Official Bio for Christopher Simmons
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 during which time the chapter grew to become the organization’s second-largest. 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.
