Professional membership organization for design

Founded in 1901, the Society of Illustrators is the oldest nonprofit organization dedicated to the art of illustration in America.

The Society for News Design (SND) is an international organization for news media professionals and visual communicators – specifically those who create print/web/mobile publications and products.

SEGD exists to improve the human experience by creating environments that connect people to place.

The Graphic Artists Guild is a guild of graphic designers, illustrators, and photographers and is organized into seven chapters around the United States.

TDK (The Design Kids) is a global online resource and local offline communities around the world, for thousands of student and graduate graphic designers.

Career information and outlook

Career information and outlook

The nation's primary source of occupational information.

The nation's primary source of occupational information.

Open to current students, graduates and creatives starting out in the industry. The deadline is typically in mid-March.

Free for students and grads to enter. The purpose is to celebrate emerging design talent from around the world, and the winners are announced at the beginning of each year.

To qualify for entry, national and international college students must be enrolled in, or recently graduated from, an undergraduate or graduate college program.

The Dieline editors will review your submission, and if approved, it will be featured on the website.

Creative Commons search portal

This page features items from the Library's digital collections that are free to use and reuse.

Smithsonian Open Access allows you to download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images.

Patterns shared by designers. Requires attribution

Over 50,000 images are available for download.

From the New York Public Library digital collection.