Because no creative is an island, the Hampton Roads chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design, formed in March 2005. Our thriving community now has a bridge to everyone interested in the creative communication arts – inside and outside of our local area. The improved flow of ideas and communication across that bridge can only help raise awareness and professional standards for ourselves and for future generations.
The crew of writers, photographers, graphic designers, printers, electronic media professionals and other members of AIGA Hampton Roads hold to a threefold purpose:
- to offer its members a forum to exchange ideas, information and recognition;
- fortify relationships between various vocations within the creative communications fields; and
- to be a resource of the multifaceted craft of communicating arts.
According to our bylaws, the mission of AIGA Hampton Roads is:
- To promote the highest level of creative
excellence and professionalism in the communication arts as a strategic
tool for business and as a cultural force.
- To provide leadership in the exchange of ideas and information, to encourage critical analysis and research and to advance education and ethical practices for the communication arts community of Virginia.
- To encourage excellence in the communication arts through a program of publications,
exhibitions, competitions, lectures and other projects in the public
interest
- To promote higher education in the communication arts through contact with and support of local
educational institutions offering courses of study in the communication
arts. To set up scholarship programs and otherwise aid communication
arts students through portfolio reviews and other forms of professional
counseling. To encourage research into the history and development
of communication arts for the preservation and appreciation of past
styles, techniques and influences;
- To encourage and stimulate public interest in the communication arts
through lectures, exhibitions, publications and other activities;
- To elevate standards of design and quality of production in the communication arts by encouraging the
introduction and development of new methods, techniques and materials;
- To create a forum for the exchange of information, views, styles and techniques among those engaged in the communication arts;
AIGA, the professional association for communication design, is committed to furthering excellence in communication design as a broadly defined discipline, strategic tool for business and cultural force. AIGA is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice.
AIGA sets the national agenda for the role of design in its economic, social, political, cultural and creative contexts. AIGA is the oldest and largest membership association for professionals engaged in the discipline, practice and culture of designing. Founded as the American Institute of Graphic Arts in 1914 as a small, exclusive club, AIGA now represents more than 16,000 members through national activities and local programs developed by 48 chapters and more than 150 student groups.
AIGA supports the interests of professionals, educators and students who are engaged in the process of designing, regardless of where they are in the arc of their careers. The disciplines represented in the profession range from book and type design through the traditional communication design disciplines to the newer disciplines of interaction design, experience design and motion graphics. In addition, AIGA supports the interests of those involved in designing from other disciplines, professions and business that share designers’ commitment to advancing understanding of the value of design.
Through the relationships members develop within the community of designers, the information they share and the standards they develop for the profession, AIGA helps the profession to validate its own ethos and role in business and society. AIGA actively communicates the value of design to the business community and the public.
AIGA serves as a hub of thought-leadership and activity for the designing community. The association is committed to stimulating thinking about design through conferences, competitions, exhibitions, publications and Web sites. AIGA inspires, educates and informs designers, helping them to realize their talents and to advocate the value of design among the media, the business community, public agencies and the general public. While AIGA was created to advance the design profession, its members now place a higher priority on AIGA’s work in communicating the value of design to audiences outside the profession.
Click here to visit the AIGA National site for more information.
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