1981 – 2016

AIGA Philadelphia hosts a special initiative and exhibition on the “Get Out the Vote” poster campaign to coincide with the Democratic National Convention held in Philadelphia /// AIGA Philadelphia moves to WeWork in Northern Liberties /// Louise Fili presents a lecture at the University of the Arts /// The “Through a Prism” panel for the women leadership event series covers diversity in design and tech

AIGA Philadelphia produces “in:” the conference for in-house creatives /// A professional mentorship program pairing seasoned veterans with emerging designers launches /// Lauren Dougherty becomes president

AIGA Philadelphia produces a weekend of events and workshops with Hamilton Wood Type /// Mark Willie receives the Fellow Award

“Nightcaps” live podcast event series launches /// AIGA Philadelphia launches a series of interactive workshops focusing on tech in design /// Philadelphia hosts the AIGA Leadership Retreat for the second time at the Sheraton Society Hill /// Nicholas Prestileo becomes president

SPACE opens at 2nd and Arch Streets in Old City /// Philadelphia Design Awards runs for the third time /// Rosemary Murphy receives the Fellow Award /// Melissa McFetters receives the Fresh Award

“This is My Philly” launches, one of the first design mentorship programs for K-8 students, to promote diversity in design /// Allan Espiritu becomes president

AIGA Philadelphia launches the national Paid Internship Pledge initiative /// AIGA Philadelphia produces the “Pencil to Pixel” panel discussion /// Philadelphia Design Awards runs for the second time /// Lanny Sommese receives the Fellow Award /// The Fresh Award for up-and-coming designers is launched and awarded to Brian Jacobsen

Philadelphia Design Awards launches /// Laurie Churchman receives the Fellow Award /// Maribeth Kradel-Weitzel becomes president

AIGA Philadelphia launches a lecture series featuring up-and-coming designers, including Jessica Hische and Michael Perry /// Frank Baseman receives the Fellow Award

AIGA Philadelphia hosts the Hurricane Poster Project to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina /// Frank Baseman’s “City of Brotherly Love” bus shelter ads shine light on victims of violent crime in Philadelphia /// “Index”, the design resource vendor fair, emerges out of the structure of “Pulp, Ink, and Hops” and “Paper Chase” /// Kelly Holohan becomes president

Chat+Room, an intimate debate and discussion series, launches /// AIGA Philadelphia produces the “Wear Your Voice” student t-shirt design exhibition

“Revolution:Philadelphia” design education conference is held in Philadelphia /// The “Curiously Curious” Ken Carbone lecture is held /// Michele Cooper becomes president

AIGA Philadelphia hosts “Ames Brothers Divebomb Philly”

AIGA Philadelphia hosts the “Touchpoints” paper show /// Bradford Kear becomes president

“The Tolerance Project” open-air student poster exhibition launches to promote peace and respect /// Joel Katz receives the Fellow Award /// Stephen Shackleford becomes president

“18 x 18” exhibition is held, with the theme “Make Design Matter” /// AIGA Philadelphia produces “The Mohawk Show” /// Ken Hiebert receives the Fellow Award /// Gilman Hanson becomes president

AIGA Philadelphia produces a lecture by Milton Glaser /// Hans U. Allemann receives the Fellow Award

AIGA Philadelphia brings the national program “Poetry in Motion” to Philadelphia /// The Breakfast Club series is launched /// A lecture by Stefan Sagmeister is held at the Painted Bride, along with lectures by House Industries and Dan Boyarski /// Rosemary Murphy becomes sole president /// Alina Wheeler is awarded the first AIGA Philadelphia Fellow Award in the same year that the program is launched nationally

“Feedback”, the annual senior portfolio review night and one of the longest-running continuous programs in AIGA’s history, launches /// “Paper Chase”, a print vendor fair, launches /// AIGA Philadelphia hosts lectures by Paula Scher and Clement Mok /// Caren Lipkin and Rosemary Murphy become co-presidents

AIGA Philadelphia produces lectures by Kyle Cooper and McRay Magleby /// Steve Williams, Caren Lipkin, and Stella Gassaway become co-presidents

AIGA Philadelphia produces lectures by Bruce Mau and Lucille Tenazas /// Matthew Bartholomew becomes president

AIGA Philadelphia produces a Kit Hinrichs lecture, along with a lecture by Plunkett + Kuhr studio about HotWired, the revolutionary online edition of Wired magazine, the world’s first website with original content and advertising /// A large juried graphic design show is exhibited in the courtyard at Liberty Place

Steven Heller interviews Paul Rand live on stage and the event garners attention from the press /// Mark Willie becomes president

AIGA Philadelphia hosts a lecture by Ellen Lupton

AIGA Philadelphia hosts an exhibition and opening for a show of contemporary Czechoslovak posters /// Steven Yarnell becomes president

AIGA Philadelphia partners on lectures by Ken Hiebert and Michael Beirut /// The “VIno Veritas” event series is held at the Philadelphia Sketch Club

AIGA Philadelphia partners on a lecture by Gene Grossman with University of the Arts /// Richard Kauffman becomes president

The AIGA Leadership Retreat is held in Philadelphia for the first time /// AIGA Philadelphia hosts a World Studio lecture /// “The AIGA Philadelphia Show” runs for a fourth year

“The AIGA Philadelphia Show” returns /// Russ Gazzara becomes president

First Design Summer Camp is held at the Fairmount Boathouse on Boathouse Row

AIGA Philadelphia partners on a Carbone+Smolan lecture with Philadelphia College of Art /// “Criteria, Concept, Solution” runs as a juried exhibition for the second time /// Bob Warkulwiz becomes president

AIGA Philadelphia hosts lectures with Pentagram and Deborah Sussman. /// AIGA Philadelphia launches a campaign to get “graphic design” in the dictionary. /// Alina Wheeler becomes president

“Criteria, Concept, Solution”, the first large-scale juried exhibition opens at the Art Alliance, co-chaired by Hans U. Allemann and Jerome Cloud. /// Print Magazine publishes “The Philadelphia Experiment” about the show. /// Kerry Polite and Alina Wheeler receive a grant to write and produce a pamphlet entitled “What is Graphic Design?” /// AIGA Philadelphia hosts notable lectures by April Greiman, Richard Saul Wurman, and Chermayeff + Geismar. /// Dick Ritter becomes president.

AIGA Philadelphia hosts the exhibition “The AIGA/Philadelphia Show: 2”. /// AIGA Philadelphia hosts a lecture by Woody Pirtle.

AIGA Philadelphia successfully petitions AIGA that New York City must start its own chapter, starting the “chapter movement”. /// AIGA Philadelphia produces “The AIGA/Philadelphia Show”, an open-call exhibition. /// Sharon Helmer Poggenpohl becomes president.

AIGA Philadelphia launches with a membership of about 25 individuals /// The group appoints Joel Katz as president because of his standing amongst various creative and commercial communities in Philadelphia, with Bob Warkulwiz as vice president, Dale Strominger Parenti as secretary, and Dana Jones as treasurer