Top stories this week: redesigns, Facebook’s IPO, IxDA People’s Choice Award, a dearth of critical discourse on design, Design Envy picks from Jonnie Hallman and more.

There are three general types or client/designer relationships: boss/worker, friends and partners. All three types have their place, but only one of them offers the potential for truly great design to emerge.

Protesting, making posters, writing, performing, using social media—through methods both new and old, design activists speak out against extreme immigration policies and economic inequality.

Executive Director Ric Grefé outlines AIGA’s position on SOPA and PIPA, recent bills introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate intended to protect creative property.

When I first saw Andy Mangold’s Pompadour Numerals, I smirked. Then I smiled, and eventually, I laughed. It’s undoubtedly a beautiful font, but more than that, it’s fun.

Designers need to see themselves as connective tissue—translating between stakeholders, reframing problems, revealing opportunities and championing change. In this powerful video from the 2011 “Pivot: AIGA Design Conference” Allan Chochinov describes what makes them both powerful and dangerous.

This annual survey offers the most comprehensive document of compensation data for the communication design profession.

Alvin Lustig, revolutionary book jacket designer and recipient of a 1993 AIGA Medal, models how personal vision wedded to modern form can significantly impact the public sphere.