News

The latest news from the Minnesota chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design.

Design Show Winner Archives June 26, 2017

Check out previous design show winners here. [read more…]

POSTERS FOR PARKS 2017:
CALL FOR ARTISTS June 22, 2017

Posters for Parks — Artwork inspired by and supporting Minneapolis Parks [read more…]

mINhouse:
Medtronic June 6, 2017

On January 10, 2017, the Medtronic team presented to a full auditorium at MCAD. Medtronic embarked upon a new brand strategy last year that consists not only of a new look, but of a complete messaging and voice platform built on the company’s business strategy — an approach that aims to grow the business by working in partnership with others to take healthcare Further, Together. [read more…]

AIGA Minnesota Welcomes
Director of Diversity and Inclusion April 11, 2017

Minnesota is pleased to announce that a new member has been elected to serve on the organization’s board of directors, effective immediately. [read more…]

Vote on the Spring 2017 Slate March 14, 2017
AIGA Minnesota Welcomes
New Board Members January 1, 2017

Minnesota is pleased to announce that a number of new members have been elected to serve on the organization’s board of directors, effective immediately. [read more…]

Vote on the Winter 2016 Slate December 17, 2016
Fresh Squeezed: Sarah Forss October 13, 2016

Join fellow emerging designers and creative problem solver and designer Sarah Forss, Senior Designer at Werner Design Werks, for brunch and conversation on Saturday, November 5 at 11 a.m. at the Pizza Luce in Richfield, Minnesota. [read more…]

Fresh Squeezed: Jane Tilka September 1, 2016

Join fellow emerging designers and designer, consultant, and strategist Jane Tilka for brunch and conversation on Saturday, October 1 at 11 a.m. at Hen House Eatery. [read more…]

AIGA Minnesota Welcomes
New Board Member August 22, 2016

Minnesota is pleased to announce that a number of new members have been elected to serve on the organization’s board of directors, effective immediately. [read more…]

Peter Seitz Exhibit August 14, 2016

The paintings, calligraphy and designs of AIGA Minnesota Fellow, Peter Seitz, are featured in an art exhibit at the Northfield Senior Center from July 11 – August 14, 2016. Peter Seitz is the first AIGA Minnesota Fellow. He is a pioneer of Minnesota graphic design in the European modernist tradition and taught at MCAD for […] [read more…]

The Minnesota Historical Society
has acquired the AIGA Minnesota Archives

It’s official! The Minnesota Historical Society has acquired the AIGA Minnesota Archives. This treasure trove of graphic design artifacts (1977-present) will be archived in the Minnesota History Center Library for scholars and design aficionados who are interested in Minnesota’s design history. AIGA Minnesota is grateful for the safe historic preservation of these primary source documents […] [read more…]

Contact Leadership

Grant Hasbrouck
Director of Communications
Graphic Designer, Communications Specialist, Photographer, Environmentalist.
Grant has been a member of AIGA since 2012 when the Student Design Organization of University of Minnesota Duluth was visited by AIGA members Chank Diesel and Ken Friberg.
He graduated from UMD with a BFA in Graphic Design in 2013, but has been designing graphics professionally since 2012 with a strong focus on brand-systems, and began his communications career with the MN DFL party in 2016.
He has worked for a variety of clients and employers, but his favorites are always causes and non-profits with goals and beliefs that resonate with his-own: Clean Energy, Environmentalism, Human Rights, and Social Justice.