The Trophy

My first article is about The Trophy from ICON. The article goes into what the trophy has become in the modern age compared to what it originally stood for. It started with hanging the Armour of dead enemies from trees to clearly show the winner of the battle. It goes on to say that the symbol of victory had gone through a evolutionary decent and had turned into a billion dollar business. You can walk into a sports store anywhere and see mass produced cups and figures. There are awards for nearly anything, from science and sports awards to employee of the month awards. As the rise of cultural trophies grew like the noble peace prize, Oscars and Emmy, the award industry grew. The article reminds us that it isn't just in recent times that awards have been given out, as early as 6th century B.C they crowned winners in the Olympics. Even with the business becoming this big it very doubtful you will know the names of any company's that make awards, company's like medallic art company, RS Owen or recognition products international.