Greater public visibility for the design profession.
A unified voice that can lobby to bring positive change.
Professional benchmarks for design eductation.
An organization that educates business on design value.
Enables designers to justify costs based on competency.

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We Need Your Support!

Because anyone with a computer can sell design services without proper education, training and professional experience. This hurts designers, devalues our work and turns our talents into a commodity. The lack of formal standards supported by a certifying organization that creates visibility for our profession makes design certification more critical than ever.

Past design certification efforts have failed because we have been too focused on trying to measure creativity. Therefore, we must develop a process that measures the objective aspects of our profession, which includes Professional Work Experience, Educational Background, Business Ethics and Technical Proficiency.

This site is part of a grass-roots campaign to bring about positive change for our profession by allowing you to be its voice. Design certification can become a reality only if you and every designer in this country are willing to make your voice heard. Please take a few minutes to become informed about certification and follow the three requests below.