Travis McCain

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

Following open conversations with designers, members and chapter leaders, AIGA’s national board of directors has refined its statement of the vision and mission for the organization. Here Executive Director Richard Grefé describes how AIGA is recalibrating focus to better serve the design profession as the organization looks toward its second century.

Richard Saul Wurman (2004 AIGA Medalist) is a champion of making information understandable both for himself and for others, most notably as the creator and chairman of the hugely popular popular TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conferences, which he chaired from 1984 until 2002. He has also written, designed and published more than 81 books, each tackling a subject or idea that he personally had difficulty understanding.