Tag: Design
100 days ’til 2021
\"Working out the kinks today will make for a better tomorrow.\" I cracked open a fortune cookie and found this message serving me as a stark reminder that the best plans take time to develop. When...
Orange Element is proud to add USO, a global non-profit, to our roster of mission-focused clients
New Client Announcement During Orange Element’s formative years, our reason to exist was shaped around the idea to apply both design thinking and brand building to causes that make our world a better place....
Making a Mark with Make a Mark: Baltimore
Good morning, Baltimore At 7:30 on Saturday morning, I walked into a studio filled with the smell of coffee and bagels. It’s a good thing, too, because waking up at 7 is not a part of my usual Saturday...
An Interview with Megan Gileza
Where are you from? What brought you to Baltimore? So my family is from New York, but I grew up in St Louis and moved to Maryland when I was halfway through High School. I did my undergrad at Virginia Tech,...
Grid Systems — When to Use Them and When to Break Them
Being a designer at an agency means you are required to juggle multiple hats in your day-to-day routine. Your day can involve sketching a new logo, creating a sitemap for an e-commerce website, or laying out a...
Q&A with Nicolette Cornelius
To continue our series on getting to know the team at Orange Element, I recently sat outside on a beautiful afternoon with Nicolette Cornelius, Associate Design Director. Below, she shares a few of her...
The Art of Environmental Branding
The tide is shifting—people are starting to look for more. Open-office concepts. Buying local. Food trucks. Pop-up shops. The days of the cube-farm and space being defined as a place simply to hold people...
7 Package Designs at Whole Foods that Inspired Us
Our office is located right across the street from Whole Foods—a bad thing for our wallets, but a great thing for our creative branding minds. Within every aisle you can find a new, unique package design, so...
HOW Design Live Conference Recap
As a young designer, the idea of becoming burnt out was not really at the forefront of my mind. That was until I made it through my first annual report season. I finally had the opportunity to work on the...
An Inside Look: Monument City Brewing Company’s Next Chapter
In late April, Monument City Brewing Company finally opened its doors to the Baltimore community with a wildly successful grand opening featuring live music, local vendors, and plenty of new beer. For years,...
An Interview: Design Intern vs. Design Veteran
It\'s an exciting time at Orange Element! We recently hired our Fall Design Intern, Andrew, and one of our design veterans, Jessica, is celebrating her 2-year anniversary at OE. To celebrate their...
What is Font Hour?
Every month, Orange Element gathers for a friendly competition known as \"Font Hour\" (also known as #FontHour for our social friends). Everyone on the team brings a new typeface they feel would strengthen our...
