Speakers
Christopher Simmons
Christopher Simmons is a designer, author, 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.
Christopher writes the regular column My First Time for STEP magazine, is the author of three books on identity design, lectures on design issues for colleges, universities and professional associations, and frequently participates as a judge for major national and international design competitions. He 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.”