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Who are Our Members
Who Are Our Members?
Our members are both designers and design businesses including educational bodies and industry suppliers.
The Design Institute of Australia is a professional body for designers. The core membership of the DIA is practicing designers.
The DIA also welcomes membership from individuals and businesses who associate with, trade with or service the design sector, and members from educational organisations training designers.
The DIA defines a designer as – a business professional that develops solutions to commercial needs that require the balancing of technical, commercial, human and aesthetic requirements.
The DIA welcomes professional members practising in all fields of design.
These include:
- Industrial Design
- Product Design
- Interior Design
- Interior Architecture
- Graphic Design
- Visual Communication
- Web Design
- Multimedia Design
- Digital Animation Design
- Digital Game Design
- Textile Design
- Interior Decoration
- Exhibition and Display Design
- Furniture Design
- Fashion Design
- Jewellery Design
- TV, Film and Theatre Set Design
- Design Management
- Design Education
- Architecture (practising in Interior Architecture/Design)
The DIA Constitution also allows for the inclusion of other design disciplines not specifically listed.
