(word bk) james brandon king

We’ve been drafted

After a bit of deliberation, we decided to take jump and try something a lil’ different. Yes, Our Own Thing has been very good to us and allowed us to run our own show for the past 2 1/2 years but now it is time for (catch word of the year) change.

We’ve been flirting with ologie for the past year or so when they came to us a few months ago and opened up talks about working more closely together. They liked our experience in real estate branding and our photography portfolio. And just as important, the culture that b and i have (even though we are small) meshes well with their culture. A few back and forths later here we are, official Ologie employees or “ologist” as we are now called.

Who is ologie? They are a branding agency based out of our old town of Columbus, Ohio (no, we can’t get away). They have an incredible branding portfolio, great people, a beautiful office, and a lady that makes fresh lunch every day.

Are we moving back to Ohio?
We are still working and living in NYC. Our new office will be in Brooklyn’s DUMBO. We’ll be in there in a couple of months but for the time being we’ll be working in ohio (blazey flew out this morning) and at home.

How will we work?
Blazey and I both took Senior Designer positions although most of my work will be photography based.

What happens to our own thing?
We still own our company but it will no longer act as a deisgn firm. We have some other things planned for it.

How do you really feel about this, bk?
Well, this is all brand new and such a big change it will take me a while to really grasp what we did. It will be my first time working for someone else since doing something similar my first few months in nyc (I kept my job in ohio and traveled back and forth almost weekly). I’ve yet to wake up and go to an office every morning (really saves on the water bill). But I love to travel even if it is back and forth to ohio. I love photography and ologie seems to respect my work. I really want to get out of this home office everyday. I can’t wait to work with other designers again. Lastly, the next most important thinthing after being happy, it was a good business move for us (at least that is what we are betting).

Stay tuned. We will soon have a bunch of new things for show and tell…

Ologie’s website: ologie.com

muchos congrats! that’s awesome, boys!

congrats on the big move i can’t wait to see how you guys “wow” us now

Good luck man. Congrats on the position.

“Reality is flowing… It means that movement, change, becoming is everything that there is. There is nothing else”
- Henri-Louis Bergson

I’m really happy for both of you.

All the best for the new adventure!

congrats and great luck … although you wont need it!!

congrats! whenever you need to break out and hire a few more peeps to handle all the sweet work…give me a call.

i found your blog several months ago and read it regularly. i can’t wait to see what new things you have in store! i wish you and your friend, blazey?, the best of luck in all you do. you seem like great guys with a great love for what you do. it’s a great combination!

That’s peace. Self-employment is cool (remember after urban flava i had my own business as a writer for 6 years until taking the gig with one of my big clients, the wex center). It’s all about doing what you love, making a living at it, and having the freedom to do more than just work. It’s all good. You’ll settle into it and there’s nothing like mobility and bouncing ideas off of other creative people. That’s what I missed while I was self-employed. I was always on the grind for the next “gig”. While that’s exciting, it’s also a little exhausting. I’m sure you’ll still freelance on the side to take on projects that you really love (we artists all do). You two will thrive there. Congratulations or something like that… There’s nothing like big salaries (I know you got em) and benefits. holla!

Very cool. I hope this takes you to new heights… or something or whatever.

HUGeEEE!!! That’s dope. My girlfriend has a couple folks that work there. They are a respected and known company. Dope stuff fellas.

Now that we will both be in the area, indefinitely, please sir, hit me up for these parties I see you photograph. That’s all I ask, lol.

Oh yeah, and if you even need a writer for Our Our Thing, hit me up. Audi.

I’m PROUD of you two!!

we did good b. we did good.

“been bullshittin and we took all year but you can stop complaining cause we finally here… yeah!”

-kanyeezy

Welcome to the Ologists. Really, we need to start a kickball team with that name. You could fly in for matches, right?

I hear I missed you when you were in our town yesterday (I was in your’s) … looking forward to meeting up. (Love that Tim found another blogger for the team.)