About — Ordered Mass

about

Ordered Mass is a design practice based in the midwest, u.s.a.

currently Ames, Iowa

Ordered Mass explores graphic design and its relationship with place and three-dimensional space in a variety of physical and digital media.

Ordered Mass is the design practice of Brandon Olsen, a midwestern designer and educator. Brandon is currently an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Iowa State University.

Ordered Mass’s & Brandon Olsen’s work has been exhibited internationally and has been recognized by institutions like Graphis, Art Directors Association of Iowa, Interior Design Magazine, AIA Detroit, Poster Stellars and PosterFor__.

Brandon Olsen received an MFA in graphic design from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BS in architecture from Lawrence Technological University.

If you have an interesting project or would like to collaborate, reach out to Brandon at brandontolsen@gmail.com

2025 award Finalist, Communication Arts Typography Competition 2026
2025 publication Graphis Design Annual 2026
2025 exhibition China University Zodiac Design Exhibition, Jinan, China
2025 exhibition IFIC International Art for Healing Biennale, MeiMen Art Museum, Beijing
2025 publication Graphis Poster Annual 2026
2025 exhibition International Jazz in the Ruins Festival Poster Exhibition
2025 jury Designing for Connection National Student Design Competition
2025 jury PosterFor International Poster Competition
2025 award Silver Award, Graphis Design Awards 2026
2025 award Honorable Mention, Graphis Design Awards 2026
2025 award Finalist for Typographic Poster, Poster Stellars
2025 award Finalist for Themed Poster, Poster Stellars
2025 award Finalist for Ecological Poster, Poster Stellars
2025 award Finalist for Political Poster, Poster Stellars
2025 jury Designing for Connection National Student Design Competition
2025 jury PosterFor International Poster Competition
2025 award Silver Award (x2), Graphis Poster Awards 2026
2025 award Honorable Mention (x2), Graphis Poster Awards 2026
2025 exhibition Great Ideas of Humanity, Design Museum of Chicago
2025 award Shortlisted (x2), B.I International Poster Art Biennale
2025 exhibition Poster Quadrennial Bardejov-Krakow 2025
2025 presentation AIGA Design Educators Conference
2025 presentation UCDA Design Education Summit
2025 award Award of Excellence in Poster, ADAI Annual Design Exhibition
2025 award Award of Excellence in Identity Mark, ADAI Annual Design Exhibition
2025 award Award of Excellence in Collateral, ADAI Annual Design Exhibition
2025 award Award of Excellence in Unpublished, ADAI Annual Design Exhibition
2025 exhibition PosterFor 3rd Edition, Times Square Billboard
2025 award Gold Award, PosterFor International Poster Competition
2025 award Rose Gold Award, PosterFor International Poster Competition
2025 guest critic Unroll Workshop, United States International Poster Biennial
2024 exhibition Hide & Seek Ornaments You Keep, Greater Des Moines, Partnership
2024 exhibition Flag Feast, Design Museum of Chicago, Navy Pier
2024 exhibition Flag Feast, Design Museum of Chicago, Grant Park
2024 award Award of Excellence in Identity Mark, ADAI Annual Design Exhibition
2024 award Award of Excellence in Collateral, ADAI Annual Design Exhibition
2020 award Best of Year Honoree, Interior Design Magazine
2018 award Best of Year Winner, Interior Design Magazine

the design practice of brandon olsen

location: the midwest