Join AIGA Santa Barbara!. Why would you want to get involved? There are many benefits, below are listed a few from national.
We welcome you to become active members. The local chapter is getting off the ground with excellent studio tours, social events and educational events. All of these are organized by aiga members and their volunteer effort.
To become a member visit the aiga.org national website. Under the membership section you can enroll. Join the Santa Barbara Chapter, and youll receive event notices from the Santa Barbara chapter periodically with open studio tours and fun events.
Benefits
More than 19,000 of your colleagues have joined AIGA for the benefits of community, information, inspiration, education and representation.
Stimulating thinking about design
- Design Archives, digital database and gallery of design exemplars; designarchives.aiga.org
- Voice: AIGA Journal of Design
- Biennial AIGA Design Conference: inspiration and issues facing the practice of design; designconference.aiga.org
- Competitions and exhibitions
- Loop: AIGA Journal of Interactive Design Education
Demonstrating the value of design
- "Gain: AIGA Business and Design Conference" addresses the role of design in business strategy; gainconference.aiga.org
- Gain: AIGA Journal of Business and Design publishes case studies on the effective use of design
- AIGAs membership in Icograda reinforces the value of the U.S. design profession in the global economy
- Aspen Design Summit engages participants in addressing global problems; aspendesignsummit.aiga.org
- Design for Democracy provides information and design guidance to government agencies, setting standards for ballot design, health information, etc.; designfordemocracy.aiga.org
- AIGA booklets explain the designing process to emerging business leaders; www.aiga.org/whateverybusinessneeds
Empowering designers for success
- AIGA Design Jobs offers job and portfolio posting services to locate new opportunities; www.aiga.org/designjobs
- AIGA Business and Ethics series, the definitive guide to critical professional issues
- AIGA Design:Business, a monthly e-newsletter with tips on professional growth
- AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries, with an interactive calculator online
- The Center for Practice Management, a comprehensive source of information and assistance in managing a design practice
Business services
- AIGA and FedEx now offer deeper discounts to AIGA members on select FedEx® shipments. For more information or to enroll call FedEx Association Advantage customer specialist at 800 345 6227.
- AIGAs Official Partner for Design Solutions, Adobe Systems, now offers a 15% discount on anything in the Adobe store including Adobe products, third-party plug-ins, training and more.
- AIGA is able to offer limited health insurance options.
- AIGA publishes or co-publishes a wide variety of books, available in our online store.
- AIGA affinity card, gaining visibility for AIGA and design.
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