Judge A Book
‘They’ always said you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover – but ‘they’ probably never took into account a site like http://www.judgeby.com. This new site allows you to literally judge a book by the design of its cover, and compare your rating with the actual Amazon rating. It’s surprisingly difficult – I found that most [...]
Branding Evolution
From time to time, every brand needs some TLC in order to stay current and continue to resonate with the audience they’re trying to court. I’ve written a number of times about the power that can come from refreshing a brand identity and/or logo design, and I really believe in this process because I’ve seen [...]
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 [...]
Typography Is Art
Happy Friday to all. My friend Joey sent me a pretty cool link yesterday that I wanted to share. Check it out. Have some fun, flex your design muscles and learn more about the elements of typography. http://www.typeisart.com
T-Shirt Search Engine!!
This one’s for you, Aaron. I was browsing my Twitter feed today when I saw a Tweet from Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, about a company his friends were just launching called Please Dress Me. Go to this link to check it out: http://www.pleasedress.me. This is a great resource for those who [...]
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 [...]
What’s Hot?
If you’re like me and you’re always striving to stay up on the latest trends, there’s a new Web site that just might be your savior. It’s called edopter.com and it bills itself as a social trendcaster. It essentially allows users to upload things they see as trends – but it doesn’t take your word [...]
Branding Is Eternal
Whether you see it as disturbing or not, I’ll bet there will be a big market for these. They are branded caskets, and they are made by a company out of Detroit called Eternal Image, Inc. It seems they already have licensing deals with Major League Baseball to produce caskets branded after your favorite baseball [...]
Baltimore Needs This
I was reading one of my favorite design and branding blogs yesterday and I found out about a really cool organization in New York that I think really needs to come to the city of Baltimore. Groundswell is a community mural project that uses murals to bring positive change in cities. The description on their [...]
A Couple of Cool Links
I’ve been really busy lately developing a proposal for some work for a really great higher learning institution, but I’m happy (relieved) to say that I’m finally finished. I’m really happy with the way it turned out and pumped about our chances. I hope to have more news on this in the next month or [...]
GOforChange
I wanted to pass along a new site that a friend from the CSBA passed along to me recently dealing with sustainable business. The site/movement is called GOforChange and you can see it here: http://www.GOforChange.com. It is essentially a website that presents stories of positive change in the Baltimore region. It includes articles, a social [...]
Where We Do What We Do
Yesterday was a great day off, but I know you’re all missing all the juicy information that I usually host on this blog everyday, so….here I go. Thanks to EJ again for passing along another winner. Now many of you know that with any luck we will be moving into a beautiful new office space [...]
Brand New
Sarah is awesome. She sent me a link yesterday that I thought was pretty cool, so I wanted to pass it along to you so that you brand lovers can check it out: http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/ Brand New is a great blog that I am sure to add to my Google Reader. It’s mainly about something that [...]
Cool Resource
Thank goodness for social media. Today I was catching up on reading some blogs using my Google Reader, one of which was Adweek’s Adfreak blog. I always enjoy reading this blog because it’s got lots of juicy bits on the world of advertising, which is where I cut my teeth in the creative world. If [...]
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 [...]
What’s On Your Desktop?
They say your computer desktop can say a lot about who you are as a person. And since that’s the case, you may want to do something about that ‘default’ desktop you’re currently using… Don’t worry, Desktoptopia has you covered. Desktoptopia is a great new service that allows you to get served fresh new desktop [...]
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 [...]
Logobama
This one’s for you, Beth. I just wanted to pass along this site full of brilliance: http://logobama.com/ Regardless of your political affiliation/preferences, you have to hand it to Barack Obama–he understands the role of good design and strong brands in politics! What better way to get involved than to be literally PART of the brand? [...]
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 [...]
What’s In A Name?
I had been thinking about writing some commentary about this for a while, but every time I tried, I felt like what I wrote sounded a bit too condescending and self-righteous. So Seth did it for me in a bit more politically correct way. You can read his blog post HERE. In a nutshell, what [...]
Blogcatalog.com
I found this site and wanted to pass it along. It’s a blog aggregator that lists tons of great blog sites from around the world. I’m a big fan of Google Reader as an aggregator, but I REALLY like this site because it allows you to search for blogs in different categories–Great if you’re looking [...]
Blogged On Monday Morning
Good morning all, and happy Monday. We’re getting back in gear after a windy weekend here in Baltimore, and one that stole an hour of sleep from us. But the coffee is fresh and hot, so we’re doing just fine… I was just reading one of my favorite recent blogs from the folks over there [...]
