Highlights, insights, and career-building moments, Ink & Pixels 2025 had it all! From inspiring talks by Dr. Perry Sweeper to hands-on workshops and portfolio reviews led by Monique Jenkins and Jenn Crim, it was a day full of connection and growth at Morgan State University.

AIGA Baltimore’s annual Flux Student Design Competition continues to recognize the next generation of outstanding designers. Since its launch in 2007, Flux has provided a nationwide platform for undergraduate and graduate students to showcase their creativity and innovation. 

A recap of the AIGA Baltimore and BmoreArt panel at MICA On November 28, 2024, the auditorium at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) was filled with the energy of Baltimore’s and the DMV’s graphic design community. They gathered for the panel “Crafting the Page,” an event hosted by MICA, BmoreArt, and AIGA Baltimore as part of AIGA Baltimore Design Month.

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Looking for career advice? AIGA Baltimore has it covered—check out this event recap from our virtual panel discussion for Ink & Pixels featuring 5 professionals in the creative industry.

This past October, AIGA Baltimore had a month-long celebration of design and designers in Baltimore and beyond! The theme for this year's design month was Inside Out. We want to say a big thank you to everyone for attending events throughout the month and thank our branding sponsor, BCG Agency.

Our panelists from Stevenson University, JP Morgan Chase, Planit, Jones Knowles Ritchie, & Quicken/Rocket Companies had a fantastic discussion about the most important industry shifts designers need to know as they prepare to get hired in a post-COVID world.

If you missed the Ink & Pixels Designer Panel, we recommend you go back and watch the replay (link inside). We had a vibrant community-led discussion with three experienced designers, who shared unique insights and tips from different perspectives across the design field.

“Futurism(s)” is a talk with three chapters: Italian Futurism, Afrofuturism, and the Cyborg Manifesto. Here, Ellen Lupton covers the futuristic movements in an effort to tell a more inclusive history of design.

The AIGA Baltimore community had the pleasure of sitting down with Fearless, a full-stack digital services firm, this January to discuss current trends and skills user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) designers need to know. And it’s not as scary as you might think.

The 8th annual AIGA Baltimore Design Week kicked off with a special Design & Dine with the legendary Debbie Millman. Founder and host of the Design Matters Podcast, Debbie has interviewed over 500 artists, designers, and industry experts. This special Design & Dine was no lecture. Instead, it was Debbie’s signature conversational interview style with 30 of Baltimore’s industry professionals. Had it been recorded, it could’ve been the next episode of Design Matters.