Society Awards

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Society Awards
Industry Custom design and manufacture
Founded 2007
Founder(s) David Moritz
Headquarters

37-18 Northern Blvd. Suite 516

Long Island City, U.S.
Products Sculpture, awards, executive gifts
Website www.societyawards.com

Society Awards is an American company best known for its custom design and manufacturing of high-profile entertainment industry awards, including the Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and GLAAD Media Award, among others.

History

Society Awards was founded in 2007 by entrepreneur David Moritz, and is headquartered in New York City.[1] Moritz is an attorney by training, and has founded two other companies which include Mode Design Group and Ambition Beverages.

Clients

Society Award’s clients include televised entertainment programs, charitable organizations, Fortune 500 corporations, film festivals and luxury brands. The company has done projects for companies and brands ranging from MTV to YouTube, John Varvatos and Jeff Koons.[2]

Society Awards is responsible for the design and manufacturing of the statuettes for numerous entertainment industry awards, including the Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award[1] GLAAD Media Award,[3] MTV Video Music Award, MTV Movie Award, CFDA Award, American Music Award, Academy of Country Music Award, Billboard Music Award and the Dancing with the Stars trophy, among others.[4]

In 2013 Society Awards designed the first ever trophy for The Voice (U.S. TV series).[5] That same year, the company also manufactured a bottle stopper as part of limited edition packaging for Patrón in its collaboration with David Yurman.[6]

Location

The Society Awards offices are located in Long Island City in the old Standard Motors building. The company occupies an 8,000 sq. ft. space, and does much of the trophy and award customizing on-site with specialized machinery.[1] They also have a 12,000 sq. ft. facility in the American Midwest.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "New Look For Golden Globe Statuette". CBS News. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2012-08-27. 
  2. ↑ "STATUE - Carpetbagger Blog - NYTimes.com". Carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com. 2009-01-11. Retrieved 2012-08-27. 
  3. ↑ Kissell, Rick (2009-03-29). "20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2011-06-04. 
  4. ↑ "20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in NYC Wrap-Up". GLAAD. Retrieved 2012-08-27. 
  5. ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/danielle-bradbery-wins-voice-article-1.1376426.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/patron-anejo-adorned-with-david-yurman-limited-edition-bottle-stopper-231560171.html.  Missing or empty |title= (help)

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