AIGA Minnesota offers a wide range of programming on a variety of design related subjects to serve the needs of our diverse membership. Explore events our below!

AIGA Minnesota is pleased to provide reasonable assistance accommodations to attendees at our event. Please notify us at least 5 business days in advance of the event, after you register.

Legacy Events

Insights 2025 Design Lecture Series

Copresented with The Walker Art Center

For over three decades, the Walker Art Center and AIGA Minnesota have co-presented the Insights Design Lecture Series and brought the world’s most adventurous design thinkers and makers to the Twin Cities. A design lecture series for progressive creatives, the series embraces the unexpected to present diverse, exploratory, and contemporary lecturers.

AIGA Minnesota Portfolio 1-on-1® 2025

Save the Date!

AIGA Minnesota is thrilled to announce the return of Portfolio 1-on-1, our legacy event dedicated to helping design students shine as they prepare to embark on their creative careers. As a student, before you start applying to jobs, get a gut-check from experienced creative professionals at Portfolio 1-on-1. This design-centric virtual event will give you the opportunity to present your work, process, and designs virtually for constructive feedback and valuable connections.

This year’s event will take place virtually from Monday, April 14th, to Friday, April 18th, 2025. Registration opens February 7th and closes April 7th, 2025.

Merging studio practice with retail and hotel, Shannon Maldonado of Philadelphia’s Yowie Hotel reconsiders traditional definitions of designer, shop, and host. [read more…]

Creative Director Zeynep Orbay has led campaigns for brands like Nike and Hennessy, alongside passion projects that tackle censorship, LGBTQIA+ rights, and more. [read more…]

Blurring the traditional boundaries of creative practices, Actual Source reconsiders the methods for how design can be collectively created.
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A local “store of the strange” invades the Walker for an evening dive into the mutating edge of illustration, comics, and gumballs.
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AIGA Minnesota is thrilled to be hosting our annual Portfolio 1-on-1.

As a student, before you start applying to jobs, get a gut-check from experienced creative professionals at Portfolio 1-on-1. This design-centric virtual event will give you the opportunity to present your work, process, and designs virtually for constructive feedback and valuable connections. [read more…]