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Welcome to the new AIGA DC site!
Just in time for DC Design Week 2012, we’re launching our new AIGA DC site! On our new site, you’ll find all of our past resources—jobs, member portfolios, events, and news—all in an easy-to-navigate...
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Belong to the New AIGA
When you are a member of AIGA, you are part of a growing network of designers that work together to increase design’s influence and to expand opportunities for designers worldwide. Your AIGA...
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Call for AIGA DC Board Member Nominations
Nationally, AIGA mandates that members participate directly in governance of the organization. One of the best ways to do so is by serving on your local board of directors. To date, all DC board...
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AIGA 30.50.100
AIGA DC is excited to announce AIGA 30.50.100! This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of AIGA, and the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Washington, DC chapter. Both of these...
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TypeCon2014 Town Hall Meeting
Please note that the location has been changed to Canvas Co/work at 1203 19th Street NW. Do you want to help us have the best TypeCon yet? TypeCon2014 is marching to Washington, DC this summer and...
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Call for AIGA DC Board Members
Nationally, AIGA mandates that members participate directly in governance of the organization. Our chapter is run by an all-volunteer board of local members, comprised of working designers and media...
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Q&A: John Clifford, Author of “Graphic Icons”
Whether you spent years studying graphic design in school or came into the profession by another route, John Clifford’s book, “Graphic Icons: Visionaries Who Shaped Modern Graphic Design” is a great...
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Q&A: Chuck Kacsur, Washington Wizards, Capitals, and Mystics
Just in time for the fall sports seasons to kick off, we introduce you to Chuck Kacsur (pronounced CASH-er), a graphic designer for Monumental Sports, the organization that keeps Verizon Center...
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Q&A: Yathrib Ragsdale
This year, AIGA DC’s Design Continuum Fund awarded its annual scholarship to Yathrib “BeBe” Ragsdale of Woodbridge, Virginia, who attends George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. This Q&A...
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Q&A: Carey Jordan, Washington City Paper
Last week I got to chat with Carey Jordan, who was wrapping up her last day as Art Director at the City Paper. During her two-year tenure there, she produced an impressive body of eye-catching artwork...
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Q&A: Oliver Uberti, Oliver Uberti Creative
Oliver Uberti is a visual journalist. He is the designer and coauthor of London: The Information Capital, a new book of 100 original maps and graphics. From 2003 to 2012, he worked in the design...
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The Fulcrum Agency is coming to DC for an edition of their popular xCHANGE roundtable event series on April 9, 2015. xChange events are dedicated to connecting creative leaders, and fostering useful...
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2015 Call for Board Nominees
Update 4/18: The board nomination period has closed. If you’ve nominated someone, you will hear back soon with next steps for the mandatory information session. AIGA DC is run by an all-volunteer*...
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Event Recap: Office Hours at The General Design Co.
As told by Caitlin Leavitt, AIGA DC member As I anxiously walked up to the door of a quintessential DC row house by Dupont Circle, I thought that maybe I had gotten the address for the Office Hours...
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Q&A: Jason Schupbach, National Endowment for the Arts
Days before taking the stage as a keynote speaker at the Dot.Gov design conference, Jason Schupbach, director of design at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), spoke with AIGA DC Communications...
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A Designer’s Guide: Building a Student Portfolio
Ahead of our annual Student Portfolio Review, April 25, we asked reviewer pro Anne Kerns to give us some pointers on creating the perfect package. Anne is Owner & Chief Creative Operative of Anne...
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Q&A: Fred Lameck, 2015 Design Continuum Fund Recipient
This year’s AIGA DC’s Design Continuum Fund recipient is Tanzanian-born Fred Lameck. He is senior manager at Witeck Communications where he works with corporate clients and has partnered with...
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Why I Give: Cecilia Cortes-Earle
“Why I Give” is a series of interviews with the AIGA DC Design Continuum Fund donors about their reasons for supporting and their perspectives on the role secondary education played in their careers....
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Black in Design Event
Inspired by Harvard’s Black in Design conference, three African-American Master of Arts in Social Design students discuss what it’s like to be black at MICA. In light of recent tension and...
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Join Us for the Biggest Day of Global Giving
This year we will be taking part in the digital campaign known as #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. On Tuesday, December 1, 2015, we will...
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