About Fat Hat Design

Fat Hat Design was founded in 2002 by three former Tech Boom graphic designers – all graduates of the University of Texas Design Program.

Having worked for small e-commerce start-ups and for larger corporations like Harte-Hanks and Prodigy, our partners have over 18 years of combined experience with marketing, Web and application design, graphic user interface design, corporate identity systems and more. Fat Hat Design prides itself on quality, budget-minded design services for all levels of business.

Thoughtful, creative design can shape the way in which people perceive your business and products. Fat Hat Design can help.

Our Team

Matt Krabbenhoft received a BFA in Design from the University of Texas. He began his career designing covers and book jackets for a small Austin-based book publisher. Later, Matt joined a local Internet banking company designing Web sites for community financial institutions throughout the U.S., sales collateral, advertising campaigns, and trade show graphics. He was also responsible for designing the user interface for the company’s Internet banking product, experimental Web-enabled ATMs, and other online financial services. During his career, Matt has had the opportunity to provide design services for clients such as J.P. Morgan Chase, PULSE EFT Association, and TGSLC.

Michael Warren has a BA in Art and a BFA in Design from the University of Texas at Austin and recently received his MBA in Marketing at LeTourneau University in Austin. Michael began his career designing print ads and cards before joining the Design program at UT. Later, he was employed with a major direct marketing company and had the opportunity to work on Web-based applications for many Fortune 500 Hi-Tech companies like IBM, Microsoft, Sun, Dell, Phillips, Tivoli, Lotus as well as the U.S. Post Office. Afterwards he joined an online financial services provider and designed web sites for several community banks and credit unions across the country before being asked to join the team that was responsible for designing the financial services portal and Internet banking applications. Afterwards, Michael began freelancing and eventually teamed up with two fellow designers to form Fat Hat Design, Inc.

Jeremy Newman received a BFA in design from the University of Texas at Austin. Throughout his studies, he worked for an Internet Banking company designing Web sites and marketing materials for financial institutions across the country. Upon completion of his degree he transitioned into the Texas film industry, designing and employing web-based technologies, improving both internal and external communication and processes.