Create Change Exhibition
AGDA Design Shift invites you to an exhibition that is a little less traditional with a lot more heart. We have a treat for the senses, from the...
The Design Conference 2021
A highlight of Australia's creative calendar, The Design Conference (TDC) celebrates its 10th conference with a cracking line-up of 20+ speakers...
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The Design Conference 2021
AGDA Member Discount
Last Chance to Enter Australian Good Design Awards
This is a friendly reminder that there is now less than a week left to enter this year’s Good Design Awards. Entrants must enter before the...
The Design Conference
Second Release Ends Friday
Second Release Deadline Book Now & Save 10% Prices go up Friday. Less than, 90 Passes Left Less than 5 weeks to go. OMG Fam, it's happening,...
Character Development with Ben Lambert
Character development looks so effortless when you see a classic character full of life and expression, but a lot of creativity goes into building...
Powerhouse Late
Fashion Worlds
A collision of Future Fashion and Fantastical Worlds exhibitions exploring the work of next generation designers, speculative thinking, changes to...
AGDA ACT: After Hours
Capital Brewing
The newly reinvigorated AGDA ACT Council welcomes all AGDA members and interested non-members to have a few drinks with us. Over a relaxed chat,...
AGDA is Australia’s largest representative association of professional communication designers. We exist to support Australian designers, in all shapes and forms, who want to take control of their careers and businesses. At our core, we’re a community organisation. We’re not-for profit, and here to support our members and the industry. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, and pay our respect to elders past, present, and emerging.
Hall of Fame
AGDA is proud to welcome Gert Sellheim and Lynda Warner to the Hall of Fame.
Gert Sellheim (1901–1970)
‘Australian commercial art … will [evolve into] something that is quite its own … warming the cool English objectivity, toning...
Lynda Warner
Lynda Warner recognised graphic design was her calling in sixth grade. A school poster project introduced her to commercial art, as it was commonly...
Recent Member Articles
What’s in a job title?
Globally, the vast majority of creative firms have less than five employees. Two challenges with this: firstly, it makes for a large competitive...
One valuable meeting for all design teams…
Yep. I know. Meetings can be the bane of a professional’s existence. Infact, a client once asked me to visually map every meeting she was meant...
Advocating for paid internships
Minimum standards for paid internships
Minimum standards for paid internships. Hey guys … we all know trying to find work as a design graduate is a tough gig – there are so many...
Collaborators or subscontractors?
There’s a subtle but important difference between the two…
Post COVID, many firms are choosing to hire external talent rather than employ. That decision made, the first question should be: do we need a...
Sustainability doesn’t happen by Akzidenz,
share Your views on how best to progress this...
Still current for 2021, SRD need just a few more completed to make a full survey.Add Your views to the Society for Responsible Design Survey 2020...
Sladen Legal
The .Au Domain Name Is Coming – Are You Ready?
We Aussies like to shorten everything. So, it comes as no surprise that the Australian Domain Administration (auDA) has announced plans to make...
Scholarship for emerging studios
The DBC Jack Rodgers Business Scholarship closes Feb 14 2021
Late 2020 a treasured client, colleague and friend passed away. Jack Rodgers was the founder and principal designer of Jack Rodgers Design. Born in...
Is your studio a bit boring?
True, we haven’t seen each other F2F for while (and for our global readers not for a while yet), but it doesn’t take long for our...