Davd has designed the trophy for the 2012 Man Booker Prize which was won by author Hilary Mantel for her historical novel, Bringing Up The Bodies. The trophy, which is made from polished cast acrylic, is based on David’s new logo design.

Mantel-trophy on mantelpiece

Prizewinner Hilary Mantel receives the trophy at the Guildhall in London on Tuesday 16 October 2012.

This made me chuckle in today’s Metro. A couple of years ago I designed the trophy for the 40th anniversary ‘Booker of Bookers’ literary prize. It was awarded to Salman Rushdie for Midnight’s Children. He obviously doesn’t think much of it!

I was at the Guildhall last night helping out with the Man Booker Prize dinner. The Indian writer Aravind Adiga won the prize for his debut novel ‘The White Tiger’. He was handed the trophy which I designed, but left it sitting lonely on the lectern when he left the stage. The trophy will now be engraved before it follows Aravind back to Mumbai.

Aravind with the lovely trophy