TIMELINE
| 2024 | Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI): AGI Open lecture, /imagine: the post-image – a CCA Machinic Modernity exploration |
| 2024 | LACMA: exhibit Digital Witness, Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film NOV 24, 2024–Jul 13, 2025 |
| 2023 | SFO Museum Student Gallery: Machinic Modernity exhibit with Celia Ziyan Cai’s Constitution |
| 2022 | CCA MFAdesign: Machinic Modernity, design and more-than-human worlds / contemporary design through philosophical perspectives |
| 2021 | SOF, American Academy in Rome: Salone! held in Brooklyn, NY: screening SenseFactory |
| 2021 | CCA MFAdesign: Machinic Modernity, The Self & The Non-human worlds / contemporary design through philosophical perspectives |
| 2021 | Driving the Human, Berlin: intervention Dissuasion Engine |
| 2020 | Laznia Centre for Contemporary Arts, PL: exhibit Sensory Orders |
| 2020 | CCA MFAdesign: Machinic Modernity, the Non-human & the Self / exploring contemporary design through philosophical perspectives |
| 2019 | Muffatwerk, Munich + Dive–Festival, Schauspielhaus, Bochum DE : performance installation SENSEFACTORY |
| 2019 | Non Human Centered Design : lecture AGI Open 2019, NL, also presented at HKU University of the Arts Utrecht |
| 2018 | Americans for the Arts : award Certificate of Recognition, Public Art Network for StreetTALK |
| 2018 | SFMOMA : exhibit Designed in California, curated by Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher |
| 2018 | Petaluma Arts Center : exhibit Power of Ten: Scaling Up, curated by Llisa Demetrios |
| 2018 | Petalumagic : participatory installation |
| 2018 | CCA (SF & Paris) : workshops & classes urban communications, iconography, time-based media and questions of representation (2011-18) |
| 2018 | Stedelijk Museum-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands : exhibit California: Designing Freedom |
| 2017 | Helsinki Design Museum, Finland : exhibit California: Designing Freedom |
| 2017 | Design Museum, London : exhibit California: Designing Freedom, curated by Brendan McGetrick & Justin McGuirk |
| 2017 | Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing : permanent installation 22 STEPS |
| 2017 | ESAD, St Etienne : jury DNSEP (bac +5, certified Master) Design Média thesis, presentations and exhibits |
| 2017 | StreeTALK: participatory installation Code:ART, Palo Alto |
| 2016 | Livewired in SFMOMA : exhibit Typeface to Interface, curated by Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher |
| 2016 | Parsons, Paris & ESAD, Amiens : lecture “the Post-image” exploring the new nature ways to relate image and design |
| 2016 | ISEA2016 / ICC tower, Hong Kong : installation Counterpolis, Honorable Mention |
| 2016 | Becoming a Graphic and Digital Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design: publication by Steven Heller & Veronique Vienne |
| 2015 | AGI-NL, Amsterdam : lecture “Here Come Robots” exploring the nature of image today |
| 2015 | Paris In Motion : workshop Collaborative course in Paris, for CCA, with MICA |
| 2014 | medialibre.info : interview “Centre des Récollets“ (our Summer residency for CCA) talking about the Center & local culture |
| 2014 | étapes magazine #221 [essay] “Repenser Les Medias“: commenting on the impact of new media on design (in French) |
| 2013 | The Basel School of Design : lecture “Cave To Cloud” exploring the modalities of today’s”image” |
| 2013 | étapes magazine #211 : feature “L’Image En Suspens”: discussing recent projects and changes in the world of design |
