AIGA Standard Form of Agreement for Design Services
This agreement allows you to create customized terms and
conditions for different types of design engagements. Updated in
2009, it is modular to meet the needs of a growing design community
involved in various disciplines.
How to use the contract template
The AIGA Standard Form of Agreement for Design Services does not take a one-size-fits-all approach, and it is not an
extensive pre-printed document where you simply fill in the blanks.
Instead, this agreement acknowledges that most design firms develop
their own custom proposal document for each project and are looking
for an appropriate set of terms and conditions to attach to it.
When put together and signed, the custom proposal document and its
attached terms and conditions comprise the binding agreement with
the client. With this in mind, the focus of the agreement is on those terms and conditions. In addition to being more customizable, this modularity helps keep individual agreements down to a more manageable size.
The first two modules, Basic Terms & Conditions and
Intellectual Property Provisions, should be used for all
design assignments. An additional three modules are provided as
supplements that can be added to the agreement as needed:
Print-specific Terms & Conditions,
Interactive-specific Terms & Conditions and
Environmental-specific Terms & Conditions.
To use this agreement, download the master agreement PDF or customize the agreement on Docracy.