Shell Game

I was commissioned for this piece for the Harvard Law Bulletin a few weeks back. The school's International Human Rights Clinic is  following a case being heard in the Supreme Court, filed by Esther Kiobel on behalf of herself and several members of the Nigerian Ogoni tribe, against Royal Dutch Shell oil company (alleging crimes against humanity). Ronn, the art director, felt that a simple image connecting Shell with the Supreme Court would work well. I came up with this:

I think Ronn knows his stuff.

To read more about the case, see the article here. Thanks, Ronn!
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