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DesignChat Guest: Sean Adams

March 22, 2010 from abduzeedo's blog

DesignChat is a weekly live-video chat with the design community hosted by Ryan McGovern and a special guest. This post will also be a weekly event, appearing on Mondays to introduce the special guest and show some of their work. Lets get on with it!

Sean is a co-founder of AdamsMorioka. He has been recognized by every major competition and publication including; Step, Communication Arts, Graphis, AIGA, The Type Directors Club, The British Art Director s Club, and the New York Art Director s Club. A solo exhibition on AdamsMorioka was held at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Adams has been cited as one of the forty most important people shaping design internationally in the ID40.

DesignChat: Sean Adams

Sean is the national president and past national board member of AIGA, and past president of AIGA Los Angeles. He is a Fellow of the Aspen Design Conference, and AIGA Fellow. He teaches at Art Center College of Design. Sean is a frequent lecturer and competition judge internationally. Adams is the co-author of Logo Design Workbook, Color Design Workbook, and the upcoming Masters of Design. AdamsMorioka s clients include ABC, Adobe, Gap, Frank Gehry Partners, Nickelodeon, Sundance, Target, USC, and The Walt Disney Company.

AdamsMorioka was founded in 1994 by Sean Adams and Noreen Morioka. The firm’s founding philosophy of clarity, purity and resonance spearheaded a revolution in the design community from chaos and complexity to honesty and simplicity.

DesignChat: Sean Adams

The work of AdamsMorioka ranges from corporate identities, identity systems, print campaigns and environmental graphics for both interior and exterior, to motion and digital projects such as film and video, animation and websites. We begin each project by strategically creating a set of criteria, compiled by collaborating with our clients. We are very strict about quality, presentation and content, but, of course, there is always the AdamsMorioka touch of fun.

AdamsMorioka is the author of Logo Design Workbook and Color Workbook, released in 2005. AdamsMorioka’s clients include ABC, Adobe, Gap, Old Navy, Frank Gehry Associates, Nickelodeon, USC, Sundance and The Walt Disney Company.

The live show is on Wednesday nights at 8pm CST on DesignChat's site. There's always live video and a chat room, which means you can ask questions directly of Sean! You can follow us on Twitter for more announcements. Also, join our Facebook group and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

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DesignChat: Sean Adams

DesignChat: Sean Adams

DesignChat: Sean Adams

DesignChat: Sean Adams

DesignChat: Sean Adams

DesignChat: Sean Adams

DesignChat: Sean Adams

DesignChat: Sean Adams

DesignChat: Sean Adams

DesignChat: Sean Adams

DesignChat: Sean Adams

DesignChat: Sean Adams

DesignChat: Sean Adams

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