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We’re lucky enough to work & live in the DC/MD area, and yep – we’re buried with around 24″ of snow. The dig-out started yesterday, but we still have more to do. Most Schools and businesses are closed today for road conditions and safety, and we’re joining that party.

Announcing our first Snow Day. All work is being halted for the day, but we plan on picking back up (and catching up) tomorrow, with work as usual. If there are any emergencies, call us @ 443.451.5294.

The worst part is that the threat of snow isn’t over yet, there’s another 8″ planned for Tuesday into Wednesday. We’ll just have to wait and see how that affects the rest of the week. Maybe the storm front will take that infamous “turn” and we’ll dodge a snowy bullet.

Good news is that it’ll give us a chance to catch up on some articles we want to write and share. Smart package designs, bad logos, and a Super Bowl commercial recap are all in the works. We’ll put those together as we take a break from the snow!

Clients & Friends in the area: Stay Warm!

In what we hope becomes a holiday staple here at ORANGEHAT, we’re going to try and take it easy for the rest of the year.

We will be officially closed on December 24th & 25th to spend time with family and friends for Christmas. We will resume operations on Monday the 28th – but on a light schedule. We’re analyzing and wrapping up some things for an even more exciting 2010. So we’ll be working “half days” for the final week of the 2009.

We use the term “half day” loosely. We’ll still be taking calls, and we’ll still be making plenty of print & web things pretty for our clients, but all new work will be scheduled to begin in 2010.

Normal operations will resume as usual on Monday, Jan 4th 2010.

Cheers & Happy Holidays!

Wow, so I didn’t realize the last update was from May. Can’t believe we missed all of June and half of July. We’ve had thoughts, but we’ve been too lazy to put out any updates…. until now Mwahaha!

Well it’s not really a blog entry update, so much as a blog skin update. The old look was a good starting point, but being the design firm we are – wanted to put our on take on the look. So here it is – our new look. Still have a few things left to sort out, but it’s presentable. We hope you enjoy the new look.

Stay tuned for some actual content updates. Shock, we know. But we promise they’re comin’

That’s our favorite new sound – the sound of Twitter. ORANGEHAT is now part of the social phenomenon. We’ve added a bubble to the main site, so you can see what we’re up to and see just what we’re thinking.

Love to have you follow us.

Every year, it’s said, but every year it’s so true: “It’s the holiday’s already? Where did the year go?” It went lots of places, and it went there in a hurry, but that’s for a year recap entry.

With the holidays fast approaching, ORANGEHAT has wrapped up it’s last full work week of 2008. Please note the following dates below that we will be closed:

December 24-27
December 31- January 1, 2009

We will resume normal work weeks and schedules January 2, 2009.

Happy Holidays, and best wishes to everyone families for a safe and happy new year!

We are ORANGEHAT. A small Maryland-based design shop. We have one simple and specific goal {making things look pretty}. Creative thinking and design should be applied to all aspects of a business, campaign, website, and… well… everything else – and that’s why we’ve come along.

With nearly 10 years of experience in design and advertising, we bring a fast-pace, high-energy, efficient workflow to the table – because that’s just how we work. From marketing for cable companies, to non-profit organizations, to launching small business, ORANGEHAT can make any need… pretty, and we love doing just that – from start to finish.

Look out people of the world-wide-web, and everyone else for that matter, ORANGEHAT is ready to make things pretty!!