ACIDO
Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario

ACM SIGGRAPH Online
The organization for computer graphics, info on their conferences and workshops, large calendar of events

ADHOC Group
The ADHOC Group is an interdisciplinary association of designers committed to the exhibition of new work. With the San Francisco Bay Area as our locus, we promote and exhibit innovatiive work by emerging and experimental designers.

American Institute of Graphic Arts
AIGA, the professional association for communication design, is committed to furthering excellence in communication design as a broadly-defined discipline, strategic tool for business and cultural force. AIGA is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice.

Architectural Association of Ireland
The AAI was founded in 1896 'to promote and afford facilities for the study of architecture and the allied sciences and arts, and to provide a medium of friendly communication between members and others interested in the progress of architecture'. It sponsors a public lecture series and annual awards.

Association of Professional Design Firms
Dedicated to elevating the performance & business practices of design consulting firms.

Association of Profesional Modelmakers
Association of profesional modelmakers from around the world.Covers every discipline in profesional modelmaking from Product,Architectual,automotive and special efects.Web site has a chat group, and a conference is held every year.

Association of Women Industrial Designers

Australian Graphic Design Association
The Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) is the national association for professional graphic designers. It was founded in 1988 to facilitate the advancement of the graphic design profession in Australia.

BCID
British Columbia Industrial Design Association. (BCID) A design association for industrial designers of British Columbia Canada.

British European Design Group
Site of a non profit making organisation promoting British design and design services worldwide.

Centre du Design Rhone Alpes
The Centre for Design Rhone Alpes CDRA is a French regional association, which has its charge to advocate the industrial design towards the firms. The Centre also assists firms in their invitation to tender for their design projects (design directory, design specifications...) ICSID member, the CDRA is also the coordinator for Design France, the French network of design centers.

Chicago Furniture Designers Association
Chicago Furniture Designers educate our community by teaching about design.

Corporate Design Foundation
Corporate Design Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life and effectiveness of organizations through design. The Foundation conducts research in all areas of design and creates educational resources such as @Issue, case studies, course development and conferences.

Design France
Design France is the French network for the design centers. Its aim it to coordinate its members' actions, and organizes international meetings for design associations

Design Management Institute
An institute dedicated to promoting the importance of design to business success. Conferences, Journal, newsletter, etc.

Design Research Society

Design Resource Institute
Located in Seattle, WA, is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting ecologically sustainable design in products and buildings.

Designer's Association of Singapore

Designers Institute of New Zealand
Official site of DINZ - worth a look.

ETMK (Society of Turkish Industrial Designers)

Graphic Artists Guild
Lobbies for the right of Graphic artists, photographers, illustrators, and more. One of the best Organizations you can join for the money to ensure the furture of our industry and its wages.

Graphic Designers of Canada

IDSA National Web Site
Industrial Designers Society of America.

Industrial Design Centre Bombay, India
The Industrial Design Centre Bombay is actively involved in product design & graphic design

Industrial Designers Society Thailand
Thailand industrial designers society homepage.

Institute of Destination Architects and Designers
Association of destination Design, Research, Development Professionals and Theme park designers/set designers/Resort Architects

INTAD
Industrial Technology and Design Teachers

International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID)
ICSID is a world body of national and international professional, promotional and educational institutions working to advance the profession of industrial design at the global level. ICSID, based in Helsinki, Finland, currently has 150 member societies in 53 countries worldwide.

International Design Network Foundation
The International Design Resource Awards (IDRA) is an annual international design competition to encourage the use of post-consumer recycled, and reprocessed and sustainably harvested materials in new product designs and buildings. It also sends a box of samples of recycled/renewable sheet materials to entrants, and provide other leads to green materials.

JIDPO
Japan Industrial Design Promotion Oraganization(JIDPO) was founded in 1969 as a non-profit organizartion anthorized by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). Its purpose is to promote industrial design in both consumer goods and capital goods, and thus contribute to create a better quality of life of the people. Website is in Japanese and English.

Korea Institute of Industrial Design Promotion
KIDP will host the ICOGRADA 2000 and ICSID 2001 Korea.

O2 Global Network
O2 Global Network is an international volunteer network of ecological designers, rooted in a range of local O2 groups, O2 liaisons and large number of individuals.

QFD Institute
A nonprofit educational and research organization that promotes the dissemination and advancement of Quality Function Deployment, a quality focused method for designing products and services that generate increased customer satisfaction and value.

SEGDOnline
The SEGD (Society for Environmental Graphic Design) web site, SEGDOnline, is now live at www.SEGD.org. The site is intended to be useful for anyone involved in EGD and I hope you will visit us. It features a gallery of the annual Design Awards Program winners, a Guest Chat room, a regularly updated Job Bank and a Marketplace section with information on products and Services. As well as finding out the latest information on the annual conference and expo, you can also register for both events online. In the Membership section, current members can renew and new members can join directly from the site.

SingaporeDesigner.Com
Endorsed by the Designers Association Singapore, Trade Development Board of Singapore and many assoications and schools in Singapore - SingaporeDesigner.Com, is the ultimate destination for all about the Design Scene in Singapore

Taiwan- Cetra Design Center
The design promation center which is under the semi-official trade organization, CETRA, in Taiwan, showcases the awardiwinning product design in Taiwan.

The British Design Initiative
The British Design Initiative provides Advisory and Recommendation Services, a Design News Service, PR, promotional, research and marketing services.

The Design Exchange
The Design Exchange (DX) is Canada‚s national not-for-profit design research, education and exhibition centre. It delivers design-led programs, which include exhibitions, competitions, lectures, courses, publications and advisory services.

Design Zentrum
Germany‚s largest and most renowned design-institution and home to the international red dot design competition awards

The Ergonomics Society

U.K. Design Council

UK Chartered Society of Designers