Membership

Benefits

More than 22,000 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 showing your commitment to a high standard of professional ethics, furthering your professional development, and advancing the value of your profession. Join today.

Unique opportunities to connect

Through more than 59 local chapters and 200 student groups nationwide, AIGA members participate in local events and explore professional challenges with their colleagues in the design community. Many members consider relationships they build through AIGA to be the most valuable and lasting of all the organization's benefits. AIGA's member directory is the largest directory available, offering you visibility and helping you to keep in touch with your colleagues and friends.

Pricing especially for members

Exclusive services and content

  • Members may make appointments to visit the library at the AIGA National Design Center on Fifth Avenue in New York City
  • Only members may display portfolios and see full job postings at AIGA Design Jobs
  • AIGA Design:Business, a monthly e-newsletter with advice on the issues of running a design practice
  • Creative Business library, with more than 80 articles for firm leaders and self-employed designers on pricing, management and marketing

Direct delivery to your mailbox or inbox

  • New professional and associate members receive a welcome packet containing useful materials, including the "AIGA Design Business and Ethics" binder
  • All members receive the 365: AIGA Year in Design, a full-color annual showcasing selections from AIGA's competitions
  • AIGA Communiqué, a monthly newsletter to keep you informed
  • Regular communication on AIGA activities, events and news. See the full mailing schedule

Business services and discounts from our partners

AIGA seeks to develop partnerships with organizations that can offer additional benefits to members.

  • Adobe discounts: AIGA’s Official Partner for Design Solutions, Adobe Systems™, is offering a 15 percent discount on anything in the Adobe store including Adobe products, third-party plug-ins, training and more.
  • Shipping discounts: AIGA and FedEx® offer significant discounts to members on select FedEx® shipments. If you ship on a semi-regular basis, the savings from this program can easily cover the cost of your AIGA membership.
  • Health insurance: AIGA is now partnering with two health insurance administrators, TEIGIT™ and Assurant Affinity™, to offer coverage in virtually every state.
  • Publication discounts: AIGA and F+W Publications have partnered to extend deep discounts—more than 65% off—to AIGA members on print subscriptions of HOW, Print and I.D. magazines. In addition, all professional, associate and educator members receive a complimentary digital subscription to I.D. magazine from AIGA.
  • AIGA affinity (credit) card: Get a Bank of America/AIGA affinity card and help promote visibility for AIGA and the design profession.

Initiatives pursued on behalf of the profession

Your membership and participation help advance the profession by funding and supporting the following valuable resources, events and initiatives.

Stimulating thinking about design

  • AIGA Design Archives, a digital database and gallery of design exemplars, containing more than 13,000 inspiring selections from AIGA’s competitions from 1968–2007, with a permanent collection at the Denver Art Museum
  • The AIGA Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the profession, awarded since 1922
  • Competitions and exhibitions celebrating the craft and effectiveness of great design
  • Voice: AIGA Journal of Design, a weekly supply of insightful interviews, engaging essays and thoughtful criticism
  • "AIGA Design Conference" celebrates design excellence, reinforces community and stimulates thinking about the critical issues that surround design practice
  • "Image, Space, Object," a partnership with Rocky Mountain/High Ground, brings designers together to workshop brand experience projects
  • "DUX: Designing for User eXperience," a partnership with ACM SIGCHI, ACM SIGGRAPH, offers a forum for case studies on user experience
  • Local chapter events, from workshops to lectures to celebrations

Demonstrating the value of design

Empowering designers for success