a collection of design award certificates from the 1950s/60s made out to
Louis Danziger, many from the AIGA

(discovered via Burning Settlers Cabin)

Carolyn Sewell’s Make/Think Sketchbook
(via AIGA)

The AIGA / Aquent Salary Survey 2009 for design professionals is now available as a downloadable pdf. I think printed copies will be sent to AIGA members (atleast that was the case in previous years). In the survey AIGA gathered advice from top design professionals in the industry, including Michael Bierut (page seen above). In addition, there is an online salary calculator. Like most salary surveys, the figures should be taken with a grain of salt (data collected from approx. 9,000 design professionals). Nonetheless, it serves as a good overview and an essential resource for designers and the creative industry.

AIGANY / SMALL TALK NO. 9: ANTHONY BURRILL

A Designer’s Pledge by Jeff Matz from Lure Design
(via Sarah Blacksher)

If anyone has any supplemental information on this exhibition, or knows in what year the AIGA decided to do away with a separate paperbacks exhibition….please leave a note.

fredseibert:

design:related - AIGA Paperbacks U.S.A. 1959/1961

The Paul Sahre talk, A Designer and His Problems (or Problmes) was really humorous, inspiring and overall not a bad way to spend a Friday evening. And we all got lovely misspelled souvenirs to take home.

For those who missed the talk, click through Sahre’s Regrets archive on his site. I always appreciate when designers own up to their mistakes (or should I say opportunities to learn) and share their experiences.

(photo above courtesy of Henry Sene Yee’s iphone)

Privatizing the Commons: The Commodification of New Deal Public Art (via aiga, poster on left by Lester Beall, on right designer unknown)