Tag: Design
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...
A Picnic in Baltimore
Orange Element is again honored and excited to sponsor a great event put on by our friends at The Parks and People Foundation. Yes, we’re talking about the 2016 Picnic in The Park! Each year, the picnic...
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...
What’s Your Design Personality? [Quiz]
\'Tis the season to show off your design personality. What better way than with a free desktop wallpaper created by an Orange Element designer? Take our quiz below (as many times as you want) to see which of...
