BDO, the global, professional services business, turned to Special EFX to create a custom-design for its 2020 Dreamcatcher Awards. EFX’s customer, leading the project explains, “We really appreciate the bespoke service − the ability to commission a new award, following the spirit of the 2019 design. We also really like the fact that the awards […]
DJ Clara Amfo is the proud winner of best Radio Show at the recent Music Week Awards. Special EFX manufactured the much-coveted, quaver-design trophies and it turns out Amfo has found a prominent home for hers: “The award shall sit proudly above my kitchen sink, it will keep me inspired as I’m wrestling porridge from […]
Each year for the last eight years, the organiser of the AIM Independent Music Awards (The Association of Independent Music) has teamed up with Special EFX to create the trophies. Creative innovation is always at the heart of the design. This year a gang of glow-in-the-dark robots marched out of the EFX factory, in time […]
Argentina’s Zuccardi Valle de Uco vineyard has taken top accolade in the World’s Best Vineyards 2020 awards. Described as a “dazzling wine experience” and “truly mesmerising”, this is the second year in succession the vineyard has taken the ultimate number one world ranking. Special EFX was commissioned to produce an exclusive and original trophy design […]
Life has been a challenge these last few months but the virtual Rainbow Awards have been a ray of sunshine for many. Much to Special EFX’s amazement, Her Majesty the Queen has been awarded one. Accepted and kindly acknowledged in a letter by a Lady-in-Waiting, the accolade was sent to her by 8-year-old Emily McCarthy, […]
Jonathan Porritt CBE and green activist collected a Lifetime Achievement Award at the edie Sustainability Leaders Awards 2020, held 5 February in London. Special EFX sponsored the trophies and Melanie Osborne, Sales Director, attended the event and reported that he stepped up to the dais, firmly placed his EFX-made trophy in front of him and […]
When it comes to designing awards made from recycled materials, the possibilities and design innovations are exponentially increasing. Enquiries for eco-friendly trophies have been steadily growing for a few years and EFX has been busy sourcing new recycled materials and coming up with creative ideas to help address its own and customers’ Corporate Social Responsibility […]
Sixty years ago the Mini hit the UK market, the Hovercraft levitated over the seas and Barbie was born. Sixty years is a long time in the world of international marketing and likewise an exceptional milestone for the Marketing Society. In November, the Society celebrated its diamond anniversary, marking the occasion by presenting two major […]
The drive for affordable housing is top of the agenda for many. None more so than the National Housing Federation, which celebrated excellence and innovation in the social housing sector at its annual National Housing Awards (NHA). In keeping with the accelerating, national, sustainable agenda, the NHA organisers commissioned EFX to design a trophy for […]
These luggage-tag styled Travel Awards trophies now grace the offices of some of the travel industry’s most-celebrated suppliers of premium and luxury holidays. The Awards were launched 2013, in partnership with The Times, Sunday Times and Sunday Times Travel Magazine, and more recently have expanded to include The Sun. From the outset, the aim was […]
In the world of motorsports, everyone has heard of The 24 Hours of Le Mans. Acclaimed as one of the most prestigious automobile races in the world, it has a certain kudos and aura about it that stirs those enthralled by endurance racing. The organisers Automobile Club de l’Ouest has successfully grown the event and […]
Each week, we pack up a staggering array of custom trophies that have been made at the EFX factory and send them out to customers around the world. And, each week, clients contact us to say just how thrilled they are, having unwrapped their sparkling EFX-made awards. So, what makes a successful staff award or […]
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