As one of its first initiatives, DIGMA (The Design Industry of Massachusetts) will organize the first annual Massachusetts Design Festival—to be held from September 24 through October 24, 2009—in order to publicize examples of design around the state. The Festival encompasses several other design-related events: Boston Design Center’s Design Boston 2009, Boston Fashion Week, and National Design Week.

Being one of the 44,500 people in Massachusetts who work in graphic design, industrial design, landscape architecture,  interior design, or other fields ending in design I am excited for this new organization (DIGMA) to serve as a resource for some great opportunities to unite and become a strong presence in Massachusetts right along side the other prominent industries such as healthcare, life sciences, education, and finance.

Keep your ear to ground for more details about The First Annual Massachusetts Design Festival as well as other DIGMA events. I think this is a great organization everyone can get behind and help to promote and further develop our common wealth of design in the Massachusetts economy.