Fred Seibert

The distinguished AIGA Medal is awarded to individuals in recognition of their exceptional achievements in the field of design.

Where do you go after propelling the most influential television networks in popular culture? Why, the internet, of course. Heller looks ahead with a true media innovator.

MTV Networks, a Viacom Company, recipient of a 2006 Corporate Leadership Award, is recognized for creating influential television networks—MTV, Vh1, TV Land, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon—which use design to communicate added value, assuming a role in the industry as design leaders, and producing brands known to the world over as cultural icons.

From pitch to launch, what transpires between designer and client is often unseen and little-talked about, the details known only to a privileged few. But what if we could have a seat at the table? Be flies on the walls in the conference rooms of design presentations between designer and client? With “One + One,” we can!

Copyright law provides protection to designers, but like most trips to a new place, it requires you learn a few local customs and words of a new language to get the most from it.

All around us, we see organizations and communities that need to change. The job for design is everywhere. I would like the people who come through our design education program to become embedded in thousands of places, helping our species evolve from selfish users of resources to expanders and creators of resources. And for that, while there is no “studio” involved, we hope you join us.

On July 27, Callie Neylan, Dan Mall and Scott Fegette presented a “Breakthroughs” webinar on responsive web design, with handy tips AIGA members could put to use right away. Here are more resources they recommend.

Design’s potential to rescue fast food, what makes a site memorable, women who write well about design, the post-digital world (will everyone have a Little Printer?), Design Envy picks from JaegerSloan, how digital boosts magazines, libraries as incubators for the arts, why Instagram is so popular and saying goodbye to revolutionary newspaper designer Louis Silverstein—these are our stories of the week.