I stumbled upon a pretty cool (and customizable) screensaver this morning, designed by a graphic designer and Web programmer from London, Simon Heyes.  I’ve downloaded it and it’s loading everytime my computer sits idle for more than 60 seconds. And you can too, via this link:  

http://www.simonheys.com/downloads/

Via Brandflakes.

Garret Ohm
http://www.orange-blog.com

Ok, it’s not Freebie Friday, but I’m still giving something away. I’ve been reading a really great book by Maggie Macnab called Decoding Design and I came across a typeface that was referenced in the book that I really liked, so I looked it up. It is called Culture.ca and the design firm that created it, David Berman Communications, is giving it away in both PC and Mac versions on their site (for non-commercial use)!

Go HERE to download the font.

Upper:

Lower:

I’ll post more when I’m finished reading Maggie’s book, but so far it’s a great read about the importance of using symbols in visual communications. My favorite so far part is the case studies at the end of each chapter (which is how I found Culture.ca).

Garret Ohm
http://www.orange-element.com

Happy birthday, mom!

Today’s Freebie Friday coincides with the sweet new blog header that we have up at the top of the page, designed by yours truly. We added a sweet little calendar graphic to the woodgrain background. Thanks, Sarah, for putting this together.

Click a link below to download the woodgrain desktop wallpaper:

1024×768 (best for standard)
1680×1050 (best for widescreen)

Garret Ohm
http://www.orange-element.com

P.s. I was thinking maybe our next Freebie Friday giveaway could be a custom designed iGoogle theme. Anyone interested? Let me know!