AIGA, the oldest and largest professional membership organization for design.
Founded in 1914, the AIGA has more than 70 chapters and more than 18,000 members. The organization works to advance design as a professional craft, strategic advantage, and vital cultural force.
Ismar David was a member of the organization. He was on the jury of an AIGA exhibition, Paperbacks, USA, covers from 1957-59, along with Louis Dorfsman, Albert Dorne, Raymond B. Dowden, Robert Gage and Theodore Willentz. 1“AD News: AIGA’s PforC show deadline Jan. 15,” Art Direction: The Magazine of Creative Advertising, January, 1960, p.62. In 1973, The Psalms, which he designed and illustrated, was chosen for “Fifty Books of the Year” and in 1974 The AIGA Gallery in NYC exhibited his work.
