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.

Ivy Ross, Senior Vice President at Mattel, discusses her innovative approach to building new brands.

Layoffs are a fact of life in the design profession. With unemployment at 7.7 percent nationally, and with firms learning to operate leaner in order to remain competitive in a very crowded market, I've assembled a list of warning signs that you might be laid off, and what steps you should take to achieve the most favorable outcome.