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Recently I joined the AIGA Austin chapter to become more involved in the design community and to push myself to grow in the communication design field. Working as an in house designer has placed me in a slump of one sided thinking when it comes to design. Since I mostly work with one look and feel for my company I feel my creativity has slowly taken a backseat in my career.

I could be practicing and exercising my creative design skills in my free time, but seriously, who has any free time now days to do extra work. Have you guys joined the AIGA? How do you deal with design stagnation in your work?

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4 Responses to “design growth”

elysa Says:


I love AIGA I joined a couple years ago. I didn’t know you were in Austin, I am in Dallas. We will probably be moving to Austin next year.

September 12th, 2007 at 3:32 pm




Tina Says:


Oh, that’s awesome! We will have to meet up when you move here!

September 12th, 2007 at 3:59 pm




Michelle Says:


I’ve thought about joining the AIGA before. I may if I ever go freelance. I don’t think I could attend a lot of the events/meetings b/c of work. Let us know how you like it though.

September 13th, 2007 at 9:17 am




Morriconei Says:


I’ve been getting stuff in the mail from them for a couple of months; however, I don’t have the free cash right now to join. At least I think it costs something to join.

I’ve been reading interior design books recently. It wasn’t very time consuming, and I got a new perspective on lines, form, color, etc. I think that’s an easy way to get a little rejuvenation.

I’d like to hear about your experience with the AIGA as well.

September 13th, 2007 at 7:25 pm

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