It’s understandable that employee awards and recognition programs might have taken on added significance during the past several years. After all, employee engagement is a very real and immediate workplace challenge. A recent...
It’s understandable that employee awards and recognition programs might have taken on added significance during the past several years. After all, employee engagement is a very real and immediate workplace challenge. A recent...
3D crystal etching: it's an effect that you may not be familiar with---at least by name. And to the extent you might already be familiar with the technique, you may not have liked what you've seen. Most people associate this type of internal...
"Custom Lucite" is a term that's been subject to a good deal of misuse and confusion. Some vendors offer "custom" Lucites, especially "custom Lucite awards", with promises of off-the-shelf availability and next-day shipment. But if these vendors are...
Currency-themed deal toys can play off a variety of creative options, including national symbols, maps, and flags. Currency nicknames have also been a rich source of ideas for commemorating currency-themed transactions. Over the years, we've based...
It’s no wonder that there are abundant opportunities for corporate gifting for pharma companies. The very nature of the industry tends to lend itself to seemingly endless milestones and achievements that could potentially be commemorated. The...
This year marks the 5th anniversary of the frenzied finale of HBO's "Game of Thrones". But more significantly, this week also marks the 5th anniversary of Project "Iron Fleet", one of seven deal toys profiled below that memorably drew inspiration...
Crystal cubes are a popular option for many deal toy and award designs. It's not hard to understand their appeal. They combine the elegance of crystal with the subtlety of a simple geometric shape. What tends to be far less known and appreciated is...
Will Ferrell and Frida Kahlo, along with three Ukrainian artists, a one-handed Yankees pitcher, a group of disgrutled Amazon workers, South Korean fisherwomen, Congolese CIA operatives, Sudanese revolutionaries, and 1970's disco musicians, will all...
Code names offer a rich, and too often neglected, source of deal toy ideas. Code names tend to provide ready-made design ideas because they also tend to be both colorful and evocative. The code names for high-profile deals have included, for...