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Christopher Simmons is a designer, writer, educator, design advocate and principal of the noted San Francisco design office, MINE™. MINE™ has designed identities, books, consumer products, packaging and print and interactive collateral for scientific visionaries, educational reformists, best-selling authors, museums, design institutions, entrepreneurs, telecommunications giants and Hollywood producers. These projects have been recognized by numerous awards and features in leading national and international publications.
MINE was founded in 2004. That same year, Christopher joined the likes of Sean Adams, Saul Bass, Milton Glaser, Stefan Sagmeister, Lucille Tenazas and Massimo Vignelli when Graphic Design: USA declared him, “A Person to Watch.”
Since that time Christopher has authored three books on the subject of identity design, including the multiple award-winning compendium, Letterhead & Logo Design 9, and the crtically-acclaimed, LogoLab. He continues to lecture on design issues for colleges, universities and professional associations, and frequently participates as a judge for major design competitions. Christopher teaches design at the California College of the Arts (his alma mater), and has taught at the Academy of Art university and UC Santa Cruz extension.
Christopher is a past president of the San Francisco AIGA. On completion of Christopher’s tenure, Mayor Gavin Newsom issued an official proclamation declaring San Francisco to be a city “where design makes a difference."
Christopher is profiled in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders.
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August 13, 2007
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August 12th, 2007
MINE™ is "most honored" to be most honored
The Pasadena Museum of California Art has honored *MINE™* with four inclusions in its prestigious California Design Biennial — the most inclusions of any graphic design firm.
MINE™ is represented alongside several larger, more well-known firms such as Apple, Mitsubishi, and Belkin, and is one of just 17 graphic design firms represented in the biannual exhibition.
MINE™’s winning projects include a book designed for Rockport Publishers, a poster for AIGA, the professional association for design, and our own stationery design. The fourth project, a roll of barricade tape imprinted with the words “everything is ok” has been appearing mysteriously at protest rallies and public gatherings over the past year. Although all of the projects have previously received international recognition for design excellence, MINE™ principal, Christopher Simmons says it is particularly gratifying to be recognized in his home state.
The Biennial exhibition kicks off with a private reception for designers on August 18, and is open to the public starting August 19.
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