Erik Adigard, France (2009)
Erik Adigard is, with Patricia McShane, a partner in M-A-D, an interdisciplinary studio combining brand positioning, interaction design, visual communication, video, media installations and environmental design. M-A-D’s routinely works on...
Read full biographyErik Adigard is, with Patricia McShane, a partner in M-A-D, an interdisciplinary studio combining brand positioning, interaction design, visual communication, video, media installations and environmental design. M-A-D’s routinely works on the relationships between technology and socio-cultural concerns.
Notable works are visual essays and websites for Wired, the short documentary Webdreamer exploring the decay of digital culture, the book Architecture Must Burn and the branding of IBM software. Recent projects include the Spontaneous Interventions exhibits, a 400m-tall animation for the ICC tower in Hong Kong, and the design of Expanded Field, an exploration of the convergence between architecture and art practices. Other commissions include installations for biennales in Paris, Lisbon, St Etienne and Venice.
Adigard teaches communication design at the California College of the Arts. He works between M-A-D’s main office in the SF Bay Area and his studio in Montpellier, France.
Education
- Undergraduate,
- Postgraduate
2011 – today
- California College of the Arts (USA)
Adjunct professor of communication design, time-based media and image experimentation. Other academic projects include workshops in the US and Europe since 2000
Agencies
M-A-D
1990 – present
m-a-d.com
Awards
1999
2012
Other Professional Activities
Academic reviews, advising and juries in US and Europe (graphic design and architecture programs)
1996 – present
Advisory boards of Adobe Design Achievement Awards
2006 – 2011