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Job: Website Designer

June 11th, 2013 // // Topic: , ,

Join a team that puts creativity in the center of our work. We need your problem solving skills and your quirky novelty that inches towards being considered a disorder. Ideally you are a personable and creative type who can collaborate with team members and clients to produce an effective fundraising or advocacy website. Designers at [...]

For Sale! DC Map

May 21st, 2013 // // Topic: ,

  Created here in Brookland, our map of the neighborhoods of Washington, DC, features the Brookland Cardbull, world famous here on a small block of 12th Street NE. One could read into the map and think there’s a statement about which DC neighborhood is topdog… we prefer to think it was the work of the [...]

openbox9 goes to the White House

January 15th, 2013 // // Topic: ,

We had the privilege to meet with the troops behind the White House communications efforts which included our friend and Designer Ashleigh Smith, the content editor, photographer, website creative director and the videographer. Fascinating work this team is up to as everyday posses a new urgent need to speak with the citizens — fast copywriting, [...]

Lessons from Leo (and co.)

May 31st, 2012 // // Topic: , ,

After years of taking “exotic” art history courses such as “Arts of China and Japan” and “Egyptian Art and Architecture” (where I had to learn the differences between pharaohs Snafu and Snafaru…it was rough), last semester I took a Renaissance Art class. I was ecstatic to learn about pieces I’ve been hearing about my whole [...]

openbox9 takes Manhattan

December 14th, 2011 // // Topic: , ,

Outside of Washington DC there is the nice (lesser known) city of New York that hosted the recent Global Leadership Awards Dinner. openbox9 had the pleasure AND honor to attend. We primarily traveled to celebrate the host, AICGS, but an added perk was the chance to check out the design work we did for the [...]

Making of the Baking the Cookies

December 7th, 2011 // // Topic: , ,

This time, tasty design became edible for a recent Christmas card design for our friends at 9Marks… for those out there that want a July 4th card I have an idea using deviled eggs!

The result of a German-American love affair

December 7th, 2011 // // Topic: , ,

What do you get when you mix a little American ingenuity with German engineering? No, not a VW, but something just as cute. A new logo? Perhaps. Here at openbox9 we recently wrapped up a new logo for American Institute of Contemporary German Studies (AICGS), and would like to share with you our process of [...]

AIGA’s Lightning Strikes… strikes Nov 17

November 8th, 2011 // // Topic: , ,

We were honored to help-out our local chapter of AIGA with a visual campaign for an upcoming “night that will awaken your mind with inspiration and creativity.” Imagine what mischief could happen if your mind was woke up… with volts of pecha kucha (20 slides in 20 seconds).

The ideal chair for humanity

October 25th, 2011 // // Topic: , ,

Some would consider this post “epic” and paramount to the survival of the sedentary human. I would not, but some will argue for my chair design proposal.

Summer of Launches

September 27th, 2011 // // Topic: , ,

As summer officially ended last week, a summer where we received news of NASA never launching a shuttle again… I thought I’d cheer us up about celebrating our launches this summer. There were many for us astronausigners to float on about (in no particular order) Ethnotraveler Experience the crossroads of culture from your livingroom.  www.ethnotraveler.com [...]