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New Design Awards for Michael Patrick Partners Moves Total Close to 500 Design and Brand Development Firm Ends 2006 with 13 More Awards PALO ALTO, CA, AND PORTLAND, OR February 8, 2007 Michael Patrick Partners of Palo Alto, CA, and Portland, OR, closed 2006 by adding more national design awards to its already crowded office walls, including another Black Book AR100 for the 2005 Pacific Sunwear (PacSun stores) annual report. Along with being selected as one of the nation's top 100 annual report designs for 2006, it was also named one of the year's top 10 photographed. The AR100 award show presents the most coveted award in annual report design to a small universe of firms. As the name suggests, the show honors only the top 100 annual reports created during the year as chosen by a panel of renowned designers assembled in New York City. Last year Michael Patrick Partners won an additional AR100 for its design of the 2004 Umpqua Holdings annual report. The addition of the year-end awards moves the firm's historical total close to 500. "We're proud that our collaboration with PacSun's creative team of Dennis Leggett and Gar Jackson—plus Peggy Sirota's and Jonathan Skow's amazing photography of the teens and young adults who love PacSun's casual apparel, accessories, and footwear—resulted in yet another AR100 award for our firm and PacSun," said Dick McIntosh, Michael Patrick Partners' design director. "We're currently working on the sixth annual report for PacSun, and I feel another long list of awards is in our future." More recognition came from the American Graphic Design Awards for 11 projects, including the PacSun annual, the 2005 interactive annual for Umpqua Holdings, and the fiftieth-anniversary brochure for Fair Isaac. Neenah Paper Company also presented an award for the refreshed Michael Patrick Partners' corporate identity. The senior designers on the projects included Ann Artz and Eko Tjoek.About Michael Patrick Partners Michael Patrick Partners is a nationally recognized design and brand development firm with offices in Palo Alto, CA, and Portland, OR. Its staff has earned the trust and the respect of a wide range of companies and focuses particularly on four core design disciplines: annual reports, brand identity programs, collateral, and interactive; they also have extensive experience launching new companies and new brands. Since the firm's inception, it has won nearly 500 awards of excellence in the nation's most prestigious design competitions. Michael Patrick Partners is described further on the Web at michaelpatrickpartners.com. Company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners. 532 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301 322 NW Fifth Avenue, No. 312, Portland, OR 97209 Press Contact Duane "Doo" Maidens |
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