Alliance Graphique Internationale
Encyclopedia
Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) is a club of the world’s leading graphic artists and designer
s. There are about 350 members from 27 countries.
with 65 members. The first AGI show was in Paris in 1955. In 1969 the AGI headquarters moved to Zurich
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The most important events of the organisation are the annual AGI Congresses that take place in a different country in each year.
Designer
A designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
s. There are about 350 members from 27 countries.
History
In 1951 two Swiss and three French graphic artists decided to formalise their relationship into a kind of association. In 1952 the Alliance Graphique Internationale was incorporated in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
with 65 members. The first AGI show was in Paris in 1955. In 1969 the AGI headquarters moved to Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
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The most important events of the organisation are the annual AGI Congresses that take place in a different country in each year.