AIGA Raleigh strives to create a place where designing thrives for everyone. We do this by focusing on design empowerment, proving design impact, and uniting people to build an open chapter.
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- Giving our community the skills, access, and leadership they need to be successful in their craft.
- Inspiring conversation around the larger value of design in business, in policy, in education, and in thinking.
- Advocating for diversity and inclusion in design.
- Partnering with organizations that are already making an impact in our community.
- Striving to create programming with a purpose.
- Using design to solve civic problems that face our cities.
- Elevating and listening to voices in the design community that aren’t always heard.
- Creating an open environment where everyone feels invited to participate.
- Using design as a vehicle to share and invite voices.
- Celebrating our uniqueness with good old fashion fun.
Learn more about how AIGA Raleigh is governed in our Constitution and By-laws (325KB PDF)
AIGA Raleigh celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2011, founded as the 8th chapter in the country in 1986. This film tells the story of the 2010 establishment of a new AIGA Raleigh Design Community, and how community volunteers established a shared purpose, a new identity, and a new way of working for the chapter.
The AIGA Raleigh Story from AIGANC on Vimeo.
Many thanks to the enormously talented Mike Esser, Jesse Paddock, and Ryan Shelley who were very generous to give their time and effort to produce this film. A special thank you also to Jason Rizzo, for contributing his photography and video to the project.
Part two of the AIGA Raleigh Design Community story, set in 2014, focuses on the continuance of these efforts to bring our community together in our shared purpose of creating a place where design thrives.
Many more thanks to Mike Esser and Brian Crawford who lent their passion and time to producing this film.
