hope we’re able to bring on as a new Orange Element client (hopefully more on this later) and I wanted to post about a really cool link that Sarah just shared with me. www.webcreme.com I like this site [...]
Nikes Inspired By ______ .
Nike, one of my own personal favorite brands, has recently taken shoe customization to a whole new level with their Nike PhotoiD application. This application allows users to take a photo of their environment with their cell phone camera and send it to Nike. Nike then analyzes your photo to choose the corresponding color scheme [...]
One Huge Chicken
Check out this recent work by Leo Burnett Chicago for McDonalds. It’s a billboard shaped like an egg that opens gradually from 6:30am to 10:30am announcing that McDonalds serves “Fresh Eggs Daily” during that time period. When breakfast is over, the egg closes right back up. It was put up just outside of a McDonalds [...]
Non-Traditional Advertising For Climate Change
Adfreak (Adweek) alerted me to some pretty cool work that I hadn’t yet seen, and I think it’s worth passing along. Each has to do with climate change and the effect we’re having on the environment, and attempts to resonate with the emotions of the person interacting with the displays. Here’s a cool promotion from [...]
Grass Photography
Thanks Andy Bonner, for pointing me to the Veer Blog posting about an art installation at this year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament. HSBC, in an effort to highlight their partnership with the tennis tournament, hired artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey to create walls of photographic grass. For those who have never heard of it, it’s [...]