| 2013 | PRINT magazine : interview The Fifth Dimension with Steven Heller |
| 2013 | AnimationByDesign : workshop Our 2013 program will focus on exploring the city through its temporalities |
| 2013 | American Academy in Rome : installations Cinque Mostre will include Dinner Conversation & ScalaCupola |
| 2012 | Villa Aurelia : installation Nuova Consonanza including Facsimile: “we need not destroy the past—it is gone” |
| 2012 | American Academy in Rome : lecture “From Stones To Cloud: the entropy of image” |
| 2012 | The 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale : award SpontaneousInterventions/the U.S. Pavilion wins Special Mention |
| 2012 | APR Rome Prize : award Adigard selected for a 2012-2013 design fellowship |
| 2011 | SEP AGI 2012 Special Project : print visual commentary on the uncertain future of bees, agriculture and pollination |
| 2011 | SEP Bits to Pieces : interview on the challenges of archiving design projects ~ a project by Karin van der Heiden |
| 2011 | JUL CCA Studies Abroad : workshop Biometric City (based in Centre des Recollets) explores urban patterns in Paris |
| 2011 | CCA JUN Summer Design Intensive : workshop combining daily news and street design interventions |
| 2011 | MAY agIdeas + AGDA : lecture Melbourne & Sydney ~ emerging issues in 21st century design |
| 2011 | MAY Pasadena Museum of California Art : exhibit Getting Upper (an alphabet exhibit) – the letter “O” |
| 2010 | JUL Graphisme En France 2010-2011 : inclusion various designs |
| 2010 | APR MacArthur Fellows Program : Nominator |
| 2010 | MAR Canadian Centre for Architecture : lecture/panel “Ephemeral City” |
| 2010 | MAR Concordia University, Montreal : lecture A shift of emphasis: from forms to systems |
| 2010 | FEB University of San Francisco : lecture The Temporality of Built Space |
| 2009 | SEP The Wellcome Trust, London : acquisitions Qaction posters from our 1995 campaigns |
| 2009 | JUL Stanford Library : acquisitions Qaction posters from our 1996 campaigns |
| 2009 | JUL Rhizome : interview of Erik Adigard By John Alderman – also in arte10.com |
| 2009 | MAY Clone magazine : interview of Erik Adigard on the state of design in California |
| 2009 | MAY Adbusters : inclusion of Fuelicide poster |
| 2009 | MAR NetDiver : jury, 10th anniversary |
| 2009 | FEB BAM/PFA : interview, AirXY at the Architecture Venice Biennale |
| 2009 | FEB World Architecture : interview by Therese Tierney, AirXY at the Architecture Venice Biennale |
| 2009 | FEB UC Berkeley, Center for New Media : lecture “Stone2Cloud: design, from immaterial to rematerial” |
| 2009 | JAN Autodesk : lecture “Tangle Of Affinities” |
| 2008 | NOV Academy of Art University : lecture “Designing Idealism” |
| 2008 | OCT Digicult : interview (in italian), AirXY at the Architecture Venice Biennale |
| 2008 | SEP designboom : feature on AirXY at the Architecture Venice Biennale |
| 2008 | SEP Venice Biennale : presentation & panel / moderated by Jefferey Kipnis |
| 2008 | The 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale : multimedia installation commissioned for the Corderia |
| 2008 | JUN Academy of Art University : jury for new media masters program |
| 07-09 | Museum voor Communicatie, NL : Eye Opener exhibit / includes 100s of designs from Catalysts! |
| 2008 | OCT Stewart Program for Modern Design in Montreal : aquisition / Fuelicide poster |
| 07-08 | Dualterm : installation running simultaneously in Second Life & Toronto’s international airport |
