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Event Recap User Experience

A Practical Talk: Transitioning from Design to UX

by Contributing AIGA community writer: Ben Libby Founder & CCO, Black Bear Creative Studio LLC Peer Reviewed and Edited by: Sarah Croughwell Lincoln VP of Communications, AIGA Boston + Amy Parker, Director of EMERGE, AIGA Boston Design Director + Co-founder, Woods Creative LLC \ February 27, 2019

On December 10th, 2018, the AIGA community joined Alex Carr, Creative Director at MAARK, and IBM’s User Experience Director, Gorham Palmer at IBM Cambridge. Both Creatives shared strategies on how they turned their BFA design backgrounds into a unique User Experience design career.

Featured Mentorship

2019 AIGA Boston Mentorship Program

by AIGA Boston \ December 16, 2018

The AIGA Boston Mentorship Program welcomes creative professionals from across disciplines. We are committed to providing mentorship to design students, emerging designers, and seasoned professionals.

Design+Business Event Recap Featured

How to Make the Cut: A conversation with Aaron Belyea, of Alphabet Arm Design and New Balance, on building brands

by Chris Bransfield, Experience Director | Co-Founder of Woods Creative \ December 10, 2018

A room full of designers, agency folk, marketers and the overall curious assembled at 321 Summer Street at a joint fab@CIC and AIGA-Boston event earlier this fall to hear Aaron engage in an insightful Q&A about his career background and portfolio of work.

Featured Inspiration News Podcast

We launched a Podcast!

by AIGA Boston \ October 28, 2018

Today, Boston (and the surrounding area) has a lot to offer designers. No matter if you are interested in the tradition of print, cutting edge of healthcare technology, design plus travel, and even beyond that, design intersects all of it. We want to share the stories of the people making that work.

Featured Inspiration

The Design of Horror : The Poster

by Michael Coleman \ October 23, 2018

Film viewers, in the days before the internet, had to rely on posters hung outside a theater to relay much of a movie’s information. The designers of these posters had to create stunning imagery that would grab their audiences’ attention — not an easy task when set afloat into a sea of competing movie titles.

Featured General Membership News

September: Member Appreciation Month

by AIGA Boston \ August 22, 2018

The team at AIGA Boston hopes you had a splendid summer. We’ve been busy preparing events to kick off the 2018-2019 season, and are excited about what’s in store.

Design Community Events Inspiration Partner Content

An Intro to Ivan Chermayeff’s Early Work

by Michael Russem, Curator of the Katherine Small Gallery \ July 2, 2018

It’s not difficult to find examples of Ivan Chermayeff’s book covers. They’ve been featured in monographs about his long and legendary partnership with Tom Geismar, magazine profiles of their firm, and surveys of book cover design; they’ve been selected for inclusion in numerous AIGA competitions.

Design for Good Event Recap

AIGA Boston’s Inaugural Design-a-thon Recap

by Natalie Ferro \ July 9, 2018

On April 29th, AIGA Boston hosted our first ever community design-a-thon at Fab@CIC, where graphic designers, design-thinkers, and design-enthusiasts came together to focus on one single task: using human-centered design to rethink the usability of the Boston Harbor Islands’ ferry schedule.

Diversity & Inclusion Featured

What does it really mean to “be yourself?”

by Sarah Croughwell \ June 21, 2018

A few weeks ago I was in Baltimore at the AIGA National Leadership Retreat. I've had a few weeks to digest what I've learned and I wanted to share the idea that resonated the most.

Diversity & Inclusion Fellow Award Women Lead

AIGA Boston Announces 2018 Fellows

by chiranit \ May 22, 2018

AIGA Boston is pleased to announce the selection of Jan Moscowitz and Chaz Maviyane-Davies as recipients of the distinguished AIGA Fellow Award.

Diversity & Inclusion Featured Uncategorized

AIGA Worldstudio Scholarships

by chiranit \ April 1, 2018

We’ve awarded more than one million dollars in funding to minority and disadvantaged college students studying art and design. Now accepting applications.

Education Featured Students

AIGA Boston Emerge Experience Scholarship Winner

by Michelle Curtis \ April 5, 2018

Congratulations to our 2018 recipient! Abigail Shobajo! Bon Vojage!