Adam&Co. is the brand design studio of Adam Larson, a creative director, art director, illustrator & design leader. With over 25 years of professional experience, he is best known for distilling complex ideas into smart, communicative creative that resonates independent of style, medium or platform.
Bio
After graduating with a BFA in illustration from Syracuse University, Adam started his professional career at Virtual Music Entertainment, a video game startup, creating interfaces and animations for music-based PC games. That lead him to his dream job as an in-house designer at the independent music label, Rykodisc, designing packaging and promotional materials for the label’s artists. He then moved over to Razorfish, helping to conceive and develop Estée Lauder’s first cross-brand e-commerce website, gloss.com.
In 2001, he entered the world of advertising to work on the Truth campaign at Arnold. During his six years there working within the design department, he lead design and branding initiatives for clients such as The American Legacy Foundation, P&G, Ocean Spray, Fidelity, Brown Forman, Southern Comfort, and Jack Daniels. In 2007 he left Arnold as a Vice President Creative Director to start his own brand design and illustration studio, Adam&Co.
He regularly collaborates with brand, design and advertising agencies, integrating as part of their creative teams. His illustration and design work have been showcased in several online and print publications focusing on art and design, and has received awards from top design and advertising competitions.
His illustration work has appeared in ESPN, Rolling Stone, Time Out New York, New York Magazine, Travel and Leisure, Mojo Magazine, Men’s Health, MIT’s Technology Review, The Globe and Mail, and Print Magazine.
His personal work has exhibited in Boston, New York and Los Angeles. He has taught design at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design, and was a founding editor and art director of the pop culture glossy, Lemon Magazine. He recently co-authored and published a book titled Dear Graduate, with his partner Charles McEnerney. He’s also a founding editor and art director of Wednesday Magazine, the Bible of Dark Culture.
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Recognition
Clio Awards, WEBBY AWARDS, Cannes Lions, The Kelly Awards, The Addy Awards, D&AD, New York Festivals, CASE Awards, the AICP, The Andy Awards, The One Show, The Art Directors Club, Communication Arts, Creative Review, Print Magazine, How Magazine, Graphic Design USA, Graphis, American Illustration, and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Clients
ARTS, CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT
Beyoncé, Herbie Hancock, Madonna, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams, The Pretty Reckless, Fergie, The Black Eyed Peas, Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Fleetwood Mac, Taj Mahal, Boston Public Library, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Celebrity Series, Scout Productions, Logo TV, CNN, 2K Sports, Major League Baseball, Penguin Books, Random House, MoMa
FOOTWEAR & APPAREL
Nike, Reebok, Puma, Saucony, K.Swiss, M.Gemi, PF Flyers, New Balance, Keds, Converse, Hoka, Sperry, Hickey Freeman, Wrangler, Deisel, Uniqlo, North Sails, TIEM
CONSUMER BRANDS
Tea Forte, Samuel Adams, Absolut Vodka, Bon Viv, Della Vite, MAC Costmetics, Pothecary Gin, Sterling Vineyards, Johnson & Johnson, Estee Lauder, Silk Therapeutics, Ocean Spray, Celebrity Cruises, Fidelity Investments, Citizens Bank, P&G, Piz Buin
STARTUPS
Simplisafe, Alps & Meters, Woo Sports, Sonicbids, Safr, AttnGrace, S/O/S, Where Networks, Swirl Networks
HIGHER EDUCATION & NONPROFITS
The American Legacy Foundation, The Truth Campaign, Emmitt TIll Memory Project, Berklee College Of Music, MIT, Harvard, Syracuse University, NYU, ESPN, EF
HOSPITALITY & REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
Big Heart Hospitality, The Gallows Group, National Development, WS Development, Samuels & Associates, The Mount Vernon Company, Edlen & Company, Beacon Capitol Partners, Cottonwood, Myers & Chang
Agencies
Anomaly, Mother, THE MANY, Wolfgang LA, Preacher, Pentagram, Venables Bell & Partners, Digital Kitchen, Hill Holiday, Mullen LOWE, Arnold, Digitas, FCB, TBWA\Chiat\Day, Publicis, Sapient, David & Goliath, Design Bridge, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Team One, Crispin Porter Bogusky, Serino Coyne
Bibliography
First Things First! New Branding and Design for New Businesses
Gestalten Publishers
Choi's Package 03
Choi’s Gallery
Sonic: Visuals for Music
Die-Gestalten Publishers
Logo Lab
How Design Publishing
A Book Designed To Help
Die-Gestalten Publishers
MagArt:Innovation in Magazine Design
Rotovision
1000 Supreme CD Designs
Page One Publishers
1000 Music Graphics
Rockport Publishers
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Chronicle Books
Business Cards 3: Designs on Saying Hello
Laurence King Publishing
New Ornamental Type
Thames & Hudson
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HOW Books
Pack! Pack!
Monsa Publishers
Packaging Essentials
Rockport Publishers
365 Habbits of Successful Graphic Designers
Rockport Publishers