2009 Altpick Awards Entries
Category: Design, Covers/Book/Magazine Spreads/Posters: Single/Series
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"The Informant!"
Description: The Informant! is about Ivy League Ph.D. Mark Whitacre (Damon), a rising star at Decatur, Illinois based Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in the early 1990s who wound up blowing the whistle on the company’s price-fixing tactics. [3][4] Matt Damon portrays the bipolar whistleblower in the film as Whitacre displays bizarre behavior including recklessness and grandiosity. One night in early November 1992, the high-ranking ADM executive confessed to FBI agent Brian Shepard (Bakula) that ADM executives — including Whitacre himself — had routinely met with competitors to fix the price of lysine, a food additive. As the highest-ranked executive to ever turn whistleblower in US history, Whitacre secretly gathered hundreds of hours of video and audio over several years to present to the FBI. [3][5][6] He assisted in gathering evidence by clandestinely taping the company’s activity in business meetings at various locations around the globe such as Tokyo, Paris, Mexico City, and Hong Kong. In the upcoming film — a dark comedy/thriller in director Steven Soderbergh’s hands — Whitacre’s good deed dovetails with his own major infractions and struggle with bipolar disorder. [3][7] The film focuses on Whitacre's meltdown resulting from the pressures of wearing a wire for three years. In a stunning turn of events immediately following the covert portion of the case, headlines around the world reported that the whistleblower defrauded $9 million from his own company at the same period of time he was secretly working for the FBI and taping his co-workers.[3] Because of this major infraction and Whitacre’s bizarre behavior, he was sentenced to a prison term three times longer than the white-collar criminals he helped to nab.[3] However, ten years later (2008), the former FBI supervisor of the price fixing case, Dean Paisley (played by Allan Havey), with backing from the two other FBI agents and a former prosecutor, went public with praise about Whitacre. "Had it not been for the fraud conviction, he would be a national hero", Paisley stated. "Well, he is a national hero", he further stated.[3][5][6] Artist: Neil Kellerhouse |
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"Directory of Illustration Cover"
Description: A Wrap around cover I Illustrated for the new Directory of Illustration Artist: Aaron Meshon |
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"CHEAP TRICK - BUDOKAN!"
Description: DVD cover for the band's iconic performance at BUDOKAN in Japan. This was the first time the video of the concert was released since the concert in 1978. Artist: Phil Yarnall |
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"The Girlfriend Experience"
Description: GFE is five days in the life of an ultra high-end Manhattan call girl who thinks she has her life totally under control. She feels her future is secure because she runs her own business her own way, makes $2000 an hour, and has a devoted boyfriend who accepts her lifestyle. But when youre in the business of meeting people, you never know who youre going to meet. Shot in a an artistic cinema verité style, the ups and downs of GFE's story line are less compelling than the very credible performance of award-winning adult film actress, Sasha Grey, as a determined young woman that has managed to achieve success as an upscale escort without any apparent loss of dignity, but clearly at the expense of her ability to feel anything deeply, be it with her clients or in her personal life. In an uncomplicated way, the film makes a provocative point about the more subtle costs of switching off aspects of our aliveness (i.e. our caring) to get ahead. Artist: Neil Kellerhouse |
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"Poetry"
Description: Poster for the ninth festival of poetry in Montreal. The number nine is like a bubble to mean the words of the character. (poster in 2 colors) Artist: Laurent Pinabel |
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"Prince Harming Syndrome"
Description: Book for women in their 20s who want to break the pattern of dating the wrong men and finally find their prince charming. Artist: Fernanda Cohen |
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"Tommy"
Description: 11"x17" poster for The Who's, Tommy. Artist: Andrio Abero |
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"Encyclopedia of PUNK"
Description: This is the cover for a 400+ page encyclopedia of punk music and culture. Artist: Phil Yarnall |
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"MIT School of Architecture Posters"
Description: Posters announcing lecture series at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's school of Architecture. "Producing Geopolitics" and "Outside" respectively. Artist: Elasticbrand |
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"The jimi Hendrix Experience - Live at Monterey"
Description: This is the cover for a DVD of Jimi's performance at The Monterey Pop Festival, where he finished his set by burning his guitar. right on! Artist: Phil Yarnall |
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"The Children's Theatre Company 2009/2010 Brochure"
Description: Enter Stage Left - The respected, Tony Award-winning Children’s Theatre Company was searching for new ways to gain awareness, increase funding, and bolster subscription sales while also reclaiming its place in the hearts of children and parents. Establishing a new perspective, these annual subscription brochures took CTC to a higher level. The Plot Thickens - The colorful, playful and engaging brochures remind us how quickly kids grow up and how magical and special childhood can be. CTC is presented as an affordable, high-quality choice for quality time with your kids, while they’re still kids. The effect was worthy of a standing ovation. CTC’s subscriptions soared and their success has been recognized nationwide. Artist: Designer - Victoria Prendergast, Jill Milbery, Rachel Nybeck, Meenal Patel |
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