AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural Design

The intersection of design and culture is a place where both the local and the global have a voice. The AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural Design (AIGA XCD) has been established to foster greater communication between designers across cultures as well as to better understand the interwoven experience of design and culture in our lives.

Technology, mass media, and a global economy have made the world smaller and the scope of cross-cultural audiences bigger for the design profession. It is imperative for designers to think beyond their national and cultural borders in order to create visual communication that is responsive to the diverse audiences of today.

Since its inception in 2002, the AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural Design has been active in developing programs to help designers increase their knowledge and skills in cross-cultural design, to help designers connect with other designers around the world, and to raise awareness of the design industry's cross-cultural capabilities with client communities.

AIGA XCD community of interest has been formed to address three main goals:
1. To facilitate and encourage greater participation among U.S. designers in the global design community.
2. To serve as a point of contact for designers in other countries to begin a relationship with designers in the U.S.
3. To address the changing needs of the design profession as more clients and jobs require international business experience and exposure.

AIGA XCD design forum
We welcome you to contribute or just to read at designforum.aiga.org.

Prografica

Cuban PROGRAFICA Committee is a non profitable organization that works to promote the cultural values of Graphic Design; PROGRAFICA brings together a group of outstanding Cuban graphic designers of different generations interested in working without lucrative interest in the promotion of Graphic Design.

The PROGRAFICA organization performs its activities with the personal effort of its members and the collaboration of institutions from both Cuba and other countries.

PROGRAFICA is a member of ICOGRADA (International Council of Graphic Design Associations) since 1997 and now organizes the ICOGRADA World Design Congress 2007 in Havana.
More information: http://www.prografica.cult.cu

Centro Pablo de la Torriente Brau

Pablo de la Torriente Brau Center is a non profit, independent cultural institution that has created programs and spaces for sharing experiences and debate themes related to memory, oral history, testimonial literature, fine arts, digital art, cuban nueva trova (singers and composers), inspired in Pablo de la Torriente Brau's life and work and using intensively the new technologies for communication and artistic creativity.
More information: http://www.centropablo.cult.cu