Christopher Simmons (born April 10, 1973) is a Canadian-born, San Francisco-based graphic designer, writer and educator.
He served on the board of directors of the San Francisco chapter of the AIGA from 1996–1999, and again as president (2004–2006). Among his enduring accomplishments in that position was the creation of San Francisco Design Week. On completion of Simmons' tenure, mayor Gavin Newsom issued an official proclamation declaring San Francisco to be a city where "design makes a difference." Simmons is the principal creative director of the San Francisco design office MINE and the creator of the art installation Everything is OK.[1]
The author of four books on graphic design, Simmons is also a frequent speaker on graphic design at schools and design organizations across the United States. His column My First Time appeared regularly in "STEP inside design" magazine.[2] He has contributed to works in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Institution and the Denver Art Museum. HIs work has also been exhibited at the Museum of Craft and Design, The Pasadena Museum of California Art and the Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art. He has developed and taught courses in Identity Design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and is currently an adjunct professor of design at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco (his alma mater)[3].