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Bill Grant

URL: www.grantcollaborative.com

Bill Grant is President and Creative Director of Grant Design Collaborative in Atlanta and national president of AIGA. Grant Design Collaborative's cross-discipline work includes communication design, brand strategy, advertising, product development, branded interiors and experience design. Grant served on the National Board of the American Institute of Graphics Arts (AIGA) from 2001-2004. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Atlanta chapter of AIGA from 1993-1999 and served as the chapter's president from 1997-1999.

Grant helped author and produce the AIGA "Business and Ethical Expectations for Professional Designers" and chaired GAIN, the 2002 AIGA Business and Design Conference. Grant also assisted in curriculum development and attended the inaugural AIGA Harvard Business School program "Business Perspectives for Design Leaders."

Grant's work has been featured and honored by AIGA 365 and Communication Graphics, Communication Arts, Print, ID, STEP, HOW, AIGA Communication Graphics, Graphis Designers USA, Metropolis, New York Type Director's Club Annual, Graphic Design:usa, Graphic Design America 2, Interior Design, Interiors, and IIDA Perspective among others. He has served as a judge for numerous international design competitions and is a frequent speaker at design events. Grant has produced award-winning communication design programs for clients such as Adobe Systems, Herman Miller, Muzak, Blackberry Farm, Geiger International, Georgia-Pacific, Blue Ridge Commercial Carpet, Set Walllcovering Systems, Steelcase, Mohawk Paper Mills, Contract Magazine and Smart Papers among others.