Sean Adams, ArtCenter College of Design

Sean Adams is an internationally recognized graphic designer and the Chair of Undergraduate and Graduate Graphic Design at ArtCenter College of Design. He is the author of multiple best-selling books including "The Designer’s Dictionary of Color" and "How Design Makes Us Think." Adams is an on-screen instructor for LinkedIn Learning, a contributor to Design Observer, and founder of BurningSettlersCabin.com. He is the only two-term AIGA national president in AIGA’s 100-year history. In 2014, Adams was awarded the AIGA Medal, the highest honor in the profession.

Adams is an AIGA Fellow, and Aspen Design Institute Fellow. He has been recognized by every major competition and publication, including Print, Communication Arts, Graphis, AIGA, The Type Directors Club, The British Art Director’s Club, and the New York Art Director’s Club. Adams has been exhibited often, including a solo exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He has been cited as one of the 40 most important people shaping design internationally, and one of the top ten influential designers in the United States. Previously, Adams was a founding partner at AdamsMorioka.

Adams' clients have included the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Disney, Gap, Old Navy, the Metropolitan Opera, the Museum of Natural History, Nickelodeon, Richard Meier & Partners, and Sundance.