Bennett Awards, working in conjunction with Skiver Advertising, created a new custom sculpture award for the inaugural Defender of the Nation Award. This new recognition award honors a college football player from one of the nation’s service academies. For this award, Bennett Awards created a new, unique custom sculpture award in the form of a battle shield. The shield and its stand were crafted from a combination of bronze-plated pewter, oak and mahogany. 

The Sacramento Kings commissioned Bennett Awards to create a new custom sculpture for their new downtown arena and entertainment complex, the Golden 1 Center. The sculpture is in the form of a replica bronze sign and plaque honoring four local Sacramento kids who worked to help keep the Kings in Sacramento.

Bennett Awards worked with General Mills to create new custom awards in the form of the iconic Pillsbury Doughboy. These unique awards, called the Golden Doughboy Awards, were centered around a 3D sculpture of the Pillsbury Doughboy figure. The sculpture was cast in lead-free pewter, and then plated in a golden bronze.

Garth Brooks and Pitbull recently received custom Bennett Awards as recipients of the prestigious SoundExchange Digital Radio Award, which is awarded to artists amassing over one billion digital performances on the more than 2,500 digital radio services that partner with SoundExchange. For these custom awards, Bennett Awards created pewter sculpture awards in the shape of a headset. These unique sculptures featured a brushed pewter finish, and were mounted on orange anodized aluminum bases with engravings of the SoundExchange logo, award name, and recipient name.

The Lincoln Land Charity Classic, a Web.com Tour golf tournament, commissioned Bennett Awards to create a custom perpetual championship trophy for their inaugural championship event.  The Web.com Tour is the developmental tour for the PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or those who have failed to win enough money to stay on the PGA Tour. For this event, the Lincoln Land Charity Classic commissioned Bennett Awards to create a custom perpetual trophy that consisted of a unique, custom sculpture of a top hat (like the one worn by Abraham Lincoln) mounted on top of a large black hardwood base.

The National WW II Museum commissioned Bennett Awards to create a new set of custom medallions for their American Spirit Awards.  The American Spirit Awards recognize individuals and organizations whose work reflects the values and spirit of those who served our country during the World War II years. These recognition awards honor those who inspire others through their own acts of courage, sacrifice, initiative and generosity—particularly in the areas of leadership, service to country or community and education

For the third straight year, the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA), the preeminent non-varsity collegiate lacrosse organization in the country, presented custom champions trophies created by Bennett Awards at its National Championship tournament. The design of the award is based on the MCLA logo: an impressionistic shape of the curved end of a lacrosse stick. The awards are produced in a combination of both anodized steel and acrylic, with the logos of the participating teams silk-screened on the acrylic surface of the award.

Bennett Awards worked collaboratively with the design firm Smartfish Group to create custom kinetic awards for Red Bull. These sculpture awards were created for Red Bull’s Pay for Performance distributor recognition program. These unique awards featured kinetic movement as a key element of the custom award design. Each gear cog interacted with the other cogs – when one cog was spun, all of the other gear cogs spun in conjunction. Each award stood approximately 16” tall and weighed about 5 lbs.

Nokia Bell Labs, the seminal research and development company, commissioned Bennett Awards to create custom awards for new recognition awards they have established: the Bell Labs Shannon Visionary Award. These new recognition awards honor global luminaries and visionaries for their work and contributions in advancing research in the current and future digital age. These awards were created in honor of Bell Lab’s Claude Shannon, generally regarded as the father of information theory.

The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) commissioned a set of unique Bennett custom awards for their 2015 GSA Awards Dinner Celebration. For the past 21 years, the annual GSA Awards have recognized semiconductor companies that have demonstrated excellence through their success, vision, strategy and future opportunities in the industry. For these awards, the GSA commissioned Bennett Awards to create an integrated set of new, unique custom art-glass awards that reflected the purpose of the awards and the theme of the event.