Born: 1964

Education: California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California

Currently resides: Los Angeles, California

Selected honors: AIGA National President; Fellow, AIGA Los Angeles; AIGA National Board of Directors; AIGA Los Angeles; President; ID40, ID Magazine’s selection of the 40 most important people shaping design internationally; Fellow, International Design Conference at Aspen

Teaching: California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia; Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California; Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California

Sean Adams began his career as senior designer for The New York Public Library. In 1994, Mr. Adams and partner, Noreen Morioka, founded AdamsMorioka, based on the ideas of clarity, purity, and resonance. Both partners currently host the online design series, Designorama.

AdamsMorioka’s clients have included ABC, Adobe, Gap, Frank Gehry Associates, Nickelodeon, Oxygen, Sundance, Target, The Walt Disney Company, and University of Southern California. Their work has been exhibited internationally, including a solo exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Sean Adams has been globally recognized by every major award and publication, including Communication Arts, AIGA, British D and AD, Graphis, and the New York Art Director’s Club. He also writes a monthly column for STEP Inside Design Magazine and is co-author of the bestselling books Logo Design Workbook and Color Design Workbook.