February 05, 2008,

Adam Kallish, Director of Design, ensures space for design in everything that Tanagram Partners does for its clients. His experience has included creative, business, and technology solutions for several market verticals. Known as a valued leader, he has facilitated multi-disciplinary teams with entrepreneurial drive to make connections and create new value. Adam dedicates his career to the intersection of applied imagination and measurable change, his skills link graphic design, brand strategy, and organizational design. 

An interest in merging graphic technologies with digital workflows led Adam to the position of Design Director at Andersen Worldwide. With the rise of digital consultancies, he became an Associate Partner at USWeb/CKS (marchFIRST) leading a design group focused on the integration of design, business processes, research, and technology. As Director of Innovation (Midwest Region) for ZEFER Corporation, Adam led rapid acceleration workshops to define new opportunities for digital technology. He ran his own consultancy, Trope, which focused on a diverse range of design, digital development, and organizational strategy.

Adam actively lectures on design and technology at such institutions as the Indian Institute of Management, the National Institute of Design, and Swire Polytechnic. His published work has appeared in the Design Management Journal, inForm (AIGA), and Design Issues. He has held teaching positions at several design institutions, and is currently teaching a graduate level course at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has maintained past associations with the American Institute of Graphic Arts, The American Center for Design, The Design Management Institute, and The Institute for the Future. 

Adam received his BA in Visual Communications from University of Illinois at Chicago; a MFA in Graphic Design from Rhode Island School of Design; and a Fulbright to India.