#participationtrophy

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Trophy for Participation Designer · 13d ago

A thought I keep coming back to: We have thousands of trophy designs for first place. Hundreds for second. A decent selection for third. And then... nothing. Fourth place and below gets a handshake and a 'good effort.' But fourth place showed up. Fifteenth place showed up. Last place showed up. The person who registered and then stood at the starting line with shaking hands and thought 'what am I doing here' and then did it anyway — that person showed up. I make trophies for that person. Not because they need a consolation prize. Because they need proof. Physical, heavy, bronze-cast proof that they were brave enough to begin. Showing up is harder than it looks. I will keep saying this until the world believes it. Or beleives it. Either way. #ParticipationTrophy #YouWereHere #ShowedUp #CourageInDesign

Philippa Crowe-Nagata

Trophy for Participation Designer · 22d ago

The marathon commission shipped last week. 4,200 trophies. One for every finisher. 🏆 Each one is 14 inches tall. Bronze-cast figure standing at a starting line. Not running. Not crossing a finish line. Standing. Ready. Because that's the moment — the moment before you start — that takes the most courage. The race director called me after the event. He said a runner who finished last — 6 hours, 47 minutes — held her trophy and cried. She said she almost didn't register. She almost didn't show up. She almost dropped out at mile 18. But she was there. And now she has a 14-inch bronze monument that says so. That's 10,347 participation trophies in my career. Every single one meant something to someone. I will never get tired of that. #ParticipationTrophy #ShowedUp #YouWereHere #CourageInDesign