what we are doing now

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Here’s what we are up to in 2020:

  • Working with Bark studio to create 5-10 minute videos of leading advertising and design leaders

  • Collecting existing video and oral histories from AIGA Fellows and AIGA Medalists.

  • Continuing to collect and document work from the advertising, communication, and graphic design fields, including illustration, photography, animation, motion graphics, and exhibit/mural design

  • Gathering the AIGA award show winners, digital assets from the past 15 years to serve as the initial base for designed here.KC

  • Gathering AAF award winners and digital assets starting with 1980-2020 and going backward by decade

  • Seeking experts in archival preservation and local design history to aid in properly recording the design history and artifacts

  • Inviting the design community (companies, educators, colleges, museums and designers in the private and public sectors) to capture at-risk design and designers through artifacts and oral histories

  • Completing 501(c) (3) 

  • Resolving vision and mission statements

  • Establishing organizational structure and business and funding plans

  • Recruiting members and volunteers

  • Developing a fundraising campaign to build a digital asset management platform, sponsor events, and provide design preservation collection efforts

Kathy Kelley