AIGA has announced an initiative with Wiki Education to expand and build more comprehensive design histories for the public on Wikipedia. AIGA Wiki Scholars Program will provide training for AIGA members to add and expand the design knowledge base on Wikipeda.
Under the AIGA umbrella and throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, Latinx and Hispanic Creatives will share their culture, contributions, and best practices to move design forward.
Diane Domeyer, executive director of the creative and marketing practice at Robert Half, with insights on how creative leaders can help their team thrive by embracing a culture of continuous learning.
AIGA has named seven new members to its 2021 National Board of Directors. “Bringing in new Board members is our chance to renew and extend our expertise and reach for the profession,” says Bennie F. Johnson, executive director of AIGA.
AIGA’s latest design POV installment explores the intrinsic value of design in the marketplace. The data breaks down market trends in income and career trajectories.
AIGA recognizes Warby Parker with its Corporate Leadership Award for changing the eyewear industry by pioneering ideas, designing user-centered products and experiences, and being a socially conscious business.
AIGA has released the executive summary of its 2021 Design Point of View (POV) research, an in-depth analysis of the design profession, with the goal of creating a better community.
Under the AIGA Unidos umbrella, and throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, Latinx and Hispanic Creatives are sharing their culture, contributions and best practices to move design forward.
AIGA campaigns seek to increase voter engagement and commemorate the 100th anniversary of voting rights for women.
AIGA has issued a statement in response to the killing of George Floyd. It is part of “a pattern of loss that spans generations.”
AIGA has named a new Executive Director: Bennie F. Johnson. He comes over from the Better Business Bureau. The search process was led by the Board of Directors and executive search firm Nonprofit HR.
AIGA Connecticut Design for Democracy has launched an initiative asking creatives to submit their designs on why all Americans should receive healthcare.
AIGA is spearheading the Double or Nothing movement whose goal is to double the number of women leaders in design.
Here are the 20 most visited graphic design news items of 2017 on our website. Not included are our massively popular competition pages, special people features, trends and surveys, or personal blog posts. And no value judgements, just the traffic facts.
Lynda Decker and Heather Stern are co-chairs of AIGA’s Women Lead Initiative (WLI) and hope to double the number of female designers in leadership positions over the next two years.
Tom Geismar, George Lois and Rudi Wolff will address the impact of Modernism on American Graphic Design and usher in a new book on the subject by Steven Heller and Greg D’Onofrio.
Sappi’s annual Ideas That Matter grants have been announced; they celebrate the power of design to foster positive social change.
AIGA Executive Director Julie Anixter on the expanding career path for today’s graphic designers. And how AIGA can help.
The AIGA has named five new board members and Dana Arnett will work closely with Su Mathews Hale in a presidential transition.
AIGA announces it highest honors for 2017. Bloomberg L.P. is honored for corporate leadership, and Art Chantry, Mark Randall, Emmett McBain, Rebeca Mendez, Lance Wyman, Nancy Skolos and Tom Wedell receive the vaunted AIGA Medal.
AIGA and IBM have struck a wide-ranging partnership to amplify the designer’s professional and societal role.
As part of its Design for Democracy program, AIGA is asking membersfor poster art that will encourage voting.
The 2016 AIGA Medal goes to an eclectic group of artists and advocates.
AIGA online exhibition on African American design advances its Diversity and Inclusion Initiative.
Crowdsourcing the Tokyo Olympic Committee logo raises ire of AIGA.
Lynda Decker joins Deborah Adler as co-chairs of the AIGA Women Lead national steering committee.
Julie Anixter New AIGA Executive Director
Ric Grefé, executive director of AIGA, who led the group to new heights, will step down from his post at the end of 2015.
“The AIGA Centennial is a chance to look back at our roots as designers and to look forward to our growing impact in society,” says AIGA Executive Director Richard Grefé. “But more than that, it’s an opportunity to capture the many reasons that design matters.”
Guest Blog Post by Mark Dudlik, Executive Director of Lost Creature I’ve been an adamant supporter of AIGA for years, as a leader in the Arizona chapter and through my involvement with the organization as a whole. The group is the best and most important organization for the advancement of design and the design practice. Recently I […]
Divine Details, an exhibit & store in collaboration with AIGA, will feature 33 designers from around the world that have made beautiful, functional products that transcend the ordinary. Unlike most pop-up stores during the holiday season, Divine Details isn’t a pure consumerist endeavor. Instead, it turns the holiday shopping rush into a cultural experience. Divine Details […]
