DDL OMNI Honored with Seven National Design Awards

McLean, Virginia, September 12, 2008 – DDL OMNI is pleased to announce that it has been honored in the 2008 American Graphic Design Awards competition. This win marks the sixth time DDL OMNI has been honored in the competition, this year winning a record seven awards.

Presented by Graphic Design USA and sponsored by NewPage®, the four decade-old competition is one of the most prestigious in the industry, honoring design excellence across all media including print and collateral, corporate identity/logos, internet/interactive design, and more. Also one of the most selective, only 15 percent of the more than 10,000 entries were honored this year.

DDL OMNI's awards showcase a variety of media:

Systems and Software Engineering website Client: Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense, Acquisition & Technology Systems and Software Engineering)	Science and Technology Snapshots touch-screen interface Client: Department of Homeland Security, S&T Directorate
DARPA Defense Sciences Office pop-up exhibit Client: DARPA Defense Sciences Office	Tactical Underwater Navigation program logo Client: DARPA Defense Sciences Office
Physical Sciences touch-screen interface Client: DARPA Defense Sciences Office	Chemical Communications program logo Client: DARPA Defense Sciences Office
Multifunctional Surface Systems website splash page Client: DARPA Defense Sciences Office

DDL OMNI's winning designs will be published in the 300-page Graphic Design USA Annual, which will also be posted online at www.gdusa.com. The printed Annual is distributed in December to graphic industry leaders nationwide and circulated by Graphic Design USA throughout the year.

Since 2001, the DDL OMNI design team has won a total of 26 industry awards for web, print, exhibit, and logo designs. "I am very pleased that Graphic Design USA has again recognized the outstanding effort by DDL OMNI to produce visually engaging graphics and designs for our clients I am particularly pleased that our work has been recognized in such a wide breadth of media, from print displays to interactive Flash presentations. This award demonstrates our ability to create designs that take advantage of the unique characteristics of each medium," said Peter Caylor, Vice President, IT Division.