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Case Study

Orange House Website

eCommerce / Web Design
ClientOrange House
RoleCreative Direction, Account Management
Oranges on the branch in a sunlit grove
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Founded by a PhD horticulturist40 years educating consumers on toxins in the home
01 Overview

A Taiwanese household name, retold for North America.

Orange House began more than 15 years ago in Taiwan, founded by Dr. Lin — a PhD horticulturist who has spent 40 years educating consumers on the harsh toxins in our environment and how they find their way into our homes. As a mom, she saw the demand for natural, safe cleaning products for the home, and built a brand around it.

Orange House engaged 3five, where I led creative direction and the account, to tell that story in North America through a new flagship ecommerce website.

Close-up of ripe oranges among green leaves
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15+ years in TaiwanA new flagship ecommerce site for North America
02 The Challenge

More than a store — a brand built to travel.

Orange House needed more than a store — it needed a refreshed brand to engage a new branch of customers in an unfamiliar market. The team sought our UI and UX expertise to create strong, cohesive branding and storytelling, with the ultimate goal of expanding brand awareness and increasing conversions.

A new market. A new branch of customers. One cohesive story.
03 The Approach

Clean and simple — fitting for the product.

We kept it clean and simple — fitting for the product — and took a customer-centric approach to the site architecture, analyzing how consumers would connect with the fresh, clean personality of the brand. The targets: time on site, return visits, product presentation and email sign-ups.

  • Designed a delightfully simple homepage with micro-interactions that make the experience feel human, especially on mobile — tap the plus symbol next to a product and a subtle animation opens a beautiful, full-screen quick view.
  • Helped mold every aspect of the brand, from recreating icons to retouching the product imagery in Photoshop.
  • Built the commerce features to keep customers focused on completing their purchase: a dynamically updating cart-summary dropdown and a sticky sidebar on the cart page.
  • Kept the build lean — the simplicity of the design made development straightforward, adapting proven product-modal functionality rather than building from scratch.
— The targets we designed against
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Time on siteHow long visitors stay
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Return visitsHow often they come back
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Product presentationHow the product is shown
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Email sign-upsWho opts in to hear more
— In the details
Tap the plus — a full-screen quick view opens. Micro-interactions that feel human, especially on mobile.
Icons recreated, product imagery retouched — every aspect of the brand, hand-molded.
04 The Outcome

A spark of whimsy that breathes life into the brand.

Bright, visceral imagery and playful brand elements give the site a spark of whimsy and breathe life into the brand — a store that fosters a love of family and cleanliness in the home. Freshly launched, the site already has customers posting reviews of their love for the product. We dare you to spend ten minutes on it and not want to try Orange House in your own home.

Two oranges hanging side by side under the leaves
Spend ten minutes on the site — we dare you not to want Orange House in your own home.
Wide view of oranges and leaves against a soft grove background