| 2007 | NOV Surface magazine : feature on Dualterm and the cultural significance of 3D worlds |
| 2007 | OCT Tactile : book Die Gestalten Verlog features Life Vest |
| 2007 | SEP A Man With a Movie Camera : video / a collaborative recut of Vertov’s 1929 seminal film |
| 2007 | JUN Étapes magazine [visual/text essay] “10 thoughts on the desktop” w/John Alderman |
| 2007 | JUN Adobe Design Achievement Awards : Erik selected corporate advisory board member |
| 2006 | NOV Metropolis, Hand & Interface : chapter written by Erik for Jean-Benoit Levy’s Handbook |
| 2006 | SEP Orange : MarCamp presentation on the visual vernacular of mobile media |
| 2006 | MAY Pecha-Kucha : a speed lecture on the catalysts!/engage exhibit |
| 2006 | MAY BoingBoing : features the ’06 IA Summit Exploding TV poster |
| 2006 | JUL The4thScreen : cellphone videos shown at Scanners: 2006 New York Video Festival |
| 2006 | JUN Spoken with Eyes:… : ADAC exhibit with 4 M-A-D projects – Also in permanent collection |
| 2006 | APR Tsunami ying-yang icon: in Milan’s Salone del Mobile Behind The Scene exhibit |
| 2005 | DEC Meggs’ History of Graphic Design : publication includes three M-A-D projects |
| 2005 | NOV Designing for Small Screens: Mobile phones, PDAs,… : book features XYwatch |
| 2005 | NOV ExperimentaDesign, Lisbon Biennale : Catalysts!/Engage installations with 500 projects |
| 2005 | OCT Bay Area Furniture Art 2005 : Blue Room Gallery, with Erik’s participation as co-curator |
| 2005 | OCT étapes:international [essay] “From Photoshop To Google” by Erik |
| 2005 | SEP Catalysts! magazine [visual essay] on the theme of mobilism by Erik |
| 2005 | JUN Cumulus, Lisbon : workshop by Erik Adigard & Max Bruinsma: City Bytes: The Urban Script |
| 2005 | MAY étapes 119 [1310-word essay] on new design methodologies by Erik |
| 2005 | APR 401 Design Meditation [visual essay] Wisdom Insights, and Intriguing Thoughts by Erik |
| 2005 | MAY Center for Architecture, NYC : “Value Meal: Design and (over)Eating” / exhibit / Dorito Project |
| 2005 | MAY International Festival of Chaumont : presentation & panel on the evolution of tools and forms |
| 2004 | NOV St Etienne International Design Biennale : video & concept product for the Dorito Project |
| 2004 | NOV AIGA Grown In California : award / exhibit for Fuelicide poster |
| 2004 | JUN Loudpaper : text/visual essay by Erik Adigard+Chris Salter on Chronopolis: Inhabiting Time (PDF) |
| 2004 | MAY AIGA Design Competition : jury |
| 2004 | APR TheLAB gallery : exhibit of the Dorito Clock |
| 2004 | APR HOW International Design Competition : jury |
| 2004 | MAR Architecture and Design in America : with texts/visual essays from Architecture Must Burn |
| 2003 | DEC Graphis348 : feature article on M-A-D’s identity design for IBM software, by Ken Coupland |
| 2003 | NOV Étapes magazine : text/visual essay by Erik Adigard+Patricia McShane |
| 2003 | NOV Digital Colour for the Internet and Other Media : features Madscroll |
| 2003 | SEP Étapes magazine : visual essay by Erik |
| 2003 | AUG WADC : awards for Madscroll and Fuelicide sign |
| 2003 | AUG Seybold : presentation & panel on current issues of branding |
| 2003 | MAY Designer & Designer: M.A.D. : monograph published by Pyramyd |
| 2003 | APR Étapes 95 : cover |
| 2003 | MAR Graphic Design For The 21st Century : book published by Taschen |
| 2003 | FEB ID magazine : article on Chronopolis: Resetting the Clock, by Ken Coupland |
| 2003 | AIGA : award best 100 for Madscroll |
| 2003 | HOW : award Self-Promotion Annual, Outstanding Achievement |
