Full Version: Books or online examples of award designs

From: GayleFromTx (GAYLEOPIE) [#8]
 24 Jun 2004
To: Cindy (CINDYM) [#7] 24 Jun 2004

Actually, your first reply was helpful because, even though I'm not doing engraving, I did want to get some ideas on making award plaques since that is done by sublimation also. With the color capabilities of dye sub, you can add some design that you probably wouldn't or couldn't do with engraving, I would think that when doing awards that you would not want to stray too far from traditional styles as far as setting up the wording, using fonts, and that sort of thing. With a color photo or design as the background and the fact that the words aren't engraved, the design is going to look a lot different anyway and it just seems like it should have some aspects that still look familiar to most people.

So thanks for both answers.

From: Dee (DEENA-ONLY) [#9]
 24 Jun 2004
To: GayleFromTx (GAYLEOPIE) [#1] 25 Jun 2004

Gayle,
This is just an addition to the help you have already received. I have a book that I purchased over 10 years ago called "Plaque Talk, Mastering the Language of Awards". It is approximately 75 pages of what to say on a plaque. There are 3-4 sayings on each page. I frequently hand this book to my customers when they come in and tell me they don't know what to say. I suggest they take a sentence or 2 from the book and then add their own thoughts. I don't remember where I bought it but there is an order form listing a phone # of 718-634-1089 and a FAX # of 718-318-0173. I have also copied suggestions of wording from the Tropar catalog. Our customers seem to relate to their wording style. While these are aimed at engravers the wording would apply to your uses.

Dee

From: GayleFromTx (GAYLEOPIE) [#10]
 25 Jun 2004
To: Dee (DEENA-ONLY) [#9] 25 Jun 2004

Thank you, I'll see if I can get hold of that book. That sounds like what I'm trying to understand -- as I said, I expect that most people who get awards have some concept of what they expect based on years of seeing awards even it they don't know exactly what they want. I haven't done any awards yet but want to start working into that sort of thing and didn't want to get business and then have no clue what to suggest to people who don't know exactly what they want.

From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#11]
 25 Jun 2004
To: GayleFromTx (GAYLEOPIE) [#10] 25 Jun 2004

I feel your pain. I am just setting up for vinyl cutting and feel like I am groping in the dark.

 

From: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#12]
 25 Jun 2004
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#11] 26 Jun 2004

Harvey,

Please! No more details.

From: JHayes55 [#13]
 26 Jun 2004
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#11] 28 Jun 2004

Harvey
If you have any questions that I can help you with drop me a line. We have been doing vinyl graphics for a number of years - still don't feel I know it all by
any means.
Joe

EDITED: 26 Jun 2004 by JHAYES55

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