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The award was presented by Graphic Design USA (GDUSA), a New York-based graphic arts industry magazine. Yupo received the 2019 award for its branded 2020 desk calendar.
“Paraphrasing the Beatles, we ‘got by with a little help from our friends,’” said Bill Hewitt, Yupo’s marketing manager. Hewitt was referring to Professional Printing Center (PPC) and O’Brien et al. Advertising (OEA) from Virginia Beach, Va. OEA is Yupo’s marketing agency and designer of the piece; PPC is Yupo’s next-door neighbor in Greenbrier Industrial Park and the printer that produced the final product using YUPO Synthetic Paper.