Soulcake Designs The Coveted Statue for 'The Geekie Awards' - Stan Lee Takes Home an Award

LOS ANGELES - Sept. 5, 2013 - PRLog -- LOS ANGELES – September 5, 2013 – Soulcake Design, a product design and development company out of San Clemente, CA, came on board as a sponsor for The 2013 Geekie Awards to create the iconic “vintage sci-fi ray gun” statue. The Geekie Awards celebrates the most talented independent creators, artists and filmmakers via a live broadcast event. The statue serves as an icon for geeks everywhere and will be handed out to the most talented creators for years to come. Nine awards were given out to independent teams, while three statues went to geek icons such as the legendary comic book creator Stan Lee, NASA / JPL Mars Curiosity Rover, and leading man Nathan Fillion for their work in inspiring geekmakers across the globe.

VIDEO: Stan Lee accepts the 2013 'Lifetime Achievement Award'

http://www.youtube.com/embed/zv3oPvEJLgY



On Sunday, August 18^th, 2013, in the heart of Hollywood, California, Stan Lee accepted the 2013 “Lifetime Achievement” Award, and immediately following his speech, took to the red carpet, award in hand, and posed for the press with actor, writer, producer Seth Green. Green presented Stan with the award duringteh show. NASA / JPL Mars Curiosity Rover followed suit after receiving the 2013 “Geek Gred” Award. “Everyone loves the ‘look’ of the award,” said NASA’s Strategic Planning Lead Nagin Cox, as members of her team reveled over the magnetized statue that could be reconfigured as a toy.

Dane Storrusten, Soulcake Co-Founder and Principal Designer explains, “Soulcake was very excited to get the opportunity to design the 1st ever Geekie Award. We knew it had to be special, iconic, and indicative of a brand new type of award show that makes these awesome creators feel like the rockstars they are. When we heard it would be held by the likes of Stan Lee, Seth Green, and members of NASA / JPL, we definitely had an "oh sh@#!" moment. Soulcake is not just an industrial product company, we are an experience company. We brainstormed a variety of cool ‘geek’ related statue ideas that would empower these creators and elevate the euphoric experience of being a winner. We really wanted something interactive and relevant. We landed on a retro sci-fi (gamma) ray gun for a variety of reasons. Mainly because it was an interactive object that would work well on camera and become an engaging prop on the red carpet and on stage. But also it sparked some nostalgia of being a kid full of wonder and amazement (i.e. the inclined stance).”

The statue idea was conceived mere months prior to the show when Nedopak Productions approached Soulcake to request a “vintage sci-fi concept” and “something people will have fun with.” After weeks of sketching and brainstorming, Soulcake came up with the idea of a sci-fi ray gun that could be removed from it’s stand and transformed into a toy.

“The magnetized, detachable base was my partner David Morelock’s idea,” states Storrusten. “He’s obsessed with magnets! (We’re in the process of getting him help.) We wanted the award statue to be dual purpose, so it works as a monument that glistens on the shelf and it accommodates the perfect pistol grip pose.”

The Geekie Award isn’t the first world-renown product created by Soulcake. In 2012, Soulcake partnered with Cobra Puma to craft an award-winning line of golf clubs, including the 2012 AMP Driver and Cobra AMP Iron. Both brought home the Gold Award and topped GD’s annual hot list for exceptional gear. In 2011, the S3 Iron, designed and developed by Soulcake, won Golf Digest’s Gold Award. The company also produces their own product lines for various other industries.

Soulcake would like to acknowledge and thank 2013 Geekie Awards sponsor 3D Systems for molding the statues.

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About Soulcake:

We’re a soulful design company focused on products, brands and experiences. We've got mad flavor because we are humans, and we act like humans. We exist to work with you, as a partner. We're here to celebrate your successes, and the part that we can play in them. Great design is built on necessity, and so was Soulcake. We saw a gaping opportunity to build a studio that enable clients to utilize our team like your own. Your success is our success, and not the other way around. Sounds cheesy, but we’re dead serious about that, at the very least.

Additional information about Soulcake is available at: http://www.soulcakecreative.com/

About The Geekie Awards:

The 2013 Geekie Awards presents the first-ever live streamed geek-genre award show featuring the best indie-created short films, web series, comic books, artists, designers, toy/game makers and more across 9 major categories. ‘The Geekie Awards’ is a registered trademark of Nedopak Productions, LLC.

Additional information about The Geekie Awards is available at: http://www.TheGeekieAwards.com  |  http://www.twitter.com/thegeekieawards  #RUGeekie  |  http://facebook.com/thegeekieawards  |  http://www.youtube.com/thegeekieawards