Aartrijk Brand Camp 2009
If you happen to be in Chicago today, make sure to stop by the Hotel Sax and check out Aartrijk Brand Camp 2009! We designed the identity, program, promotional materials, signage and more for the event. And, our very own Aaron Moore is giving a talk on making an impact with your website through design, [...]
New Work: Seeds of Genius
Hot off the press! We just received the new company overview brochure for Seeds of Genius. The woman-owned IT solutions company, based in Columbia, MD, approached us with the goal to create an informative brochure that captured their human side. In a sea of acronyms, their name alone stands out among IT companies. But how do [...]
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 [...]
Welcome Pete!
There’s another new face joining Orange Element this summer so we’d like to take the chance to welcome Pete Owen to the team. Pete comes to us as a Senior student from MICA studying graphic design and his talents have already shown through on several projects we’ve tossed his way. We first learned about Pete when [...]
MGH You Are Going Doooooooooown!
You might remember that recently another local shop challenged us to a table tennis match. If not, go HERE to get up to speed. We’ve responded: Bring it on, MGHWOM. Garret Ohm http://www.orange-element.com
We Have Been Challenged!
Last Thursday started out like any other Thursday, really. That all changed when I checked in on Twitter (are you following me yet?) and found a link posted by another Baltimore marketing communications firm at 9:03a.m. that directed me to this image: From that point, I knew something was brewing. I waited patiently for this challenge [...]
Tilt-Shift
Hi all – I’ve missed blogging over the past few days due to our move. I’m glad to say we’re now in our new office in Fell’s Point and we’re very excited to be here. Please note our new address: 330 S. Broadway Baltimore, Md. 21231 We’ll post pictures and more information soon, but now [...]
Please Leave A Message After The Beep…
Hi all – It has been a long time coming, but it is finally here. Please take note: Our new address: 330 S. Broadway Baltimore, Md. 21231
Some New Faces!
I’d like to take a moment to welcome two awesome new folks here at Orange Element: Rachel Stuart and Jasmine Sarp. Rachel is our newest graphic designer and Jasmine is our intern for the Fall semester. Let me tell you a little more about them… Rachel is a recent graduate of the University of Delaware [...]
New Client :: Parks & People Foundation
Today is a great day because I can officially announce that Orange Element was recently chosen by the Parks & People Foundation to help the non-profit develop and communicate a new brand identity. (Their current logo is pictured below) The folks at the Parks & People Foundation have a great mission: Parks & People Foundation is [...]
One Of The Top Branding Blogs In The World!
I’m proud to write this morning that one very influential blogger, Brand Identity Guru, recently chose Orange Element Insights as one of his picks for the “top 44 branding RSS feeds in the world.” Wow – the whole world. I’m not sure we deserve that credit, but THANKS, we’ll take it! And on top of [...]
OE Wins MORE Addy Gold
Hi all – I might have mentioned it a while ago but Orange Element recently won a Gold Addy award in the American Advertising Federation’s District 2 regional Addy Competition. District 2 is comprised of ad clubs from DC, Maryland (Balt/Frederick), PA and parts of New York. The competition is fierce, so we’re excited to [...]
Font Hour Winner :: Wrongway
We just had our most recent version of Font Hour here at OE and I wanted to share the news. Those of you who don’t recall Font Hour, can go HERE to check out a recap of the prior Font Hour. This time, we had some really stiff competition. Among the potential new fonts that [...]
Custom Fonts :: Typecast Press Gets Press
Mary Mashburn, our coaster guru, recently received some stellar press in the New York Times. Mary runs Typecast Press, which is where we recently had our sweet Orange Element coasters letterpressed. You can see them here, next to her work for Woodberry Kitchen, which is actually the subject of the Times article. The article is [...]
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 [...]
Say Hi To Sarah!
Today we’re very excited to welcome Sarah Rosenthal to the OE team. Sarah is fantastic. We’ve had our eye on her for several months now and the timing was finally right for her to join us. She’s a perfect addition to our team, both because she’s a super awesome designer, but also because she clicked [...]
New Client :: Peace Corps
Hi all – We’re thrilled to be working as a sub-contractor to fellow Baltimore design firm Novak Birch for one of our dream clients: The Peace Corps. The contract is for print design work on collateral materials that will be used to further the Peace Corps recruitment campaign “Life is Calling. How Far Will You [...]
Oh What A Night!
Last night was a blast. Not only did Orange Element take home 5 Addys, including two Gold Addys, we also found out that one of our entries, Matt Mendelsohn promotional kit, won another Gold at the AAF District 2 competition! This means that it will automatically move on to the National competition! We had a [...]
Orange Element Tapped For Maryland Film Festival Work
Happy Monday everyone. I hope you all had a great Easter weekend. I meant to write about this on Friday, but it was a late development and I didn’t have time to write before I left for Pennsylvania. We’re really excited to announce that we have been chosen by the Maryland Film Festival to help [...]
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 [...]
Thanks Fastspot, Hello Weekend!
Hi everyone, happy Friday (at this point, almost Saturday). We just left the office of our good friends and Web partners Fastspot, after reviewing the logo concepts we developed for them and the Orange Element Web concept that they’ve developed for us. I can honestly say that both the logo and the Web site are [...]
Did You Get Your Letter?
We did!! We were notified today by the Advertising Association of Baltimore that Orange Element has received five Addy awards for their work in 2007! That makes two years straight that we won five awards. Not bad, eh? Garret Ohm www.orange-element.com
Contemporary Museum In Baltimore
I am proud to say that we just got started working with the Contemporary Museum here in Baltimore this morning. We’re excited about the opportunity to create and design a book for them (roughly 65 pages) for their new exhibit entitled Cottage Village. It’s an exhibit dedicated to the art of the “mom and pop” [...]
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, [...]
