Photo-Lettering Catalog by House Industries
We are all really excited to have recently received our Photo-Lettering catalogs from House Industries.
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
Some Curb Appeal for Our Corner of Fells
If you’ve driven by our office in the past few months you may have noticed some changes happening to our storefront. This summer we put our intern, Irene, in charge of wrangling vendors and measuring dimensions to get the project underway. Here is a sneak peak at the process. Left: The original storefront… and even on [...]
Something Real in Times of Hunches
Through these economic times, one trend in advertising that we have seen surface is the attempt to communicate a message of either support, “we’re there with you”, or longevity, “we’re not going anywhere”. We saw some of these ads surface after last year’s super bowl such as Saturn’s Total Confidence Ads. News stories point to a nearing [...]
An Amoeba With A Blog?
After having written about the first one HERE, I just caught the second new Microsoft commercial featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates. I actually laughed. Check it out (over 4 mins long): As we continue to discuss this campaign and make it one of the most debated and talked about in recent history, the story [...]
Poster Giveaway Part Deux
UPDATE: Thanks, all, for the great comments and emails you have been sending me about the poster. I’m glad everyone enjoys them as much as we do. Unfortunately, we only have a limited number to give away, and I’m in the process of emailing everyone back to let you know if you will receive one. [...]
New Work :: Contemporary Museum
The Contemporary Museum right here in Baltimore, Maryland recently opened their exhibition called Cottage Industry with celebrates the relationship between art and business. Orange Element was fortunate enough to be a part of this exhibition by creating the Cottage Industry catalog, a 64 page book that accompanies the exhibit and gives an in-depth look at [...]
Win A Limited Edition Orange Element Poster
Those of you lucky enough to go to our 5th Anniversary party probably already have one of these, but the rest of you are going to want one. To commemorate our firm’s big achievement we created a collaborative screenprinted poster that was worked on by each and every staff member. We were really excited about [...]
South River Rebrand
Recently, as part of our relationship with The Brick Companies, Orange Element was tasked with creating a completely new brand for South River Golf Club. The Annapolis-area course, one of Maryland’s finest, was about to undergo a transition from a full public golf course to a private club. In doing so, it was necessary for [...]
Maryland Film Festival Poster
Hi all, Here’s some more poster love, this time from me instead of Andy. You might remember my post about winning work with The Maryland Film Festival to promote their Friends of the Festival program. If not, click HERE. With the Festival itself set to begin tomorrow, we’ve just finished our first project with them. [...]
