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Hear from members why AIGA is the place to go for connections, resources, savings, education, recognition and—of course—inspiration.

Beginning this month, AIGA is shifting from a membership model based on the stage of an individual’s career to one that reflects the member’s interest in, and commitment to, AIGA and the design profession. Executive Director Richard Grefé discusses the change and describes AIGA’s aim to achieve a more open and inclusive community.

Matthew Carter, a typographer whose work is marked by a combination of expression and restraint, was one of four cofounders of Bitstream, a digital type foundry based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bitstream was among the first of the independent font foundries. More than a decade later, Carter and Cherie Cone (also one of the Bitstream founders) left to start a smaller company called Carter Cone Type. Here Carter produced some of his finest works: the fonts Elephant, Mantinia, Sophia, Big Caslon, Alisal and Walker. In 1995, he was honored with an AIGA Medal.