Brian Collins
Brian is Chief Creative Officer of COLLINS:, the design & innovation firm dedicated to inventing brand experiences and communications that shape companies and people for the better. The firm is a division of The Martin Agency, Adweek's Advertising Agency of the Year, 2010.
Brian Collins is Chief Creative Officer of COLLINS:, the design & innovation firm dedicated to inventing brand experiences and communications that shape companies and people for the better.
Prior to COLLINS:, Brian was Chairman & Chief Creative Officer of the Brand Integration Group (BIG) at Ogilvy & Mather.
Brian’s clients have included Coca-Cola, CNN, Levi Strauss & Co., American Express, Motorola, Mattel, IBM, Amazon.com, MTV, Target, Hershey’s and The Alliance for Climate Protection.
Brian’s work has been featured in Creativity, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Week, ABC News and Fast Company, which named him one of five American Masters of Design. In 2008, his team won the Grand Clio for Helios House, a LEED certified laboratory for sustainable design developed for BP in Los Angeles.
He is the founder of "Designism," an annual symposium in New York City focusing on the role of social activism in design and advertising.
In 2009, COLLINS: was awarded Gold from The One Show, The Clio, the 4A’s Gold for Strategic Excellence, and a Cannes Silver Lion.
Brian is a Distinguished Alumna of the Massachusetts College of Art. He is Vice President of The Art Directors Club of New York and is on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts. In 2008 he received an Honorary Doctorate from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
He speaks globally on design and innovation including at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and is a member of the Forum’s Global Agenda Council.
Session: Wednesday, 28 April 4:45-5:30 - Changing Design
