NEW YORK—May 14, 2012. AIGA’s Design Leaders Confidence Index rose again in the first quarter of 2012, rising from 100.71 to 104.15—the second highest level of confidence since AIGA began monitoring confidence in 2005.

Armin Hofmann was awarded the 2011 AIGA Medal in April 2012 at “Bright Lights: The AIGA Awards” in New York City.

This project involves the creation of an advocacy website for the Pine Ridge Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. The site provides contact information for involvement and educates viewers about the historical, social, health and economic challenges of the 3rd poorest county in the United States.

There are a lot of designers out there applying for the same job. In this guest post for AIGA Houston, Savage Art Director Ashley Rundall explains why it’s important for every designer to find out what makes you unique and better at your job than the next guy, then sell them in the interview.

Mexican artist Jorge De La Garza uses carefully selected found images from secondhand books to create his memorable collages. These are images from his latest collage series: Collage - X.

NEW YORK—April 27, 2012. This week the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the results of its August 2011 deadline, which included support towards the development of a National Design and Social Impact Mentorship Program and 100 Years of Design in America, a series of educational videos about accomplished designers.

What role does memory play in design? Book-inspired questions like this one, sparked by Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein, are at the heart of Design Reading, an ongoing online dialogue about the influence of reading in our work.

Together, design and business can solve society’s toughest problems. Learn how at “Gain: AIGA Design for Social Value Conference” in San Francisco this fall.

AIGA’s Get Out the Vote campaign invites designers to create nonpartisan posters and videos that inspire the American public to participate in the electoral process and vote in the 2012 general election.