Top 5 Tips to Create the Perfect Acrylic Trophy

Print is our most popular option when designing an acrylic trophy, and for good reason! Acrylic provides a smooth, polished surface that’s ideal for high-impact print. Whether your branding is bold and colourful or more subtle and understated, print allows you to reproduce it with pinpoint precision.

At Gaudio Awards, we offer colour-matching to ensure that your trophy seamlessly aligns with your brand guidelines. That means your logo and brand elements appear in the exact shade they should, helping to keep everything cohesive during your event. 

Print also gives you flexibility across categories, making them a fantastic choice for multi-category events. If you don’t want every award to look identical, you could incorporate:

• Individual winners’ names
• Different category titles
• Sponsor logos
• Unique design elements per award

See it in action: 

The British Racing Greats Awards perfectly demonstrates this approach. We combined a classic clear acrylic tablet with a bold, confident print to let the branding truly shine. 

Acrylic tablets are incredibly versatile in size. Our standard acrylic trophies are available in three sizes, including a square option. This makes them ideal for tiered recognition awards (gold, silver, and bronze) or different levels of achievement within the same ceremony. 

Keeping the design consistent across different sizes allows you to create a cohesive collection of trophies that can then be individually personalised with your winners’ names and categories. That way, your set of awards feel distinct but still connected.

If your project is more bespoke, we can also create custom sizes and proportions. Need a taller, more dramatic silhouette, or a wide-format design to accommodate your sponsor branding? We design and manufacture every trophy in-house, meaning we can tailor the dimensions to suit your vision. 

See it in action: 

For Brace’s charity golf day, we crafted a set of different sized and coloured acrylic trophies to create clear distinction across categories, while maintaining a cohesive overall collection.

While the classic clear acrylic tablet will always remain a favourite, it’s certainly not the only option out there. 

We also offer black and white acrylic tablets, which are perfect if you’re aiming for a bold, contemporary aesthetic. A black acrylic base, for example, provides dramatic contrast for vibrant print or metallic detailing, creating a sleek and confident look that’s particularly striking under event lighting.

See it in action:

We utilised a solid black acrylic tablet for the European Office Product Awards to create modern, refined trophies that felt sharp and impactful.