Diversity & Inclusion Initiative
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“Design Journeys” is a collection of stories about the professional lives, contributions, and portfolios of designer from traditionally under-represented groups or backgrounds. Read the interviews now: http://www.aiga.org/design-journeys.
Encouraging diversity in design education, discourse, and practice to strengthen and expand the relevance of design in all areas of society.
About AIGA Diversity & Inclusion
Despite progress made over the course of AIGA’s 100-year history, especially since its landmark 1991 symposium (“Why is graphic design 93% white?”), there are vast opportunities to support a more diverse audience of design students, practitioners, managers, thinkers, enthusiasts, clients, consumers, and policy makers.
Recent passionate conversations among AIGA members have catalyzed the Diversity & Inclusion Initiative to augment ongoing AIGA programs with new ideas and resources that take a comprehensive approach, considering race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, ability and disability, age, and other factors that shape creative perspective and professional experience.
Meet the task force
Diversity & Inclusion task force members support to the initiative by raising awareness, offering guidance to the organization and its members, and by participating in purposeful dialogues and activities.
Join us to:
- Celebrate a diverse array of influential designers, including historical figures and contemporary role models.
- Cultivate greater opportunity, awareness of diversity issues, and inclusive design cultures.
- Connect with students, emerging designers, and like-minded groups to support a broader range of future practitioners and leaders.
Get acclimated
Everyone has to begin somewhere. Begin learning about the Diversity & Inclusion field here.
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| Annual impact reports | Introductory learning list | Design research |
Looking to delve deeper? Explore the full suite of AIGA Diversity & Inclusion resources, including articles, books, and lists of outside organizations with similar goals.
Get involved
Ready to get involved but wondering where you can jump in? Here are a few programs you can get started with today.
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| AIGA chapter mentorship program | Diversity and Inclusion events | Worldstudio AIGA scholarship |
Get inspired
Design Journeys profile series
Celebrate the stories and work of selected practitioners through the Design Journeys profile series, while also inspiring the next generation of young people from all backgrounds to consider design as a viable and rewarding career.
Videos
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| Webcast series Discover design approaches that develop solutions for complex societal issues. |
The impact of inclusion: business Hear from designer John Maeda and more. |
The impact of inclusion: AIGA chapters Learn from D & I founding chair Antionette Carroll and more. |
The “Perspectives across AIGA” video series was made possible with support from Herman Miller.
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
