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To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the National Western Stock Show, I was commissioned to created a poster showing all the official badges from 1906 to the present. The challenge was trying to find these pins. The National Western had archived most of the badges, however many were still missing and fortunately after much searching all but about 4 were located.
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Lou Gehrig's 100th Birthday
As a special promotion for the ALS Association, Mike Jenson was asked to design a commemorative baseball card for Lou Gehrig's 100th birthday. Nearly 100,000 cards were printed and distributed in every major league park in the spring of 2003.
Since that time a new baseball card has been created for various ALS chapters across the U.S. to promote Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Voyager
The Voyager was the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. It was piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager. The flight took off from Edwards Air Force Base's 15,000 foot (4,600 m) runway in the Mojave Desert on December 14, 1986, and ended successfully 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds later, on December 23.
As part of this historic event, Jenson Advertising was commissioned to design and create 750 specially prepared flight covers to be flown on Voyager, which now join the ranks of other rare and valuable aviation collectibles. To document the flight, the covers were postmarked the day of launch and postmarked again upon landing.
The challenge was to have all 750 envelopes weight less than one pound. The solution was to print these on lightweight onion skin paper and hand fold into envelopes.Then packaged as small as possible and tucked in a very tight space on the aircraft. The first cover is now in the Smithsonian Museum.
As part of this historic event, Jenson Advertising was commissioned to design and create 750 specially prepared flight covers to be flown on Voyager, which now join the ranks of other rare and valuable aviation collectibles. To document the flight, the covers were postmarked the day of launch and postmarked again upon landing.
The challenge was to have all 750 envelopes weight less than one pound. The solution was to print these on lightweight onion skin paper and hand fold into envelopes.Then packaged as small as possible and tucked in a very tight space on the aircraft. The first cover is now in the Smithsonian Museum.
Colorado Non-Stamp
In 1975 when the postal service decided not to print an official stamp to commemorate Colorado's 100th anniversary, a group of frustrated citizens set out to make their voices heard. Mike Jenson proceeded to design and create the Colorado non-stamp. It was a protest to the Postal Service and printed by thermography with an initial print order for 1,000 panes each containing 16 non-stamps.
About a week after the non-stamp made its debut, the Postal Service announced that it would issue a souvenir card on Colorado Day, August 1, 1976. They assumed the card would mollify Coloradans. It didn't. By this time, the press really began to jump on the bandwagon. One editorial after another appeared decrying the Postal Service's insensitivity. Nothing but a postage stamp would do, they insisted. The souvenir card was considered a slight.
On June 14, 1976, the Colorado Centennial-Bicentennial Commission officially endorsed the non-stamp thus making it an official part of the Colorado Centennial celebration. The endorsement make the front page of the Post and News and the story even appeared on the evening news. Another 10,000 panes of stamps were reordered.
After much protest the Postal Service finally introduced a stamp for Colorado and the non-stamp remains the official Centennial stamp for Colorado.
About a week after the non-stamp made its debut, the Postal Service announced that it would issue a souvenir card on Colorado Day, August 1, 1976. They assumed the card would mollify Coloradans. It didn't. By this time, the press really began to jump on the bandwagon. One editorial after another appeared decrying the Postal Service's insensitivity. Nothing but a postage stamp would do, they insisted. The souvenir card was considered a slight.
On June 14, 1976, the Colorado Centennial-Bicentennial Commission officially endorsed the non-stamp thus making it an official part of the Colorado Centennial celebration. The endorsement make the front page of the Post and News and the story even appeared on the evening news. Another 10,000 panes of stamps were reordered.
After much protest the Postal Service finally introduced a stamp for Colorado and the non-stamp remains the official Centennial stamp for Colorado.
Journey to Mars
