Sean Adams

Sean Adams is the Chair of Undergraduate and Graduate Graphic Design at ArtCenter,

founder of Burning Settlers Cabin studio, and on-screen author for lynda.com/Linked In. 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.

He is an AIGA Fellow, and Aspen Design Fellow. He has been recognized by every major

competition and publication including; How, Print, Step, Communication Arts, Graphis, AIGA,

The Type Directors Club, The British Art Director’s Club, and the Art Director’s Club. Adams has

been exhibited often, including a solo exhibition at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Adams is an author of multiple magazine columns and several best-selling books. He has been

cited as one of the forty 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. His clients have included The

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Disney, Mohawk Fine Papers, The Metropolitan

Opera, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Richard Meier & Partners, Sundance,

and the University of Southern California.