Compostmodern # 4
Last Thursday was the final night of four compostmodern meet-ups through the Baltimore AIGA. The final video for discussion was of Nathan Shedroff who addressed a few key strategies for becoming a more sustainable designer. Here is a brief sum up of some of the biggest points to consider for your next design project: 1. [...]
Masterfile: ‘Green World’
At Orange Element, we use photography and illustration as often as possible in our work. For the past 6 years, we’ve been using Masterfile as one of our premier resources for finding and purchasing unique photography. In September of 2008, Masterfile released a publication entitled ‘Green World’. The magazine-style piece holds great imagery, interesting environmental [...]
Free Font | Ecofont
Happy Friday! Get ready to download because this is a great find! Last month we had a font hour and Sarah brought a free font to the table that you should download and default in your emails right now. In an effort to extend the life of print cartridges everywhere, Utrecht based marketing and communications [...]
The Olympics are Green!!
To continue our topic of the Olympics I ran across an article that explains Beijing’s pledge to use Renewable Energy for the Olympics. The article points out how they are using wind power for 20% of the electricity supply for the events, solar power to light 80 to 90% of the street lamps, biogas to [...]
Meet Kaley
We are all very excited to announce that Kaley Hymiller, a senior at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), has accepted a full-time intern position here at Orange Element. Kaley is a super-talented Industrial Design major there, which was really interesting to us as a graphic design and marketing communications firm. As you [...]
Elephant Dung
Yesterday, in true EJ fashion, she sent an email to the entire Orange Element staff that asked simply “Who left the elephant poo on my desk? Cool!” For a while I was really confused. Why would elephant poo be on her desk, much less in our office? And why would she think that was cool? [...]
Design Can Change
Our good friend Rachael from Tilt sent me this link about how the design community in Baltimore and beyond can band together to support positive global climate change through sustainable design. Pretty good stuff, so check it out and take the pledge: http://www.designcanchange.org/ Garret Ohm http://www.orange-element.com
I’m On Board
Hi all – I’m very proud to announce that I have been selected as an interim board member of the Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance. I couldn’t be happier about this, both because it’s an extraordinary young organization that has a lot of potential and because it furthers Orange Element’s commitment to operating as a sustainable [...]
OE Client, TBC, In Today’s BBJ
One of our clients, who also happens to be one of the folks I mentioned in yesterday’s post about the Chesapeake Bay Foundation event was featured in an article in today’s Baltimore Business Journal today. The article was about the efforts The Brick Companies has made both at their headquarters but also at their portfolio [...]
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 [...]
Every Little Bit Counts
Hi all – We’re all really excited because we just recently received a new shipment of disposable cutlery from Worldcentric. But this is no ordinary disposable cutlery. What we received are disposable utensils made from corn starch that biodegrades in 180 days or less when composted. Amazing. The utensils themselves are just like normal plastic [...]
Cool New Coke Product
And for the second T-shirt-related post of the day….Thanks to our good friend Melissa Franko from The Brick Companies for passing along this story that I somehow missed. It’s an article from Brandweek that discusses a new product from Coke. They, like many of the companies in the drink category that bottle their beverages with [...]
More On Sustainable Business Practices
Recently, I was presented with the question: Do I think sustainable business practices are a trend? Here’s what I think: Trends in business are often cyclically driven by the momentum of the market(s), technological advancements and social/global issues of any given time period. At some point, a trend either dies (thus defining it as such) [...]
Earth Hour
Have you guys seen this? What a great concept – small changes repeated over and over create one big change… http://www.earthhour.org/ I’m going to write them now to see how hard it would be to organize one for Baltimore…. Garret Ohm www.orange-element.com
Trash Talk
Let me start this post by saying that I am 5’7.5″ and I haven’t measured, but I probably have about a 6″ vertical leap. I am no basketball star. In fact, in pickup leagues, I get picked last. Even still, I want these, just for the cool factor. Have you heard about Nike’s new basketball [...]
Tesla Begins Regular Production
You guys remember my post about my electric car obsession, right? One of the car manufacturers I spoke of in that post, Tesla, has announced that it has actually just begun regular production of that vehicle. That means enviromentally conscious car lovers everywhere can begin to snatch these up. Congrats to the team over there. [...]
EJ Is Green
You might remember one of Orange Element’s newest designers, EJ Hall. Aside from being an amazing designer with skills well beyond her years, you should know that EJ is also actively involved in the sustainability space. She is the one that we’ve tasked with leading our efforts to be as eco-friendly as possible in all [...]
Electric Vehicle Obsession
It’s official, I’ve caught the bug. The more our firm gets immersed in the sustainability space the more I learn about the interesting technologies that are bubbling to the surface in this area. The technology that has caught my eye and left me reeling lately is the emergence of EVs or electric vehicles. Electric vehicles [...]
Sustainable Design
EJ Hall, of Orange Element, met with Environmental consultant, Derek Smith, and Edith Graves and Becky Eason, both members of Eason Associates, in DC today to discuss recommendations as Orange Element continues further focus of our own sustainable initiatives. More info to come on this meeting….including a list of sustainable resource links. A big thank [...]
Bowie Is A Clean City
Bowie, Maryland is the state’s 5th largest city. It also happens to be one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the region, thanks to the efforts of the members of the forward-thinking local government. To this point, unfortunately, the public just wasn’t aware of all of the great things that Bowie has been doing [...]
Aaron On :: Urban Forest Project Baltimore
Happy Monday, everyone. I just wanted to pass along a video that was recently recorded for Baltimore’s Urban Forest Project, which I previously wrote about here. Nice job, Aaron. Garret Ohm www.orange-element.com
Proud Members Of The Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance
Hi all, Just a quick shout to let you know that we recently became a proud member of the Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance. You can visit their site here: www.csballiance.org. The Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance is a group of companies in the Mid-Atlantic region that share similar philosophies on the environment as it relates to [...]
Happy Wrappin’
So by today, about 500 of our closest friends should have received their Orange Element holiday gift in the mail. If you haven’t, don’t worry, we still have some to hand deliver! And if you’re out of state, you should get yours either today or tomorrow–Wednesday by the latest. This year’s gift was a useful [...]
Orange Element Selected For Baltimore Urban Forest Project
Our team is extremely proud to announce that we have been selected to participate in the Baltimore Urban Forest Project. The Urban Forest Project is a growing national outdoor exhibition of banners centered around a ‘tree theme’ that is now coming to Baltimore, thanks to our friends at Tilt Studio. The project brings together designers, [...]
