Joseph Nother
Joseph Nother
Principal & Creative Director, Founder | jnother@designsensory.com
As founder and creative director for Designsensory, Joseph oversees teams that deliver beautiful, conceptual, and compelling visual and interactive design to select organizations including the State of Tennessee, First Tennessee Bank, Warner Bros., Varsity Athletics, PetSafe, Outward Bound USA, and DenTek Oral Care.
His design work has earned recognition from the AIGA Tenn Show, the American Advertising Federation, and the American Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and has been featured in Print Magazine Regional Annuals, STEP, Dynamic Graphics and Logo Lounge publications. His interactive design work is often featured in online showcase lists found on Smashing Magazine, Web Designer's Wall and Most Inspired. Of particular merit is his signature work on Tennessee Vacation. Hailed as arguably the best state tourism website, the Tennessee Vacation (tnvacation.com) family of sites have consistently set the bar for inspired online work. Recently, his work on Discover TN Trails & Byways was awarded a Webby Honoree.
He frequently speaks at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and lectures on Visual Communication and Visual Rhetoric. Joseph is an active member of AIGA, the professional association for design, Art Directors Club, and the American Marketing Association.
Joseph believes in the power of innovative, entrepreneurial thinking and is passionate in applying design thinking, process and principles to social and economic problems. To that end, he works to harness smart, disruptive design in support of local and global philanthropic change.
Born in Knoxville, TN, he moved with his family to Silicon Valley, where he spent most of his early childhood and teenage life. Upon his return to Knoxville, he continued to develop his talents and interests in entrepreneurship, marketing, and design and started his first business when he was 15 years old. Joseph holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Tennessee and is self-instructed in visual design for screen and print.
He currently serves on the board of AIGA Knoxville as President and was recently named a 2011 Finalist for the Knoxville Chamber's Pinnacle Young Entrepreneur Award.
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Posted: 01/23/2012
At the beginning of the new year, we at Designsensory, like to share some forward-thinking design, content and technology insights that, hopefully, you can utilize within your branding, business and marketing efforts. This...
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Posted: 12/21/2011
Ten Magical Years of Designsensory
There is a reason the DS10 binary wink symbol was smiling: We have a great deal for which to be happy! It's not a small feat to celebrate 10 years in business, particularly in light...
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Posted: 12/21/2011
The Night Before A Designsensory Christmas
'Twas the night before Christmas, with no clients calling. Not a creative was stirring, not a programmer coding. DS Basecamp and Freckle were logged with care, In hopes that client billings soon would be there. ...
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Posted: 11/22/2011
Every day, creativity and design are top-of-mind here at Designsensory and, with Halloween near, any excuse to attend an event with costumes and celebrations was more than welcomed. The American Advertising Federation...
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Posted: 11/22/2011
Haley McCallie, our fall intern from the University of Tennessee (and AAF Big Wig), recaps her journey here at DS:When I began the process of looking for an internship for this semester, I already...
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Posted: 10/21/2011
We're not shy about it. At Designsensory, we're all about parties. We spend many hours together and look forward to championing small victories in each others' lives--birthdays, holidays, baby showers (a relatively...