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Download the Report Design Careers Get Your Portfolio Ready! Join us this summer for AIGA Portfolio Festival, a virtual festival designed to provide mentorship, collaboration, and learning to anyone looking to refresh their portfolio. Learn More AIGA Awards Warby Parker: AIGA Corporate Leader Announcing Warby Parker as our 2021 AIGA Corporate Leader – Warby Parker’s design-led model is helping to inspire and impact the world with vision, purpose, and style. Read More Events & Webinars Next-Level Virtual Learning Join us in May as we explore Entrepreneurship through our virtual learning series. All webinars are free for AIGA Members! Learn More The Latest from AIGA Eye on Design Eye on Design Looks Ahead What leading designers, educators, and writers want to see in 2021. Here’s how to make this year a little better, according to Natasha Jen, Rick Poynor, Ramon Tejada + more. Read More Design Education AIGA Design Teaching Resource The AIGA Design Teaching Resource is a peer-populated platform for educators to share assignments, teaching materials, outcomes, and project reflections. Explore AIGA Design Community Join the Community Join a community of creative thought leaders, changemakers, and design innovators from across the globe. We advocate for design, enhance professional development, define standards and ethical practices, and celebrate the power of design. Learn More Our Mission AIGA advances design as a professional craft, strategic advantage, and vital cultural force. Learn About Our Community In The News Warby Parker honored as 2021 AIGA Corporate Leader – Warby Parker’s design-led model is helping to inspire and impact the world with vision, purpose, and style. Read More Explore AIGA Designing with Accessibility in Mind From the AIGA Design Educators Community Read More Want to Understand the Power of Design? Look past the numbers. From AIGA Eye on Design. Learn More Virtual Learning for All Join us for our monthly webinars for inspiration, new skills, and learning. Learn More AIGA Portfolio Festival AIGA Portfolio Festival is a week-long virtual festival supporting designers looking to refresh their portfolios for their job search. Watch keynote talks and real-time portfolio reviews while taking your portfolio to the next level. Learn More Events We're Still In Session Online View more events May 19 Virtual | 3:00 p.m. ET Lessons From Your Future In this live webinar, RevThink consultants Tim Thompson and Joel Pilger will reveal the surprising building blocks that all creative entrepreneurs employ in building a successful creative business. View Details May 24, 2021 | New York Marina Esmeraldo ~ Building a creative career May 24, 2021 | Baltimore AAPI Community Gathering May 26, 2021 | Connecticut Design As An Elastic Career May 26, 2021 | National One Designer, One Work: Paul Mendoza View more events The trick to being a good designer is really to practice design every day. And it doesn’t matter what kind, it just matters that you’re doing it consistently. Dan Mall Founder, SuperFriendly AIGA Chapters Be a part of our local communities AIGA Baltimore Latino Design Histories Join the Society of Design Arts (SoDA) and AIGA Baltimore for this online talk by Rafael Cardoso. As one of the leading historians of modern art and design in Brazil, Cardoso has authored numerous books and essays and curated major museum exhibitions. In his new book Modernity in Black and White, he provides a groundbreaking account of modern art and modernism in Brazil. AIGA Chicago AIGA Chicago On the Daily Podcast On The Daily started as an AIGA Chicago Instagram takeover series coinciding with history and heritage months and spotlighting underrepresented creative talent throughout the year. AIGA Austin AIGA Austin Maura Rose Kampa Scholarship The scholarship fund was started through AIGA Austin in 2015 to honor the spirit of Maura Rose Kampa, a bright young artist and design student and the daughter of David and Marcellina Kampa, active members of the Austin design and advertising communities. Find Your Local Chapter Support your local creative community—when you become a member and select a chapter, a portion of your dues goes to funding your chapter’s programming and initiatives. Find your chapter Find Your Dream Job Visit AIGA Design Jobs to make your next move. Free access to view and apply for AIGA members. Check out available jobs Empowering Designers to Change the World Join today to access networking through your local chapter and a wide variety of local and national programs and events. About AIGA Membership More from AIGA Resources for Everyone Get the tools you need to succeed in your career. Explore our collection of resources for freelancers, business owners, design educators, students, in-house designers, and other design professions. Visit the Resource Collection Featured Resources ARTICLE Perspectives and Reflections: Thoughts on Identity, Race, and Design Education Hear from members of the AIGA Design Educators Community about their experiences in the world of design. WEBINAR Finance for Freelancers and Small Businesses This session with Shel Perkins and Benjamin Sargent will address general strategies for managing cash flow, what to know if you can't pay your 2019 taxes, an overview of newly expanded unemployment, and more. EYE ON DESIGN Weekend With a Designer Steve Heller Shows Us His Book Fair Finds, Vintage Tea Bags + a Ferry Ride. Eye on Design's series explores what designers do, see + think about on their days off. Eye on Design A Short (But Useful) Guide to Not Getting Screwed by the IRS Advice for filing taxes, plus planning them year round. Article Rights, Wrongs and the Law We asked Frank Martinez, a lawyer who specializes in intellectual property for designers, illustrators and typographers, and who provides counsel to AIGA, to answer some pressing questions on IP and fair use. Guide AIGA Standard Form of Agreement Contract Create customized terms and conditions for different types of design engagements. Join AIGA and Become a Member Today! Join today to access networking through your local chapter and a wide variety of local and national programs and events. 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