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.

In late 2007, the Designers Accord was founded with the goal of changing the way the creative community does business. Designers, educators and business leaders adopted a “Kyoto Treaty” of design (later renamed the Designers Accord) that specified a particular ethos and behavior around sustainable design.

Whether you’re hiring a designer for your department, expanding your design studio or looking for a freelancer, AIGA is the place employers turn to first for qualified candidates. Here’s what you need to know.