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.

Design for Democracy applies design tools to increase civic participation by making interactions between the U.S. government and its citizens clear.

Since 2000, Design for Democracy's ballot and election design project has worked to make voting easier and more accurate for all U.S. citizens.

When the Waldo Canyon Fire broke out in Colorado Springs this past June, a group of creatives rapidly mobilized to create Wild Fire Tees, selling custom-designed T-shirts to benefit those affected by fires statewide. Their simple goal was to sell a few hundred shirts. They underestimated by 13,000 percent.

Understanding why clients ask for it is the first step to understanding the powerful alternatives to spec creative