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.

I’ve been working on some interesting projects recently including DVD work for US performance group Goat Island and philospher and writer Hélène Cixous; conference exhibition work with the illustrator Marcus Oakley; and launching a new campaign with Jamie Catto opposing the UK arms trade called Stop Arming the World.

So I thought it really was time to update the design portfolio section of this site…

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 have been working for some time now rebranding the Man Booker Prizes for Hoop Associates. This is to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the literary prize, and to bring the relatively new International Prize (two winners so far, Nigeria’s Chinua Achebe and the Albanian Ismail Kadaré) into the family. As part of the project I got to design new trophies for all the prizes (see below) one of which is now on display at London’s V&A (Modern Room) as part of a small exhibition about the prize.