Photo-Lettering Catalog by House Industries
We are all really excited to have recently received our Photo-Lettering catalogs from House Industries.
Jim Sherraden: Preservation Through Production
Letterpress rock star Jim Sherraden of Nashville’s Hatch Show Print will speak at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, at the Brown Center at MICA, 1301 W. Mt. Royal Ave. The event is free and open to all, and the lecture also marks the official announcement that MICA will be acquiring a substantial part of the [...]
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 [...]
Patterns
Hi all – I’m just getting settled in after returning from a long vacation (more to come on this later) but I thought I’d pass along some cool graphic eye candy for you to look at courtesy of the artist and his model. If you have a spare moment, I highly recommend checking out the [...]
Love That Chicken
Working with a company that redefines and refocuses brands, I have come to love before and afters. I love the idea of taking something old and stale and making something appealing and desirable out of it. I think that’s exactly what the folks at Pentagram just did with the Popeyes brand. Until recently the brand [...]
My Little Black Book
Andy Bonner and I had a very special surprise delivered to the office last week from another design and branding firm originating in London. The folks at Pentagram have a portfolio of work that stretches over 35 years and includes some of the best brands in the world including one of Orange Element’s clients, Citi, [...]
Fort #2
Isn’t this a killer…SCREENPRINT? Yes, folks-the above image is not a photo, but a limited edition Art Print by none other than Dan MacAdam of Crosshair Studios in Chicago. Dan’s work is absolutely outstanding, and if you haven’t seen it in person, you don’t know what you’re missing! His attention to detail and color is [...]
When Product & Design Meet
I recently met a golf course architect named Terry LaGree from a company called Barbaron out of Florida. Terry is a great architect, who also happens to be responsible for golf course renovations at The Golf Club at South River. One of his newest ventures is what really caught my attention. Terry is a partner [...]
OE Company Shoe
If Orange Element had a company shoe, I think I found it yesterday. Someone sent me a link to an entry on Notcot.org and there it was: Perfection. So I looked them up, and apparently they are FENCING shoes that Nike made for the upcoming Olympics in China. I’m officially taking up fencing. I was [...]
I Love Posters
I like to design them, collect them, look at them, talk about them, think about them. I even dream about posters sometimes. Over the years, as a result of my pursuit of the perfect poster collection, I’ve amassed a great library of knowledge about posters that I thought I’d share with you. Enjoy: Communities: http://www.gigposters.com [...]
Retro Designs
Thanks Ande and Charles for passing along this awesome link about retro designs. As you probably know if you’re a loyal OE Insights reader, I am a big fan of the use of historical elements in design. If you’re the same way, you’ll probably love this link. CELEBRATION OF RETRO DESIGN Here’s one of my [...]
Cool Typography Posters
Just caught up on my Brandflakes this morning and they tipped me off to a really cool set of posters that are virally making their way around the design world. Check them out HERE. They’re essentially a typographical study showcasing the different sections and districts within popular cities using only type. How much would I [...]
Need A New T-Shirt?
I love threadless. There are so many good tees. If you need a few originals for the summer, check them! The above is a sample of one I like – cool owl. This one is by Chow Hon Lam. Aaron Moore www.orange-element.com
Bloxes
Thanks to EJ for passing along an email about Bloxes. Bloxes are amazing and tare what I believe is going to be the next hot item, especially for creative firms (design shops, architecture firms, ad agencies) all over the world. You’ve gotta check them out: www.bloxes.com. While they’re probably a whole lot more environmentally conscious [...]
Web Sites v2.0
Have you guys read BrandFlakesforBreakfast yet? If not, you should. Thanks to them for passing the news along about this new, innovative Web site from the folks at Modernista. This Web site is actually not much of a site, as much as an online bookmark of sorts for all of their social media and Web [...]
Saks Identity
Thanks to Ande for passing along a great blog post from the folks over at Pentagram about their work with Saks Fifth Avenue. In the post, Pentagram discusses how they took a visual brand from one that was drab, lifeless and gray to one that sets the tone for the products the venerable establishment carries. [...]
Snow Is In The Air
Gearing up for tomorrow, I thought I’d bridge the gap between posters & snowboards! Check out these sweet Rome Snowboards designed by Jesse LeDoux, the mastermind behind LeDouxville and the awesome installation at the Sweet Booth poster show. They are designs for Rome’s 2007/2008 Detail Boards, and they sure are awesome. If you’re in the [...]
Xerox Brand Refresh
Hi all – I just read in Business Week that the Xerox logo has recently undergone a brand refresh. David Kiley wrote the article, which I will post below, but it really hit home for me because this is a process that we have taken a number of our clients through over the years – [...]
