Fell’s Point Fun Festival 2011
This year will be Baltimore’s 45th Annual Fell’s Point Fun Festival! This outdoor street festival is FREE and attracts over 700,000 people to the small National Historic Fell’s Point neighborhood.
Millennial Insights
Two weeks ago, I attended a Capital Cabal event MC’ed by Lee Rainie, Director of Pew Internet Project. The event was titled: Millennials Overview: Gadgets, Politics and Future Online Behavior.
U2 Live: The Claw
What is this unworldly architectural beast you ask? Irish rock icons U2 headlined last Wednesday night’s concert at M&T Bank Stadium with opening act Florence and the Machine. Their 360 degree, multi-million dollar stage “The Claw,” stands 164ft tall and made the show one to remember.
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 [...]
Business + Design
AIGA Baltimore and Orange Element Design present Business + Design. A casual discussion on creativity, client relationships and enjoying the balance between business and design. Spend an evening with AIGA Baltimore and Orange Element and learn how to start your company, how to deal with clients, where great ideas come from, and more. This is a [...]
Go see “Lemonade”, TONIGHT!
Tonight is the night! Come on down to The Windup Space at 7pm for a screening of the film Lemonade and the kick-off of the Second Shore Film Series! Orange Element is very pleased to be a sponsor of tonight’s screening, brought to Baltimore and presented by Second Shore, the new public programming series created by Slant Six [...]
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 [...]
Stages 09: Design for Cause
STAGES is a global art exhibition to raise funds and awareness for the fight against cancer. It is a partnership between Lance Armstrong and Nike, and all of the work in the show is available for purchase with proceeds directly benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation. STAGES features work by Shepard Fairey, Damien Hirst, Ed Ruscha, [...]
“Shopping on a Shoestring” Tour
Andrea, EJ and I decided to take a trip down to Whole Foods yesterday for their “Shopping on a Shoestring” tour. We all felt it was a really cool way to introduce people to Whole Foods’ own 365 Brand and the Whole Foods experience in general. The purpose of the tour was to teach people [...]
2009 Maryland Film Festival :: May 7 – 10
We are very pleased to introduce you to this year’s design & brand for the 2009 Maryland Film Festival. Shown below is a sneak peek at the limited-edition silkscreen poster that has just been released for press. We can’t wait to get them back from our friends at VGKids. The posters will be for sale [...]
You Need To Go To Pulp, Ink & Hops
The Baltimore chapter of the AIGA will soon be hosting its 11th annual Pulp, Ink & Hops show on October 23rd at Geppi’s Entertainment Museum (What a cool place, by the way). We’ve been and highly recommend attending this event. Here’s a description from their promotional materials: Journey through 250 years of graphic culture while [...]
Last Night’s Event @ Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Aaron and I were invited by our good friends at The Brick Companies to attend the sponsor’s dinner for the Akridge Save The Bay Classic to benefit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. It was an absolutely amazing event, held at the Phillip Merrill Environmental Center, which is the headquarters location for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. It’s [...]
Cool Poster Concept
For some clients, we do everything and anything. The Brick Companies is one of those clients. We weren’t surprised when they called us and asked us to design a poster for placement at their golf courses, marinas and headquarters location advertising their Easter Egg Hunt event. I think the concept came out really nicely, and [...]
SWEET :: Rock Poster Show
Everyone should make time to check out one of the best events of its kind to ever hit the East Coast. Sweet: The Graphic Beauty of the Contemporary Rock Poster is a 2-month long Rock Poster exhibition at the Art Gallery at the University of Maryland. The show features twenty-nine of the leading artists/groups of [...]
My Take On The Baltimore International Auto Show
Motor Trend came to Baltimore this past weekend for their annual International Auto Show so I went to check it out as I normally do. I really went for dual purposes – partially as a car enthusiast, and partly as someone who is fascinated by the marketing power of a consumer show like this. Some [...]
NSTLOD Results Are In
Hi all, Last night was the Advertising Association of Baltimore’s NSTLOD show at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson. It was a really fun event. This year we had tons of people submit entries, which was a nice switch from last year. I think we had over 40 pieces of creative total including print ads, [...]
