Pinpointing a single AIGA moment as my favorite does not do justice to this awe-inspiring community.
My favorite AIGA moment: celebrating 100 years of AIGA as part of an amazing community this year.
My favorite AIGA moment: Acknowledging and thanking all of AIGA Minnesota’s dedicated volunteers, amazing speakers and generous sponsors I was fortunate to meet and work with over the past 10 years.
My favorite AIGA moment: recalling an abundance of inspiring stories, knowledge and insights shared at hundreds of events over the years.
My favorite AIGA moment: a thundering ovation for Eric Madsen’s keynote presentation at Design Camp® 2012.
My favorite AIGA moment: Doyald Young signing his book and using annotations after misspelling my name (at a Luncheon Design Lecture in 2004).

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Rich Higgins
Rich Higgins
President
Rich Higgins is the Creative Director at Parallel Retail Group. His background is as diverse as a platypus.

He started his own design studio, Oryx & Moth, doing branding, art direction and design for clients big and small. Meanwhile he was the chair of the Solopreneurs Committee for AIGA MN (2022-2023) and served on the Design Student & Alumni Board at the University of Minnesota (2010-2013). Prior to that he worked at TSG, a design agency in Robbinsdale, for clients including: Target, HealthPartners and Crate & Barrel. He's also had a short stint designing for financial institutions (PNC Bank, Citibank and BBVA Compass). He started out designing and art directing photo shoots for multiple national salon chains throughout the US and Canada. And has had mediocre hairstyles since.

His interests vary widely with the season but he always willing to chat about DIY projects, soccer, LEGO, minimalism, FIRE, AI, technology, saunas, traveling, camping, parenting, etc.