| 2003 | SFMOMA : exhibit on “The Art of Design.” Wired spread + Wired stock certificate |
| 2002 | DEC Exploratorium, San Francisco : Teleopolis, multimedia installation: IconCity |
| 2002 | SEP Le Monde : Chronopolis at Villette Numerique |
| 2002 | SEP TF1 : Chronopolis at Villette Numerique, TV segment |
| 2002 | SEP Elektrophonie, France Culture : Chronopolis at Villette Numerique, radio interview |
| 2002 | OCT Muffathalle, Munich : Installation, Chronopolis, Goethe Forum |
| 2002 | SEP Parc de La Villette, Paris : Installation in the Grand Halle, Chronopolis |
| 2002 | Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal : acquisition poster: Design Digital: the Mouse, the House & the City |
| 2002 | JUL ID magazine : jury multimedia competition |
| 2002 | Rockefeller Foundation New Media Fellowship : nomination |
| 2002 | FEB Denver Art Museum “US Design 1975-2000” : exhibit includes M-A-D designs |
| 2002 | FEB Metropolis : article Screen Shots, Chronopolis by Ken Coupland |
| 2001 | NOV SF Art Institute : Digital Dialogues, lecture |
| 2001 | OCT Étapes:77 : San Francisco Design, feature by Vanina Pinter |
| 2001 | OCT TRANS>Launcher : collaborative thread on the implications of the digital architecture generation |
| 2001 | AUG The Education of an E-Designer / Steven Heller : Essay: Speculative Art or Experimental Business by Erik |
| 2001 | JUL American Center for Design : jury |
| 2001 | MAR SFMOMA : Art Sandwiched In* with Benjamin Weil, curator and David Ross, director |
| 2001 | FEB SFMOMA : SiteStreaming and lecture with Aaron Betsky, curator of architecture & design |
| 2001 | JAN Wired magazine : panel on good, bad & ugly design / moderated by Chee Pearlman |
| 2001 | JAN Sundance Film Festival : web video screening of Webdreamer |
| 2001 | Design A-Z : award |
| 00-01 | National Design Award : nomination |
| 2001 | SFMOMA : 010101: Art in Technological Times, web commission: Timelocator (view in EI)Urban Center Books |
| 2001 | Urban Center Books : panel with Aaron Betsky, Terence Riley, Michael Bell, Reed Kroloff |
| 2000 | MAY Architecture Must Burn : published by Thames & Hudson / visual essays, with texts by Aaron Betsky |
| 2000 | FEB Impress, Korea : award / Web Design |
| 2000 | FEB Novum magazine, Germany : article Techno-look Goes Internet |
| 2000 | FEB ADOBE.com : feature on M-A-D |
| 2000 | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, NY : exhibit Triennial, Design Culture Now (Wired spreads) |
| 2000 | OCT AIGA, San Francisco : InfoCity lecture |
| 2000 | MAY Cooper-Hewitt, NY : Triennial/Reclaiming, lecture |
| 2000 | MAY SFMOMA : Webby Prize Symposium, lecture |
| 2000 | WebWorks/n, Rockport Publishers : by Ken Coupland |
| 1999 | MAY UCON 99 : exhibit Macromedia Conference, Web Design Gallery |
| 1999 | OCT Geilo, Norway : Technology & Inspiration, lecture |
| 1999 | AUG Page magazine, Germany : Web-Weiser, |
| 1999 | JUL PBS Annual Conference : New Media, New Designs, lecture |
| 1999 | JUN International Design Conference, Aspen : Design Digital, lectures |
| 1999 | MAR Typo99, Berlin : Images + Technology, lectures |
| 1999 | MAR Otis College Art & Design : Retrospective, lecture |
| 1999 | JAN ID magazine : judging multimedia competition |
| 98-99 | ResFest : Webdreamer video screenings in SF, LA, New York and London |
| 1998 | Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design : award |
| 1998 | SFMOMA : exhibit Funnel, (from permanent collection of Architecture & Design) |
