The Illustration News Portal
July 14, 2009
The Illustration News Portal provides news, competitions, resources, installations and interviews by and for illustrators.
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Association of Illustrators
July 14, 2009
The AOI was established in 1973 to advance and protect illustrator’s rights and encourage professional standards. The AOI is a non-profit making trade association dedicated to its members’ professional interests and the promotion of illustration.
Members consist primarily of freelance illustrators as well as agents, clients, students and lecturers. The AOI is run by an administrative staff responsible to a volunteer Council of Management.
The Design Encyclopedia
March 24, 2009
The Design Encyclopedia is a user-built source of reference material with the sole intention of defining, describing, chronicling and documenting the world through design in all its implications and manifestations – from the visual to the tactile, from the communicative to the evocative, from the cultural to the commercial. Most everything – from cars to burgers to movies – can be dissected by its design application, use and history.
Freelancers Union
March 18, 2009
Freelancers Union is a nonprofit organization that represents the needs of America’s independent workforce though advocacy, information, and service.
Independent workers make up 30% of the nation’s workforce. We are freelancers, consultants, independent contractors, temps, part-timers, contingent employees, and the self-employed. Despite our contribution to America’s economy, we’re often left out of the social safety net. Most freelancers can’t access affordable insurance, are taxed more than traditional employees, and have limited access to protections such as unemployment insurance, retirement plans, and unpaid wage claims.
That’s why Freelancers Union is writing new rules for the new workforce.
Jen Lemen
February 10, 2009
A blogger who’s a brave soul, an inspiring artist and someone who believes in the power of entrepreneurial dreams.
