October 24, 2007

Words of Wisdom from the AIA

Who knew that Autumn was AIA recruitment season? This gem of an advertisement landed in a coworkers mailbox this week:If you join the AIA, essential wisdom like this is at your disposal. Please click the above image for even more sage words of wisdom from the dominant organization of the profession, who, judging from these new advertisements, will mostly just teach you how to pick up chicks.

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8 Responses to “Words of Wisdom from the AIA”

  1. Anonymous on October 24th, 2007 4:28 pm

    The poor AIA, they try so hard. They really missed the mark with this one.

  2. Anonymous on October 24th, 2007 11:56 pm

    I don’t quite get it, are they implying that architects are poor, desperate… lonely… boring?

    Calvin
    blog.miragestudio7.com

  3. Reverb on October 25th, 2007 10:33 pm

    These are priceless. I’m surprised to see them coming from the AIA though. What was the point of the campaign again??

  4. Anonymous on October 29th, 2007 11:35 pm

    i can’t figure out if you’re joking or not… there’s no mention of these beauties on the AIA website.
    d.

  5. jimmy on October 30th, 2007 5:25 am

    nope. this is serious. it was sent out to registered architects who aren’t members of the AIA.

  6. Anonymous on November 2nd, 2007 12:28 pm

    ya this is totally serious .. I received the mailing and was shocked that that’s how they were getting people to sign up. as a non member getting ready to become one, it makes me really disappointed with AIA and how they see themselves (architects). it’s bad enough that some people perceive architects as “oh hail mighty architect” I just hope this mailing doesn’t influence architects to be, to think that they are up on a pedestal to the average joe.

  7. Anonymous on January 29th, 2008 8:42 pm

    These cards, which are taken out of context, were only part of the recruitment piece. I believe it is referred to as “humor”, you may want to look into it.

  8. Camden on January 29th, 2008 8:59 pm

    I am an architect who has no sense of humor. Now people think I do. Thanks AIA! Seriously, I was shocked to see this in the mail. It’s a welcome change. Good work AIA!