The Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD) is Canada’s largest professional association for graphic designers. The association’s membership of more than 4,000 people includes firm owners, freelancers, managers, in-house designers, educators and students.
The RGD runs numerous industry events and initiatives, including DesignThinkers, Canada’s largest annual conference for graphic designers; Creative Earners, Canada’s comprehensive salary report for creatives; awards programs for branding, design educators, emerging designers, in-house design, social good design and students, and much more.
Through the RGD, Canadian designers exchange ideas, educate and inspire, set professional standards and build a strong, supportive community dedicated to advocating for the value of design.
I love this! Even though they're all design studios, you can tell how different all three are in terms of personality. My personal favorite was Daughter Creative; love the light-hearted humor and the cute dog!
I find fascinate all this knowledge being presented and giving to us. As well, give us some perspective what to expect out there Love graphic Desing went to school for a year and because some circumstance of life I had to stop, and now coming back slowly learn on my own. Anyone can advise where to looking for internship ? or what community I should get involved with ? Thanks in advance.
The RGD (that's us) is Canada's largest professional association for graphic designers. You can learn more about joining the RGD at rgd.ca. As for internships, LinkedIn is a great place to look. We also post internships on the RGD Job Board on our site.
Very inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm also a graphic designer, but I need to learn more about it. Hopefully I can work there in Canada as a graphic designer too. 😊
Interesting insights and really enjoyed the chat. I think one of the key drivers to design agency evolution is the need to adapt to a very different global city demographic in Toronto, as with London UK, where I’m based, compared to 10/20 years ago. iPhones, new tech and social media has heightened people’s awareness of ‘brand’ with clients looking for more imaginative cut-thru solutions and ways to engage to gain market advantage while remaining authentic to their (shared) values.
Elegantly beautiful, practical design solutions - Graphic design by some masters who remain humble about their achievements - the funny thing, it's September 2019 and I've had a Mobil service station just open about 800m metres down the road from where I live, so now I drive past these designer's amazing logo design from 60 years ago, every day - as a graphic designer that is mind boggling.
