“In our story we find Maverick pushing the envelope of human ... checks on the Darkstar mockup. (Photo: Lockheed Martin) As we said in a previous story, the design went from a concept to reality ...

One possible explanation for the backstage confusion that led to the epic screw-up of the Best Picture envelopes at Sunday’s Academy Awards: the new design for the envelopes themselves.

Friedland's specialty envelope, standing at 1/8 inch thick and weighing a 1/4 pound, made its debut at the Oscars in 2011. The creative director put together an exclusive design to bring gravitas ...