AIGA Fellow



AIGA Fellow Award Acceptance Speech
by Professor Stephanie Nuria Sabato

What do these awards really mean? Do they add moments to our life? Do they make us better people? Do they make us happier people? Do they add dollars to our bank accounts?

The answer to all of these questions is truly “no”. Then we have to ask, “why do we involve ourselves in such activities?” The answer is: Because it gives us an opportunity to acknowledge the excellence of design, the meaningfulness of design, the purposefulness of design, and it gives us a chance to celebrate each other in our endeavors as individuals and collectively as a community.

I celebrate each you here tonight – we are all winners. We all benefit from the activity of striving, aspiring, and inspiring each other.

To me relationships are the most important gifts in life. You have seen in the little biographical slide sketch all those individuals who inform my being. They are my family and friends, spiritual teachers, students and colleagues. Life is rich, and receiving this honor tonight adds to its richness.

Thank you Kansas City AIGA for giving me this opportunity to represent our design community and to stand along side other AIGA Fellows nationally who inspire me. I feel I am standing in the shadow of giants, and it is a great honor.

Thank you Kansas City AIGA Board for this distinguished honor, and your support.

May all of us continue to endeavor to strive for excellence and continue to deliver content and product that demonstrate the value of design. Thank you.

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