Maryland Tech Tax Repealed
Have you all been following the plight of the Maryland Tech Tax, which would place a computer services sales tax on the services that many technology and design firms (including some of ours) in Maryland provide? If not, you can read about it here: www.fightthetechtax.com. This would have been a devastating blow to the Maryland [...]
Orange Element ISO :: Art Director
Orange Element, a Baltimore-based design + communications company, is accepting applications immediately for a highly motivated Art Director to join the team. This position requires a minimum of 5 years experience in the design, advertising and marketing industry. Experienced applicants must be well-versed in understanding and communicating great brand and design aesthetics, be comfortable directing [...]
I Got People
I usually do my own taxes. But with buying a new house, switching counties within the State of Maryland, a wife that just finished graduate school and took a new job and a schedule that scarcely allows me the time to sit and figure out a bunch of confusing forms, I figured this year I’d [...]
Need A New T-Shirt?
I love threadless. There are so many good tees. If you need a few originals for the summer, check them! The above is a sample of one I like – cool owl. This one is by Chow Hon Lam. Aaron Moore www.orange-element.com
Clements Site Live
Orange Element just recently launched the new Clements International Web site. Check it out HERE. Thanks to the Van Aartrijk Group and Jason Barak for the collaboration. I love the design and functionality of this site, and I hope you do too. Garret Ohm www.orange-element.com
PowerCube on Engadget
Our good friends at Reluminati just had one of their products featured on Engadget, a technology/gadget blog. The PowerCube is awesome, and you can read about it HERE. Guess who designed the icon used in the PowerCube logo? Us! Garret Ohm www.orange-element.com
Logobama
This one’s for you, Beth. I just wanted to pass along this site full of brilliance: http://logobama.com/ Regardless of your political affiliation/preferences, you have to hand it to Barack Obama–he understands the role of good design and strong brands in politics! What better way to get involved than to be literally PART of the brand? [...]
Modernista Scorned!
Remember my post a week or two ago about Modernista’s new site that integrates Web 2.0 technologies to create a minimalistic site? If not, check it out. Well, it seems like the folks at Wikipedia have become wise to their site and put an embarrassing disclaimer at the top of the Wikipedia posting for Modernista! [...]
Happy April Fool’s Day
Ok, I’m a little bit late on this because the day is almost over(writing at 7:56pm), but check out this funny blog post full of great ideas for April Fool’s Day jokes from Lifehacker. CLICK My favorite by far is the blue screen of death prank. I wonder if that would have the same effect [...]
