Website: https://designups.com/
DesignUps is a web design and branding agency based in Nashville, Tennessee. The company describes itself as a friendly web design and branding agency and combines, in its own words, “great design and intuitive functionality.” Its work spans brand identity, art direction, web design, and web development for a range of clients. The agency frames its approach around identifying the key idea that drives a brand experience and building a plan to bring that idea into focus.
Services
DesignUps organizes its offerings into four main service areas:
- Branding. The agency provides brand strategy, design, logotypes, core values documentation, identity systems, guidelines, audits, and naming services, with the stated goal of elevating a company and delivering a fresh perspective.
- Art Direction. The team establishes the visual vision for companies through art direction, mood boarding, UX/UI design, graphic design, motion design, and style guides.
- Web Design. Offerings include responsive design, application design, marketing design, e-commerce solutions, mobile web design, content design, and web-based animation, with the aim of showcasing a brand and making a lasting impact.
- Web Development. The agency builds with WordPress, custom development, Webflow, and frontend development, and lists e-commerce, Shopify, HubSpot development, and technology integrations among its capabilities.
The company summarizes its philosophy as reducing noise to create meaningful impact and establishing distinctive brand identities that connect with audiences.
About
DesignUps describes itself as having been in business for 15 years and as having designed more than 500 websites. The company is led by Simon Carr, identified as design director and founder, and the team includes Sam Wasserman in a design and development role. The agency presents itself as award-winning, citing recognition from organizations including Awwwards, FWA, Creative Bloq, Core77, Smashing Magazine, CSS Design Awards, Clutch, Net Magazine, Expertise.com, and DesignRush.
The agency’s stated approach centers on the belief that every company has a signature moment or a key product offering that is different, unique, and valuable, and that the agency’s role is to identify that idea and bring it into focus. The site describes a process of aligning a client’s vision with execution, reducing noise to create meaningful impact, and building brand identities intended to connect with audiences.
Location & Contact
DesignUps is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and describes itself in its site footer as a web design and branding agency in Nashville. Prospective clients can reach the agency through the “Work With Us” contact page on its website.
Additional Information
The website includes sections for What We Do, Work, About, Insights, and Work With Us, along with a privacy policy and sitemap. The Insights section serves as the agency’s blog. The agency lists a number of recognizable clients across its portfolio, including Ryman Auditorium, Country Music Hall of Fame, Cracker Barrel, CMT, Nashville Design Week, Humana, Vanderbilt University, and Universal Music Group, as well as MTV and Foundation Devices. Taken together, the site presents DesignUps as a Nashville-based, award-recognized agency offering branding, art direction, web design, and web development under a single roof.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (designups.com).