Erik Adigard, born in 1953 in the Republic of Congo, studied graphic design at California College off the Arts. He is a founder of the design studio M-A-D, which is positioned at the intersection of communication design and multimedia arts. Adigard’s body of work includes numerous visual essays for Wired magazine, experimental websites such as LiveWired and Madscroll, branding campaigns for IBM and many exhibit commissions including the 2008 Venice Biennale (Architecture) with Chris Salter and the 2014 Venice Biennale (Architecture). Adigard’s creations have been shown at museums, biennales, film festivals and in publications world-wide. He received the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design. Other art projects include commissions from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), the Saint-Etienne International Design Biennale, Villette Numérique in Paris and the Muffathalle in Munich. Adigard regularly lectures, teaches, juries, advises and/or writes on design and media. He is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale and American Institute of Graphic Arts. In the 2019/20 season Erik Adigard developed the graphic and communication design for the immersive installation Sensefactory, which can be seen in Zeche Eins at Schauspielhaus Bochum.

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