I worked closely with Kelly Applegate for many years, and found her to be a top-rate graphic designer. She is innovative, collaborative, collegial, and extremely efficient with turnaround and deadlines. She is excellent at balancing the desires of her clients with her own design sensibilities. In my twenty-five years of experience in visual arts organizations, Kelly is the best designer I have ever worked with.

Holly Koons | projects for Telfair Museums and Torggler Fine Arts Center

Kelly and I have worked together for more than 20 years on widely diverse projects including print ads, billboards, annual reports, brochures, and much more. She is easy to communicate with and understands the purpose of the projects she designs. Her work is creative but not crazy, and she keeps the audience in mind. She does whatever it takes to meet deadlines. I always know I can trust her to come up with something that I’m proud to use to represent my business. 

Mark Hall | projects for Southbridge, Central India Christian Mission, and Northpoint Development

Working with Applegate Design gets you more than great graphic design. Kelly becomes a partner in your project's success. She educates herself on what you're doing and why, then provides creative solutions and options. She has a great way of capturing your thoughts and illustrating them, she creates inventive project themes, and never seems to run out of new ideas.  

Julie Musselman | projects for Georgia Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus, Savannah’s Waterfront, and Hostess City Celebrations

I have worked with Kelly at Applegate Design for almost a decade. She has designed logos, brochures, business cards, posters, invitations, and other promotional pieces for me that perfectly convey our message with that elusive “wow” factor. Her creativity is unbounded, she delivers on time and on budget. Kelly is an excellent communicator and really listens to what the customer wants and is willing to revise and adjust all designs as necessary. All in all, she is a joy to work with. I can’t imagine running my business without her.

Sarah Ross | projects for University of Georgia and Social Roots

I’ve worked with Kelly Applegate on design projects large and small for more than 20 years. I love Kelly’s enthusiasm, admire her creative style, and appreciate her sensitivity to costs. I get really excited when people assume from the beauty of her work that I’ve employed some fancy, high-priced advertising agency. No, it’s Kelly Applegate.

Roger Smith | projects for Massie Heritage Center, Georgia Historical Society, and The Learning Center

I've worked with Kelly on a variety of projects and have always found her work to be creative, beautiful, and completed on time. On several occasions I had to ask her for shorter than normal turnaround times and she has always been able to accommodate these requests. Kelly is easy to work with and wonderful at problem solving. A few times we have worked with her on team efforts where there are multiple "bosses,” and I've been so impressed at how well she navigates those situations in a very professional manner.

Rebecca Eddins | projects for Andrew Low House Museum, and Colonial Dames

Whether it was a multiple-page exhibition catalog or a logo, Kelly’s work was beautiful, on time, and successfully helped us communicate our story to visitors. The projects she did for us won many Addy Awards and Southeastern Museums Conference Awards. It was a pleasure to work with her.

Jennifer Marsik | projects for Telfair Museums

Always great thoughtful design!

Cathy Rodgers | projects for 7 Waves Marketing