Adams Staples is a graphic designer based in Boston, MA. He graduated from Ithaca College in 2024 with a BA in Architectural Studies. In his sophomore year, he began working toward a minor in Graphic Design as a complement to his architecture major, and by the end of his junior year, he had discovered the passion that would lead to his two-year study at Boston University. Adams found that graphic design combined the problem-solving and solution-oriented thinking he loved in architecture with his passion for art and communication. While studying at IC, Adams worked as both the student assistant for the architecture studio and a lab monitor, assisting fellow students with their graphic design work.
Adams Staples '24
Adams Staples '24 turned an architecture degree and a graphic design minor into a Boston University MFA and a design career that connects people to the places that matter to them.
Adams decided to pursue his passion in graphic design and was accepted into the MFA program at Boston University. Here, he completed projects that spanned a wide range of disciplines, including publication design, brand design, creative coding, web design, and experience design.
Adams completed his MFA thesis titled The Places You Are, which blended his studies of architecture at Ithaca College with his deepening knowledge in graphic design. The thesis used urban, architectural, and geographical theory as a basis to explore and outline the ways in which things are designed and can resonate and connect with people on a personal level. The experiences people have connect them to the places where they had them. Even when far away, those places can feel close. By embedding personal experiences into a design, the designer creates a point of connection, a way to feel close, for those engaging with the design and the subject of the design.
In his design freelance work he has collaborated with Maine Ultimate for the past three years, designing an identity and merchandise for their annual fall Lobster Pot tournament, the largest college club ultimate frisbee tournament in the country, hosting over 2,000 college athletes in a single weekend. He plans to pursue broadening his design experience with print and digital across apparel design .