Membership

AIGA membership offers great value, including tangible and intangible benefits: Savings. Information. Special offers. Community. Inspiration. Education. Representation. Validation.

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AIGA has been advancing the value of design since 1914, acting as the collective voice of the profession and providing numerous resources to members. When you join AIGA, you receive many exclusive offers and discounts not available to the general public. In addition, you are welcomed into a community of peers, while furthering your professional development and contributing to the influence of design to improve the human experience.

AIGA now represents more than 22,000 designers through national activities and local programs developed by 60 chapters and 240 student groups.

For questions regarding AIGA Membership or Benefits, please contact membership@upstatenewyork.aiga.org

Exclusive to AIGA members

• Dock 2 Letterpress - 10% discount to all current AIGA members on letterpress design and printing services.

Exclusive to AIGA members

• Health insurance discounts
• Ability to add a portfolio to and view complete job listings at AIGA Design Jobs
• Get a 20% discount on Blurb books
• Access to Creative Business articles
• Listing in AIGA Designer Directory
• Periodic e-newsletter AIGA Design:Business
• Information on operating your business in the AIGA Center for Practice Management
• By-appointment-only access to the AIGA National Design Center library in New York City
• Ability to submit posters for GetOut the Vote

Discounted rates for

• AIGA conferences and events
• AIGA competitions (save 25 percent!)
• Job postings at AIGA Design Jobs (save more than 50 percent!)
• Special rates for APDF (Association of Professional Design Firms) workshops
• Discounts on lynda.com training libraries

Partner discounts offered only to AIGA members

• Special rates for all products in the Adobe store (15% off)

• Discounts on the latest Apple products and accessories at the Online Apple Store (up to 17% off)
• Special rates for select FedEx® shipments (up to 26% off)
• Save on Shutterstock Images (15% off)
• Login now for special rates on publications, including discounted subscriptions to HOW, Print, I.D. and Interactions (up to 71 percent off), as well as discounts on all AIGA co-published books from Peachpit Press/New Riders, Allworth Press and Chronicle Books (up to 30 percent off)
• Rockport Publishers events and discounts

Special access to publications, news and services

Printed copy 365: AIGA Year in Design

Printed copy of the AIGA “Design Business and Ethics” series in a binder

Printed copy of AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries

Access to CarbonCool, AIGA’s carbon offset program

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Members were asked to state their answer in 5 words or less. Here are some examples:

I’m with the cool kids

I got involved

Networking, Opportunities, Online Portfolio, Connections

Amazing group of inspiring humans

A community of great thinkers

I spoke with a legend

My eyes are open…

I am creatively connected

I’ve grown as a designer

It’s expanded my world