Professional Resources

AIGA Standards of professional practice
A professional designer adheres to principles of integrity that demonstrate respect for the profession, for colleagues, for clients, for audiences or... more »
AIGA|Aquent Salary Survey
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The AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries is commissioned annually by AIGA, with the support of its partner, Aquent , AIGA's official sponsor for professional... more »
Why design?
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What designers offer to clients is a way of thinking. The "Why" booklet outlines the role of design in business strategy... more »
Designers Accord
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AIGA has endorsed the Designers Accord, a nonprofit coalition of design and innovation firms focused on creating positive environmental and social impacts... more »
Kyoto Design Declaration 2008
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AIGA has endorsed the Kyoto Design Declaration, focused on designers’ global responsibility for building sustainable, human-centered, creative societies... more »
Cross-cultural Design
The intersection of design and culture is a place where both the local and the global have a voice. These articles look at the ways we communicate across... more »
Professional Practices
These articles focus on important issues designers face daily, from the pragmatic matters of management to the pursuit of design excellence and integrity... more »
Illustration
Though illustration remains a powerful and versatile communication tool, it often plays a lonely role in the graphic arts. These articles explore the evolving role illustration plays... more »
Creative Business articles
The following articles were originally published in the Creative Business newsletter, a publication geared toward company principals and self-employed... more »
Center for Practice Management
AIGA’s Center for Practice Management establishes resources to assist members with internal operational issues related to the daily management... more »
Design:Business newsletter
AIGA Design:Business contains articles on the practical issues of running a design practice, based on the advice of nationally recognized consultants... more »
In-house Design
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There are a number of unique challenges and opportunities that creatives face when practicing design in the corporate environment. This online forum... more »
A Concise Guide to Archiving for Designers
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AIGA worked with the Dutch Archives for Graphic Designers (NAGO) in the Netherlands to publish an English version of this guide. It provides designers with the proper ways to store and describe their collections in 10 short chapters. more »
Design for User Experience
The Design for User eXperience (DUX) conference in 2005 resulted in an archive of case studies intended to build a teachable and learnable body of knowledge... more »
Information Design
Information design makes complex information easier to understand and to use. These articles inform, inspire and define the rapidly growing discipline... more »
Typography
This forum is for the passionate. It’s for those who are crazy in love with type, absolutely hate the problems fonts can cause, have an uncontrollable... more »