AIGA Worldstudio D×D Scholarships
AIGA believes all students deserve access to design education. The AIGA Worldstudio D×D Scholarships aim to increase diversity in the design profession by creating equitable opportunities for the next generation of creative talent. Scholarships are awarded annually to students enrolled at colleges and universities in the U.S. who demonstrate a commitment to positive social change, environmental responsibility, and cultural awareness through the practice of visual communication, including photography, illustration or graphic design.
AIGA Worldstudio D×D Scholarships
Featured Work
Work by Blanquita Sullivan. Graduate Student, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). AIGA Worldstudio Scholarship - Illustration and Design Contiuum Fund - AIGA DC
View the GalleryThe AIGA Worldstudio Scholarship will allow me to enter my senior year without the worry of paying my tuition out of pocket. I can solely focus on completing my senior thesis, rather than juggling work, my studies, and the most important project of my college career.
Jonai Gibson-Selix
AIGA Worldstudio DxD Scholarship Recipient
![[field.undefined]](/sites/default/files/styles/one_fourth_width_320/public/Jonai%20Gibson-Selix-03-self-portrait.png?itok=erEw0s-z "Jonai Gibson-Selix, Senior, The University of the Arts")
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2024–2025 Scholarship and Honorable Mention Recipients
Since the inception of the AIGA Worldstudio Scholarship program in 1995, more than $1.4 million dollars has been awarded to more than 840 college students of art and design. Each student has demonstrated talent along with a commitment to giving back to their community through their work. They are creating books that present and embody the mostly-forgotten native Filipino language; exploring topics surrounding ethnical identity, embracing black designers who are responsible for much of our fashion, culture, and trends today and applying it to school magazine spreads; advocating for cultural, ethnic, sexual, and gender identity; situating representations of social injustices and resilience within intimate, reform-driven pieces; volunteering digital media support for anti-oppression organizations; using art as a way to heal, relate, and re-imagine the life around us; and more.
We announced last year's winners in the video below, which originally aired at the 2024 AIGA Design Conference.
Don't be afraid to get lost in the weeds of making and producing design work for yourself based on your interests or creators that you admire. There is so much value in finding THE passion in what drives your curiosity that I encourage the indulgence of trial and errors. Your small discoveries can lead you to find some buried through lines and unexpected influences that are totally worth further investigation.
David Jon Walker
Designer, Rhealistic Design /Associate Professor, Austin Peay State University
![[field.undefined]](/sites/default/files/styles/one_fourth_width_320/public/AIGA_David_Jon_Walker_1200x1200.jpg?itok=nHamDrfG "David Jon Walker")
2025–2026 Jurors
Thank you to the 2025-2026 jurors featured below.
Photography
David Hisaya Asari
Design Educator and Designer; President, AIGA San Francisco
Communication
Kojo Boateng
Creative Director, PBS NewsHour
Communication
Lisa Brzezniak
Design & Brand Strategist, Founder & Creative Director of The Green Goat Project
Communication
Rachel Elnar
CoFounder & Exec Producer, Together By Design
Illustration
Dian Holton
Art Director, AARP
Photography
Cheriss May
Storyteller & Educator, Howard University; Self Employed
Communication
Rashida Morgan
Creative Director, Brown
Communication
Liz Ott
Organizational Strategy & Executive Integration; Design & Communications Independent
Communication
Bennett Peji
Executive Director, The American Institute of Architects San Diego; Board Member, ICoD
Illustration
Tré Seals
Type Conductor, Vocal Type
This scholarship has also shown me that my endeavors to create cultural bridges through my artwork and scholarship are valid. This is the first step in my journey as an academic and I am very grateful to AIGA for making this opportunity possible.
Kofi Bazzell-Smith
AIGA Worldstudio DxD Scholarship Recipient
![[field.undefined]](/sites/default/files/styles/one_fourth_width_320/public/Kofi%20Bazzell-Smith-03-self-portrait.jpg?itok=pt7bTqdl "Kofi Bazzell-Smith")
Increasing Access to Design Education for More Than 30 Years
Your support has an immediate and lasting impact; it provides an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented and economically disadvantaged backgrounds with positive social agendas to achieve their educational goals and give back to communities through their work.
I'm attracted to design, particularly interaction design, for its ability to combine art and engineering and psychology into one discipline that can create quantifiable social change. I want to leave the world a better place than I found it, and as a designer, I feel like I can do that.
Olivia Quesada
AIGA Worldstudio DxD Scholarship Recipient
![[field.undefined]](/sites/default/files/styles/one_fourth_width_320/public/Olivia%20Quesada-04-self-portrait.jpg?itok=BJSWwPgx "Olivia Quesada, University of Washington - Seattle")
Building Partnerships With A Vibrant Community
The National Partnership Program is about leadership, relevance, and impact—with, within, and through design—to build and sustain programs, initiatives, and resources that champion a more contemporary and inclusive profession.
