Hornsby Brand Design LLC is a privately held branding design and
advertising agency
An advertising agency, often referred to as a creative agency or an ad agency, is a business dedicated to creating, planning, and handling advertising and sometimes other forms of promotion and marketing for its clients. An ad agency is generall ...
located in
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville is a city in Knox County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located on the Tennessee River and had a population of 190,740 at the 2020 United States census. It is the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division ...
. It sells its services to corporations, government agencies, and faith-based organizations, among many other institutions.
A few of the regional, national and international organizations Hornsby Brand Design has served are the
American Cancer Society
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History
The society w ...
,
Regal Entertainment Group
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,
Jewelry Television
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and the
Brunswick Boat Group as well as numerous government agencies such as
Knoxville Area Transit,
Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority
The Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) is the mass transit provider for Chattanooga, Tennessee and its Chattanooga metropolitan area, vicinity. CARTA operates 15 bus routes, paratransit services, and the Lookout Mountain I ...
Anderson County Tourism Council and th
Memphis Urban Area MPO among others. In addition, they have served faith-based organizations throughout the United States with
faith-branding, and was featured five times in the GIA published book, "Graphic Design and Religion: A Call for Renewal", by Daniel Kantor, as well as on the front cover for its work for the faith-based community.
Hornsby Brand Design is a member of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) of Knoxville
American Advertising Federation
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.
History
The CEO and principal of Hornsby Brand Design LLC, Bridget Hornsby,
studied at
Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
The Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is a constituent college of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, United States. Established in 1915, Grady College offers undergraduate degrees in journalism, advertising, public re ...
at the
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the oldest public university in th ...
in Athens, Ga., graduating with an advertising degree in 1986. After working as a business manager for a wholesale printing company in Atlanta, Ga., she worked as a corporate editor of two magazines for the international, musical instruments manufacturer,
Peavey Electronics Corporation in
Meridian, Miss. In 1993 she founded HornsbyWerks and moved it to Knoxville, Tenn., in 1995. The company changed its name to Hornsby Brand Design in 2003, when its president, Chris Hornsby, joined the company. Hornsby Brand Design acquired the LLC in April 2014.
Chris studied
graphic design
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at the
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the oldest public university in th ...
, in Athens. Upon his graduation in 1984 with a BFA, he worked for the Joan Carol Design and Exhibit Group in Atlanta as a designer where he designed exhibits for some of the largest companies in the world. After a two-year stint, he moved to Richard Douglas Advertising, also in Atlanta. His first projects as an art director included the
Dale Carnegie
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Institute and the
Salvation Army
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.
In 1990 he moved to Meridian, Miss., and became a lead art director with
Peavey Electronics Corporation working with celebrity endorsers and more than 900 musical instrument products. His five-year association with Peavey Electronics landed Chris the creative supervisor position with
Philips Electronics
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, headquartered in Knoxville. After a time with Philips, Chris worked as the creative director for several ad agencies and design groups in Knoxville before finally joining Hornsby Brand Design in 2003.
He was inducted into American Advertising Federation Knoxville's Hall of Fame
in 2013 for his creative excellence, his contribution to the industry, and his philanthropic endeavors to the community. Additionally, he is well known in the fine arts community as a member of the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville.
His personal art pieces have been shown in a variety of art venues including New York City with recognition by the
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is a Modern art, modern and Contemporary art, contemporary American art museum located in the Meatpacking District, Manhattan, Meatpacking District and West Village neighbor ...
's
curator, Christiane Paul.
In the spring of 2017, he procured his first solo exhibition at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center in Clarksville, Tenn.,
sparking the
Nashville Arts Magazine'
's feature article on Hornsby in its April 2017 Issue.
Awards
Hornsby Brand Design has been nationally and internationally recognized with more than 100 awards in print,
web design
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and
development
Development or developing may refer to:
Arts
*Development (music), the process by which thematic material is reshaped
* Photographic development
*Filmmaking, development phase, including finance and budgeting
* Development hell, when a proje ...
and broadcast, along with being published in
''Print'' and
''How'' magazines' design annuals.
References
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External links
Hornsby Brand Design's website
Advertising agencies of the United States
Companies based in Knoxville, Tennessee