Professional Organizations

• The Graphic Artists Guild is a national union of illustrators, designers, web creators, production artists, surface designers and other creatives who have come together to pursue common goals, share their experience, raise industry standards, and improve the ability of visual creators to achieve satisfying and rewarding careers.
  www.gag.org
  
  
• The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) is a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization devoted to type, typography, and the related arts.
  www.typesociety.org
  
  
• The Printing Industries of Northern California (PINC) is a non-profit trade association. Our purpose is to deliver what it takes to help our members become more successful and profitable in their businesses. To accomplish that goal, we provide personal and professional development programs for both owners and employees.
  www.pinc.org
  
  
• ATypI, Association Typographique Internationale, is the global forum and focal point for the type community and business.
  www.atypi.org
  
  
• SPD, Society of Publication Designers. For over a quarter of a century, the Society of Publication Designers has been a driving force for quality and innovation in publication design. It is the one venue in which the best of the best continually strive.
  www.spd.org
  
  
• AIGA, the professional association for design, is committed to furthering excellence in design as a broadly-defined discipline, strategic tool for business and cultural force. AIGA is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice.
  www.aiga.org
  
  
• Visual Practitioner is the online home of visual practitioners, graphic recorders, and graphic facilitators.
  www.visualpractitioner.org