Michael Dockery designed the “Triumph Award,” which is an award given out internally for the Associated Electric Cooperative, a company that aims to provide reliable electricity to its members. The award is a wonderfully illustrated piece that celebrates accomplishment and perserverance in a visually-striking manner.

“The electric utility industry is large and complex, requiring many companies and countless people working in tandem to keep the lights on. Like many such large institutions and the smaller companies within them, it can become easy to focus on getting tasks checked off without celebrating the larger accomplishments and individuals who brought them to reality. Associated Electric Cooperative remedied this with the Triumph award, a way to recognize projects of significant importance to the company and tell the stories of those who lived through it.”

“These awards were to be given out at a ceremony which honored the recipients and needed to make them feel elite upon receiving it, but did not need to follow the same chrome, glass, gold material precedent that often become paperweights.