The AIGA Design Archives, the largest searchable online archive of curated communication design selections in existence, now represents selections from AIGA design exhibition catalogues from 1924-2007, including the longest running competition in AIGA's history, "Fifty Books of the Year," as well as "Contemporary Commercial Printing," "Printing for Commerce," "Design and Printing for Commerce," "Fifty Advertisements of the Year," "50 Ads and 50 TV Commercials" and "Communication Graphics." All available catalogues have been scanned and are searchable in the AIGA Design Archives.
Richard Grefe, executive director of AIGA, the professional association for design, commented: "Design today is a dynamic profession, challenged by the opportunities of media that were not even conceived when AIGA was founded by a small group of graphic designers in 1914.
Yet, even today, the use of words and images to improve understanding-the fundamental value of communication design-builds on the originality of those designers who came before.
AIGA is proud to have used 21st-century technology to make the visual references of the finest designers of the past 84 years available to designers, students and the public."