Brad Thomas
Before founding his own firm, Brad was a senior designer in the office of Richard Saul Wurman (TED Conference Founder); an independent art director in the promotion of a wide range of lifestyle brands; designer with the St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum; and a design professor at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
Over the past twenty five years his consulting practice based in San Francisco has focused on environmental graphics collaborating with some of the best architectural firms in the United States. Notable projects with Esherick Homsey Dodge & Davis include the renovation of the Vasche Library on CSU Stanislaus Campus, KQED’s re-outfitted offices in San Francisco, and currently in-progress the American Institute of Architects national headquarters in Washington D.C.
His additional collaborative works with other local architectural firms includes: UC Berkeley Data Science Center with Gensler; San Francisco Art Institute at Fort Mason with Leddy Maytum Stacy; Moffett Federal Airfield dirigible hanger reuse program with Page & Turnbull; and numerous projects over the past 25 years with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill including the new Long Beach Main Library dedicated to Billy Jean King.
Selected Awards & Recognition
2017
A.C.T. Strand Theater
Graphis Gold, Design Annual
2016
A.C.T Strand Theater
Architizer A+Awards—Branding Jury Winner
Type Directors Club
Communication Arts, Typography Annual
2015
A.C.T Strand Theater
Spark Award—Top Honors
Society for Experiential Graphic Design Magazine
2014
SOM Re-branding
Spark Award – Silver
SOM Foundation Poster
Chicago Athenaeum
2012
Oakland Museum of California
California Preservation Foundation Design Award
2011
Oakland Museum of California
American Institute of Graphic Arts – 365 Design Effectiveness
Communication Arts, Design Annual
Communication Arts, Type Annual
D&AD British Design and Art Direction
Society for Experiential Graphic Design Magazine
2010
Jianianhua Center
Spark Award – Silver
Oakland Museum of California
Spark Award – Gold
2009
Dublin Airport - Pier D
Chicago Athenaeum
Society for Experiential Graphic Design
2008
Dublin Airport Pier-D
Contract Magazine
2007
Beijing Finance Street
Society for Experiential Graphic Design Magazine
2006
Jianianhua Center
Art Directors Club - Gold
Communication Arts
D&AD British Design and Art Direction
Society for Experiential Graphic Design
Type Directors Club of New York
Architecture Magazine
Architectural Review
2005
Bay Area Discovery Museum
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Society for Experiential Graphic Design Magazine
Milliken Carpet
American Institute of Graphic Arts
San Francisco Food Bank
“Grown in California,” American Institute of Graphic Arts
San Francisco International Airport
“Grown in California,” American Institute of Graphic Arts
2004
Milliken Carpet
NeoCon Silver Design Award
Contract Magazine
ID Magazine
Interior Design Magazine
Journal 3, Hate Cantz Verlag
2003
Milliken Carpet
Journal 2, Hate Cantz Verlag
Metropolis Magazine
2002
Charles Schwab
International Interior Design Association
Contract Magazine
Experience Music Project
Graphis Annual
2001
San Francisco International Airport
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Art Directors Club
Communication Arts
D&AD British Design and Art Direction
Graphis Annual