Kim Baer

Hear from members why AIGA is the place to go for connections, resources, savings, education, recognition and—of course—inspiration.

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.

For more than three decades Paula Scher has been at the forefront of graphic design. Iconic, smart and unabashedly populist, her images have entered into the American vernacular, including the graphic identities for Citibank and Tiffany & Co. Since 1991, she has been a principal in the New York office of Pentagram, and in 2001 she was awarded an AIGA Medal.