Design & Business

Design Business and Ethics
AIGA has published a series of brochures outlining the critical ethical and professional issues encountered by designers and their clients... more »
What every business needs
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“What every business needs. And how.” explains for your client, whether in-house or external, the role designers and designing can play in... more »
AIGA Standard Form of Agreement for Design Services
This agreement allows you to create customized terms and conditions for different types of design engagements. Updated in May 2007, it is now modular... more »
Gain: AIGA Journal of Business and Design
Gain: AIGA Journal of Business and Design is dedicated to stimulating thinking at the intersection of design and business. Through rigorous case studies... more »
Confidence index
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In April 2005, AIGA began conducting a quarterly survey of design leaders to assemble an authoritative statement on the current conditions within the... more »
An ethnography primer
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AIGA and Cheskin have produced a primer introducing the crucial role that ethnography plays in designing... more »
AIGA position on spec work
Clients may, at times, request you compete for an engagement on the basis speculative work—that is, work done for no cost. This sample letter is... more »