Posts categorized as Extra & Curricular

As we head into our 25th year of business, we’ve developed a handful of custom designs and illustrations to celebrate. From t-shirts to cookies—check out the designs you’ll see peppered throughout the year.

Taco Tuesdays have been a long-standing tradition for some of us at OLG, and we'll never stop tasting our way through the city. We try to go to simple places where the tacos come out fresh and quick.

Underline features OLG friends, neighbors and co-conspirators who work hard, push boundaries and create momentum. We’re honored to share their stories. Our upstairs neighbor at 1301 Lafayette Street, Fit4U was started by Carla Jennings—a fitness instructor of more than 15 [...]

At OLG, we’re a band—of creatives, project managers and problem solvers. But, more importantly, we’re sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, moms and dads, friends, partners. We’re a lot of important things, to a lot of important people, and our single instrument—ourselves—needs to be taken care of, first.

It seems I’m often looking for an excuse to work on a new, fun illustration—and many times that’s seen in my gig poster work. But up until recent months, there haven’t been a lot of shows. The result was an exploration into a game design where I’d have the opportunity to do several new visuals all centered around one theme. 

At OLG, we believe in the power of place branding. We've worked with trusted collaborators and partners to produce myriad community development and placemaking campaigns throughout the country—but the work we do right here, in Allen County… it’s special. We’re passionate about the community we call home.

In less than a week, I’ll be trading in my OLG swag for my Allen County Fairgrounds Board of Directors t-shirt. I’ll spend my week bringing joy to families by running countless events during the Allen County Fair—like Kids Day, the hot air balloon flight and glow, Art & Music Night and Little Miss coronation.

OLG’s “house band” is The Legendary Trainhoppers, an American band from Fort Wayne. (Full disclosure: Matt Kelley plays guitar and mandolin and writes songs in the band.) The band writes, rehearses and performs in The B-Side at One Lucky Guitar, the small listening venue within our office.

Note: This blog post is no longer being updated or maintained. We cannot guarantee accuracy or accessibility. Gig poster art has been one of the more influential mediums in my life. Bright colors, cartoon culture, wacky visions—all tied together with [...]

Note: This blog post is no longer being updated or maintained. We cannot guarantee accuracy or accessibility. This morning, as I’m writing this, I’m watching my eight-year-old cousin excitedly discover that Bo The Elf had taken advantage of the fact [...]