More than 16,000 of your colleagues have joined AIGA for the benefits of community, information, inspiration, education and representation.
AIGA has been advancing the value of designers for more than 90 years through member resources and as the collective voice of the profession. When you join AIGA, you are committing yourself to a high standard of professional ethics furthering your professional development, and advancing the value of your profession. Join today. You will be welcomed by 16,000 of your colleagues.
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Community
Through 47 local chapters and 150 student groups nationwide, AIGA members participate in local events and explore professional challenges with their colleagues in the design community.
Member Directory
AIGA's member directory is the largest directory available and helps you keep
in touch with your colleagues and friends.
Communities of Interest
Designers interested in specific disciplines find that AIGA communities of interest offer a non-competitive approach to communicating with colleagues and competitors who are actively solving similar problems across the country.
Information
AIGA Communiqué
A monthly e-newsletter covering national news and activities. Members may access an archive of past issues.
AIGA Design: Business
A monthly e-newsletter with tips on professional growth. Members may access an archive of past issues.
AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries
Mailed to professional and associate members and available on the web. Detailed breakdowns of salaries based on location, job function, and experience. Know what you are worth.
Voice: AIGA Journal of Design
Authoritative, lively and often controversial articles on design, drawing from both contemporary and historical voices.
Gain: AIGA Journal of Business and Design
Targeted at an audience of corporate decision-makers to explain the role of interaction and experience design in strengthening customer service in the new network economy.
Trace: AIGA Journal of Design
Targeting an audience that understands that brains and beauty are not mutually exclusive, Trace considered the ever-changing shape of design practice and how it relates to trends in culture at large, as well as universal topics that prove meaningful to people of all professions.
AIGA Transitions
A monthly e-newsletter on the transition from school to work. E-mailed to student members and educators. Members may access an archive of past issues.
Inspiration
AIGA National Design Conference
The nation's largest creative conference, bringing designers together for a sense of community and inspiration every other year. The next AIGA design conference will be held in September 2005 in Boston.
AIGA Design Forum
AIGA members can come together to find resources and engage in discussions on their favorite topics relating to design.
365: AIGA Design Competitions
Celebrate excellence within the profession, and offer examples of effective design that AIGA uses to explain the value of design to professional and general audiences.
365: AIGA Year in Design
AIGA's definitive annual review of American design. This 365-page, all-color reference is free to professional members, and available at a discount to other members.
AIGA Medal
The highest honor bestowed by the profession, awarded since 1922.
Education
Loop: AIGA Journal of Interaction Design Education
An academic journal serving an educational community that is developing curricula for interaction design. Loop is published as a webzine with Virginia Commonwealth University's Center for Design Studies.
Representation
AIGA coordinates campaigns using design as a means of addressing community problems. All of these initiatives are open to AIGA members, in terms of participation and in initiating new projects. Recent projects include literacy, design in the schools, voter participation and community development. AIGA is active on federal and state legislative issues, as well as court cases that can benefit designers' intellectual practices and businesses.
Design for Democracy
Campaign to increase the effective use of design in election reform, tax reform, Social Security, the Census
Business services
Health Insurance
AIGA is able to offer limited health insurance options.
Library Services
AIGA offers discounts on access to Material ConneXion¨ library services. Whether you want to stay updated with the latest of materials innovation or try to find materials solutions for your projects, this service will provide you basic and quick access to the latest materials developments and technologies.
AIGA Credit Card
In response to member requests throughout the years, AIGA is pleased to offer its first affinity credit card program with MBNA, one of the largest and certainly one of the most well-respected leaders in this industry.
Member Bookstore
AIGA publishes or co-publishes a wide variety of books
