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Artists Es Devlin and Yinka Ilori designed the
statuettes, which will be handed out in pairs at the May 11
ceremony held at London's O2 arena.
"Each recipient is invited to award the second trophy to someone
they consider worthy - it might be recognition - or it might be
someone that does something entirely unrelated to music," Devlin
said.
Ilori added that the idea came from the experience of lockdown.
"Your neighbour you’ve lived beside for six years and never say
hello to suddenly gave you flowers, foods, acts of kindness. I
wanted to capture that," he said.
Devlin and Ilori follow in the footsteps of designer Vivienne
Westwood, milliner Philip Treacy and Turner Prize winner Anish
Kapoor, who all designed BRIT trophies in the past.
This year, a colourful larger statuette was inspired by Ilori’s
Nigerian heritage, while Devlin said the smaller trophy was
"engraved with the maze pattern that celebrates the paths many
of those working within the creative industries have had to
tread in order to progress through this challenging year".
Some 4,000 people will attend the BRITs, which organisers have
said will be the first major indoor music event with a live
audience as Britain emerges from COVID-19 lockdown.
The ceremony will be part of the UK government’s Events Research
Programme, looking at whether major events can take place in
closed environments without social distancing.
More than half of the audience, 2,500 people, will be key
workers with tickets gifted through a ballot.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian, editing by Estelle Shirbon)
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