Today in the Studio we’re listening to some fabulous down tempo chillout on Radio IO Chill.

On right now, one of Chris and Amy’s favorites, Center of the Sun by Conjure One.

Where’d the “99″ come from? I get that question almost as much as “Did you really get your start-up money selling patent-leather stiletto-heel shoes?” But that’s a whole different story.

No, the studio’s namesake doesn’t come from the year 1999 or the 80′s pop hit “99 Luftballons”. If we were to name the studio after a year, that year would be 2002, the year we incorporated. And I think “Studio Rock Me Amadeus” just gives the wrong impression. But I digress. Where did we get our name?

The answer is surprisingly simple. Like most start-ups, our early-on shoestring budget left little room for formal office space. Consequently, we worked out of a home office. The home’s street number? Yep, 99. Nice job connecting the dots.

But image is everything, right? So what were we to do when our contemporaries asked where we were working on any particular day? “At home in my jammies” didn’t sound like the vision we were after. We had to come up with something. We did…the tongue-in-cheek “Studio99″. It worked. We liked it. It stuck.

We grew fast and acquired real office space soon enough. That home office is now a bedroom…but it will forever be fondly seen by the studio founders as the four walls that gave us a name.

-Chris

The 99 Leadership Team is meeting this week/end in Cocoa Beach.  We’re strategizing about new service offerings, promotions, and our ever growing client base.

Also on the agenda is our growth and expansion in web design in Cocoa, Port St. John, Titusville, and Orlando.  Jessica, who manages our operations in Florida, is actively exploring some very exciting web design opportunities on the Space Coast.

Stay tuned for updates on these an more exciting things coming from the studio in the near future.

Maybe if we get some time, we’ll hit the beach and post a few pictures here.  Chris keeps threatening that he’s ready to try surfing again.  We’re scared.

Update: Here’s the promised photo. The founders hanging out in Cocoa Village after scoping out some new studio space.

StudioBlue7 is a  team of professional, energetic photographers and videographers with a vision is to provide their clients with the highest level of service and dedication. 

We dedicated ourselves to creating a great looking website to showcase their visual image.

At 99 we’re all about increasing exposure but this time we may have gone too far.  Wunderhund and 99 mascot Pantone went for a haircut today and to mix things up, we asked the groomer to give this formerly long-haired dachshund a “high-and-tight”.  Two hours later, voila, a nearly naked wiener dog who is prancing around the studio like the little exhibitionist he always knew he could be.

Pantone is no stranger to humiliation.  Fall time studio visitors are entertained by the hilarious costumes he wears around Halloween. 

Animal rights fans need not worry.  No dachshunds were harmed in the taking of this picture and we do not (overly) exploit his cuteness in our advertising.

It’s no secret.  We love Erin.  We love her work, her style, her sparkle.  We’ve worked with her for years and relish watching her business grow.  This year, we’ve helped Erin hone in on a design that captivates and creates clear user paths to her most important content.

Wendy Missan, Jennifer Chrzanowski and Joanne Fisher are the mothers of 6 children collectively, ranging from newborn to age 7.  Besides clipping toe nails, cleaning ears, arranging complicated car pools, forgetting to buy teacher gifts, changing diapers, working freelance, worrying about the economy, planning summer vacations, and acting as weekend social directors for their families, they like to laugh–especially at themselves and the weird things moms do. 

We created a custom blog where they can post observations and collaborate with other moms worldwide.

A self-described global nomad, Catherine Jones was born in New Delhi, India, and has been on the road ever since. The daughter of a retired diplomat and the spouse of a Foreign Service Officer, she has called Germany, Jerusalem, Zaire, England, France, Russia, Macedonia, Austria, and the Philippines home over the past four decades.

We developed a website, Content Management System, and blog for Catherine to chronicle all her culinary, health, and travel adventures.

Ok…we’re thrilled about the new look of the website…and aparently so are you.  We’ll post some of the comments in this space over the next few days.  Keep those emails coming in.

Here are some recent comments (we just might be blushing):

“Your new site feels alive, It’s just got a pulse of its own (if that makes sense). ”

“The graphics look great, the text and colors are fun…”

“Clean, hip, funky… definitely not boring!!”

Friends of the Studio and cookbook authors The Brass Sisters were very gracious to us when they included Studio Founder, Christopher Prouty’s name in the Acknowledgements of their latest book Heirloom Cooking with the Brass Sisters.

99 recently re-launched their website and introduced the Brass sisters to the world of Content Management Systems.  Their frequently updated website can be found at www.thebrasssisters.com.