The Groundswell Collective is graphic designers Ryan Christopher Hermens and James David Morgan, with other rotating collaborators. "Just two friends from the old neighborhood, trying to make the world better through graphic and web design."

Groundswell began in 2006, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Recognizing the need and desire for creative approaches to activism, Ryan and James began to contribute to social movements through design and visual arts. Their work is done in activist circles, as part of their organizing efforts, but they also work with clients and collaborate with like-minded artists. They're geographically dispersed, and maintain local efforts in their home towns, where you'll find them in the streets, and maybe even in a gallery one day.

Here is an inspiring quote on their approach to graphic design:

In our line of work, influencing systems through design is central to success. If a designer’s work tangibly contributes to fashioning and furthering alternative modes of social organization, it’s working. That design which proffers what could be, and which prefers community and participation thrives in this environment. It's a rebellion against monoculture. Cultural production of this variety questions and dismantles dominant ideologies. It is in character for us to not wish for the reform of unjust systems, but to disrupt them and hand out the tools with which to skirt or dismantle them. We work from an unscripted reality, and alleviate (rather than enforce) politics.

You can check out their portfolio here , and don't miss their blog on art and activism!