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"It could be so much better."

That's where it began, really. We were working for a small agency in our home town, doing all sorts of jobs. From national campaigns to the most mundane of business forms, we honed our chops under tight deadlines and low budgets. Both our clients and our employers were happy, but we were constantly pushing for the opportunity to do better work. Design wasn't just a job for us, it was our craft. We loved it.

When you really love something, it drives you crazy not to be able to give it your best. And in that sense, we were on the crazy Autobahn, pedal to the metal.

It was then, early 2004 to be more precise, that we started FortySeven Media. It was a slow start. We worked nights and weekends for quite some time, hoping our mad scientist like obsession for design would pay off. And it did. The business began to grow as God blessed us in this crazy dream of ours.

When you really love something, it drives you crazy not to be able to give it your best. And in that sense, we were on the crazy Autobahn, pedal to the metal.

So here we are several years down the road. Armed with our creativity, a couple of Macs, and our jungle cat reflexes, we've tackled challenge after challenge. We learn and grow with each job, always looking forward to the next adventure.

Who Are We?

Jonathan
Longnecker

partner

Call: (865) 607-4756

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Jonathan Longnecker has been living and breathing design since he graduated back in 2001. Well, actually before that but he didn't know it yet. He and Nate were rocking out in their band and needed a website and some t-shirts. Cue the "ah-ha!" moment. Yeah, he started then and hasn't stopped yet. He's also married to the most kick awesome wife ever (Ashley...check out her site) and has two amazing children; Adali and Jett. They are quite possibly the cutest kids on the planet. He still loves making music and is finally admitting that he might be a geek.

Nate
Croft

partner

Call: (865) 405-6774

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Since he first raised a wooden spoon to beat on pots and pans, Nate Croft has loved making music. That has nothing to do with design, but Nate couldn't think of any other way to start this tiny biography. He lives in the wonderfully strange land of Knoxville, Tennessee where he designs and creates digital media of various flavors. He is full of ideas and is known to blurt them out out of nowhere, confusing those nearby. He is engaged to Dena, the woman he has always hoped he could have. He is crazy excited about getting to be her husband.
Nate readily admits that he is a geek.