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Visual design association

Hello,

I would like to ask if anyone could point out a visual design association well organized as IxDA. I am aware of some of them like AIGA, Core 77 and a couple of others, but I feel all of those I know lack the type of resourceful discussion list and engaged community found here.

Needless to say that nothing prevents visual design threads being cast on IxDA as we notice from time to time, but I am after something more specific about that discipline of design.

Where bounce off design concepts?

Having just registered with this community, I hope this query doesn't
come over as exceptionally ignorant, but I was wondering if there is a
place in here where designers bounce off ideas off each other wrt a
particular project they are working on.

This would include sketches and a lot of other imagery. Is there a
place where one could post these sketches and have a discussion about
them?

I'm particularly interested in this since I'm working in a rather
remote location, on my own, and want to prevent becoming the lone
creator of "the monster in the basement."

Thanks.