British architect David Adjaye has designed the trophy for the winners of next year's Brit Awards, which swaps the traditional hourglass for a figure with "unique" proportions.
The trophies are cast in solid glass, finished with a translucent, frosty effect.
They take the form of Britannia, the female personification of Britain. But Adjaye – who was born in Tanzania, but is now based in London – designed an alternative to the character's traditional slender form.
"My take on the Brit trophy is the manifestation of a great material forged in fire and shaped into the body of a woman. She is unique, and proportionally she is very different," said the architect.
Adjaye describes the new trophies as "proportionally very different" to the previous manifestations, which are typically more slender"The Brit Awards are a quintessential part of a celebration of British talent and a powerful forum to really talk about the evolving nature of British culture and the contribution of people to that culture," he continued. "For me, designing the award was an opportunity to question and explore – what is the nature of perfection and imperfection, what is the notion of beauty. It was exciting to transfer those ideas to a smaller object. Now, we have something that I really, really love; I'm very happy with it."
The awards are cast in solid glass and finished with a translucent, frosty effectThe architect produced the tr...