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MARCH 7, 1999
ARD CD Named One of TOP 100 of 1998!
Imagine our immense surprise and joy when we received
this letter:
"Congratulations! After careful, considered review,
jurors Hugh Brown, William Claxton, Fritz Marchaud, Bruce Licher and Alli Truch selected
your entry to be included in AIGA/LA's Sound Blast exhibition of the Top CDs of 1998!"
The Los
Angeles Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts
(AIGA) presents SOUND BLAST, the premier exhibition honoring design excellence in
music packaging. The SOUND BLAST exhibit will showcase the top
music CDs of 1998 selected from all market segments, plus best examples promotional
collateral designed and distributed in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Winning selections were drawn from a national competition judged in January 1999
by a five-person jury of industry and indie leaders including last year's Grammy
Award winner for best packaging Hugh Brown, vice president of creative services at
Rhino Records; William Claxton, the legendary jazz photographer and co-founder of
Pacific Jazz Records; Fritz Michaud, creative director at Grand Royal Records; Bruce
Licher, musician, founder and principal of Independent Project Records; and Alli
Truch, vice president of creative services for the Elektra Entertainment Group.
"With SOUND BLAST, the AIGA draws public attention to the power of graphic design
to distill a musician's mood, magic and motivations into a compressed visual form
that invites engagement and prompts a purchase in a potent package, a 5x5" square,"
says Moira Cullen, president of the AIGA's Los Angeles Chapter and the competition's
creative producer. "In a $12 billion industry, competition for listener's eyes
and ears is fierce. SOUND BLAST will honor the year's best strategic and seductive
designs that capture the ineffable the emotional exchange between an artist an audience
and demonstrate the designer's ability to transform a generic silver disc into an
object of desire."
ORDERING INFO
Order the 'Teleconned' CD direct from ARD for only $12.00 (includes shipping in USA).
We'll also ship it to somebody else should you want to surprise them with a great
gift... BUT we cannot guarantee a specific shipping date.
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