Bullets Don't Discriminate

The power of the “End Gun Violence” campaign is in the collection of voices, supporting the simple premise that gun violence is detrimental to the life of our communities. If the full strength of our profession’s creativity can be harnessed to clarify and give form to this subject, we may be able to command the attention of the public and to help effect a solution.

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.

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.