What is designing today? And how do designers define their own influence within the dichotomy of making versus thinking?

These questions form the basis of this year’s conference, “Make/Think,” which will explore the ways that designers focus both on making beautiful things and thinking about problems strategically, and how those two roles interact. Scores of presentations and breakout sessions will stimulate every attendee across the range of disciplines and interests pursued by today’s designers.

The AIGA Design Conference is a biennial gathering of the design community to celebrate design excellence, reinforce friendships and connections and stimulate thinking about the critical issues that surround design practice.

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Hotels

The 2009 AIGA Design Conference will be held at the Memphis Cook Convention Center and the adjacent Canon Center for Performing Arts, 255 North Street, Memphis, Tennessee. Discounted rates at close-by hotels will be available by mid-December so be sure to check back then for more information.