benefits


	Membership Benefits

365: AIGA Year in Design is AIGA’s definitive annual review of American design. This 365-page, all-color reference is free to professional members, and available at a discount to other members.

Trace: AIGA Journal of Design is distributed to all members, and contains authoritative, lively and often controversial articles on design and visual culture.

Gain: AIGA Journal of Design for the Network Economy, published online, is targeted at an audience of corporate decision-makers to explain the role of interaction and experience design in strengthening customer service in the new network economy.

Loop: AIGA Journal of Interaction Design Education is an academic journal serving an educational community that is developing curricula for interaction design. Loop is published as a webzine with Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center for Design Studies.

National Conferences
Members may register for AIGA conferences at a significant discount. The AIGA Design Conference is the nation’s largest creative conference, bringing designers together for a sense of community and inspiration every other year. The AIGA Business and Design Conference concentrates on the practices, processes and strategies of designing for business in years that alternate with the Design Conference. AIGA also holds periodic national conferences focused on specific disciplines of design, including motion graphics (design for film and television), experience design (designing for converging media), design history and criticism, and design education.

Design Competitions
AIGA-sponsored competitions celebrate excellence within the profession, and offer examples of effective design that AIGA uses to explain the value of design to professional and general audiences. AIGA's juried competitions are among the most selective in the world. AIGA is planning a collection of discrete competitions in the many disciplines and applications of design that, together, will make a far-reaching statement on the quality of American design each year. Members may enter at a discounted fee.

Discounts on Products & Services
AIGA members receive discounts on practical products andservices such as express delivery services.

FedEx offers AIGA members discounts through its Association Advantage Program. Send an e-mail with your name and AIGA member number to fedex_code@aiga.org to obtain the special code and FedEx telephone number.

A special arrangement with Airborne Express offers AIGA members significant savings. For information on Airborne Express discounts, call 800-MEMBERS with your AIGA membership ID number.

Long distance telephone preferred pricing is available with Broadwing Communications. AIGA members may obtain discounted rates on long-distance, 800 services, calling-card and international dialing. For information, call 800 342 9287 with your AIGA membership ID number.

Insurance
AIGA offers access to health insurance options to members who might otherwise have difficulty finding local alternatives. Health insurance is available in limited geographic areas through TEIGIT/Diamond Association Group Insurance Trust.

AIGA's national headquarters building, located on lower Fifth Avenue in New York City, hosts a variety of programs and exhibits in an effort to lead the media, business and general public to a better understanding of the value of graphic design. All members are welcome and encouraged to visit. Members may also make an appointment to use the library.

Design Legends Gala 2008
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2008 Events
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