| 1998 | NOV GenArt, SF : New Fangles, Webdreamer installation |
| 1998 | JUL AIGA, Denver : exhibitEYE-CONS Poster Exhibit, Dolly and ICONTROL |
| 1998 | JAN SFMOMA : exhibit LiveWired 1.0, acquisition |
| 1998 | Graphic World, Japan : Portfolio, M-A-D |
| 1998 | JUN ID magazine : Interactive Media Design Review, Gold Awards |
| 1998 | JUN Étapes , France : Total Media, Erik Adigard & Dominique Monrocq |
| 1998 | JUN Communication Arts : Technology: M-A-D, by Julie Prendiville Roux |
| 1998 | Critique : A Wider Window on the Web, by Ken Coupland |
| 1998 | Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design |
| 1998 | HOW : Self-Promotion Annual, Outstanding Achievement |
| 1998 | ACD Web100 : Winner of Interactive Media competition |
| 1998 | ID : Interactive Media Design Review, Gold Award |
| 1998 | Publish : Annual Design Award, 1st Place |
| 1998 | MAY Publish : 10th Annual Design Awards, 1st Place, |
| 1998 | APR HOW : International Design Annual, Microsoft College Recruitment Campaign |
| 1998 | SEP Étapes, France : Fuse Conference Review, Adigard & McShane |
| 97-98 | SFMOMA : exhibit Wired Magazine Exhibit. Curator: Aaron Betsky |
| 1997 | SEP Postmasters, NY : MacClassics, multimedia installation: ascent 3.0 |
| 1997 | SFMOMA : exhibit Icons: Magnets of Meaning. Digital animation |
| 1997 | Limn Gallery, SF : Digital Art, The Next Generation, multimedia installation: O-Station |
| 1996 | Cooper-Hewitt, NY : Mixing Messages, Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture, Wired spreads |
| 1996 | DEC Dai Nippon Pavilion : exhibit & award Funnel |
| 1996 | FEB Postmasters, NY : DiGiT Totem |
| 1997 | DEC Graphis Books : Web Design Now, by Ken Coupland |
| 1997 | MAR ID : Good Vibrations |
| 1996 | FEB Mind Grenades : spreads by M-A-D from 12 issues of Wired, published by HardWired |
| 1996 | JUN Page, Germany : Design mit Durchschlagkraft (Design with penetrating power) |
| 1996 | APR Blad, Netherlands : M-A-D |
| 1996 | FEB Graphis : Idiosyncratic Vision, by Ken Coupland, |
| 1996 | Dai Nippon Pavilion, Japan : $10,000 cash award |
| 1995 | DEC SF Examiner Magazine : Online Design, M-A-D.com & funnel.com |
| 1995 | Interlink, Japan : Illustrators in America |
| 1995 | Peachpit Press : The Illustrator Wow! Book, by Sharon Steuer |
| 1995 | MA&D 14, Sweden : M-A-D |
| 1995 | DEC AIGA Journal v12 #4 : Absolut Individuals, by Moira Cullen |
| 1994 | SuperDesigning#4, Japan : M-A-D |
| 1994 | NOV BAT, France [feature article] M-A-D |
| 1994 | JUL AIGA, Park City, Utah : Digital Imagery, lectures |
| 1994 | JAN MdN, Japan [feature article] “M-A-D” |
| 1994 | Embarcadero Gallery, SF : IDSA Totem Exhibit: sculpture |
| 1993 | SEP AIGA, Miami : TV Broadcast: Post-Deluvian, video on gang/corporate cultures. |
| 1993 | Itoya Gallery, Japan : Exhibit |
| 1993 | opening sequence of “Frameup” [special project] 7mn long opening sequence typography, with director John Jost |
| 1993 | JAN Gilbert Paper : judging |
| 1993 | JUL Applied Arts : Artists on the Edge, by Ken Coupland |
| 1992 | Rockport Publishers : Computer Graphics |
| 1992 | DEC Industrieel Ontwerpen, Netherlands : Multimedia Markant Maken |
| 1992 | AUG Novum, Germany : M-A-D, by Heribert Zahn |
| 1992 | MAR Macworld Conference : Digital Imagery lecture |
| 1991 | Bunkamura, Tokyo : Exhibit |
| 1991 | CCA, Oakland : Retrospective |
| 1991 | JUL How : Computer Graphics, by Larry Payne |
| 1990 | SEP Desktop Publishing : Designers on Design, by Patricia McShane |
| Other awards include STA100, SanFranciscoShow, CA, Print, AppliedArts |