Designers: Get involved

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveiled a new icon and social media campaign to educate Americans about good health and nutrition. Move over MyPyramid, here's MyPlate.

If instances of self-questioning about working in-house become a catalyst for self-doubt, why not redirect some of that energy toward constructive self-evaluation? We can’t count on having control over everything that affects our design careers, but we can establish focus, build accountability and develop a newfound sense of assurance about our professional trajectory in-house.

The Aspen Design Summit, a partnership of AIGA and Winterhouse Institute, was held in November 2009 at Aspen Meadows with support from The Rockefeller Foundation.

The story behind smashLAB’s website redesign for the Vancouver Aquarium. The aim was not only to increase attendance, but to foreground the organization’s mission-focused initiatives in conservation, education and research.