MIAMI FL, 1993: The American Institute of Graphic Arts conference “Living Contradictions” consisted of a program that revealed its own contradiction: the ratio of men to women speakers was 20 to 4 in a profession that is 65% female. Posted throughout the conference site, the piece initiated a profession-wide dialogue on gender equity.

2017: In a recent survey by the AIGA, two-thirds of design students were women.

2019: An AIGA survey of 9,429 designers showed 61% were women.