Getting Ready for Marfa

April 25, 2012

The Object Agency team is busy preparing for our 5th Annual marfa.destination. Check out the Marfa website for more information.

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marfadestination.com Goes Live

April 6, 2012

Object Agency is pleased to announce the launch of our website for marfa.destination, the annual art and design retreat to Marfa, TX, hosted by Tandus Flooring. Each year ten to 15 designers and members of the A+D press escape to the “slow life” and wild beauty of western Texas as they attend the 3-day immersion into […]

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Jon Otis is Executive in Residence at Colorado State University

March 29, 2012

Jon Otis is this year’s Executive in Residence in the Department of Design and Merchandising. The Executive in Residence program at Colorado State brings an industry leader to campus each year to share expertise with students and faculty. Jon speaks this evening at 7 pm in Room A103 of the Chemistry Building. His presentation entitled […]

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Holiday Wishes from Object Agency

December 21, 2011

“My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call “education of the heart.” Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when we can take it for granted that children will […]

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An Object Agency Tradition: Letterpress

December 20, 2011

In a world dominated by digital imagery and special effects, the traditional craft of printmaking stands out in the crowd. Object Agency creates holiday cards (among other client letterpress projects) that are tactile, dimensional, labors of love, and objects of art. Here’s how it’s done. This letterpress press is at our cooperative printmaking studio, The […]

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Contributions for 2011

December 19, 2011

Object Agency is pleased to make the following contributions for 2011 as part of our ongoing mission to give back to our local, global (and feline) communities. Charities American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Avon Walk for Breast Cancer (sponsored walker) Children International (sponsored child in Zambia) Dream One World (funding […]

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Jon Otis Featured in M/I/S/C/ Magazine

October 20, 2011

Jon Otis is featured in M/I/S/C/ magazine, a quarterly print and online publication integrating business innovation, design thinking, and global culture. The Design of Customer Experience Design, authored by Jon, appears in The Customer Experience Issue (Fall 2011). “While everything we do, everything we see and everything we encounter technically provides us with an experience, […]

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The Figure is Always Ground

October 1, 2011

Object Agency developed promotion cards (above) and teamed up with client, Tandus Flooring, to create the “ground” for this art installation at the Marfa Book Co., Marfa, TX. In The Figure is Always Ground, artist Charles Mary Kubricht transformed the gallery walls and ceiling with her signature high-contrast perspective forms. Kubricht is known for geometric […]

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Tandus Flooring: A Brighter, Greener Showroom

September 15, 2011

Tandus Flooring’s showroom at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, designed by Object Agency, reopened June 13 for NeoCon 2011. The updated showroom includes a new lighting system, custom-built display platforms, and branded graphics printed on a recycled (and recyclable) aluminum substrate. Efficient light fixtures reduce energy usage by up to two-thirds and LED bulbs have a use-life […]

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NYC Minute #3 – Rain

September 15, 2011
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