Laser Engraving:
Goldgenie are able to laser engrave straight onto iPods and mobile phones with your signature, family photo and even your finger print!
Laser engraving costs start from £12.50
Please see accepted formats for sending artwork:
SUPPLYING ARTWORK (Acceptable Vector Artwork Formats)
Digital artwork must be sent by email to max@goldgenie.com in black only vector format.
Please ensure that the job number is clearly stated in the subject field of your email.
Accept formats are:Adobe illustrator (Al or ESP – must be version 8 or lower)
CorelDraw (CDR – any version from 9 to 12)
- All texts must be converted to curves/paths.
- All outlines must be converted to object/paths.
- All objects/paths must be combined and not grouped.
- All geometry must be of a professional quality with a reasonable amount of nodes (control points).
- A vector format file containing embedded bitmaps is not a true vector artwork and therefore cannot be used.
- White geometry cannot be used as a mask to hide any parts of design.
- Overlapping geometries must be welded to form one path.
There will be not art charges for use of this type of work
If the above guidelines are not met then art charges will be incurred, Goldgenie T&C apply.
Acceptable bitmap digital artwork formats
B/W bitmaps (TIFF, JPG, BMP, and @300dpi scanned 5 x actual mark size – max A4) can be used but will incur additional conversion charge as stated in our current price guide.
All conversion work must be authorised by Email. Verbal instruction to process artwork will not be accepted.
Variable data; Personalisation – serialisation
Variable data (Names, serial numbers, etc) MUST be sent as an Excel file with one variable per cell, all within column A. Each engraving position is taken one cell at a time, for example cell A1 = John Smith. Type must be sent case sensitive. Front type, alignment, colour, etc are not important. Other file formats cannot be accepted for input of variable data.
Printed Artwork
We do not accept artwork in film or printed format.
If you are still unsure about the required artwork format, please call our design department on 0845 056 8930 or email marcus@goldgenie.com
Please note that we do not accept any responsibility whatsoever for your correctness or verification of your digital artwork.
Kate Moss, Amy wine house and Victoria Beckham buy Bizarre gold plated Apple iPods by Goldgenie, the limited edition of ipods 1-500 were made exclusively for The Sun Newspaper showbiz column.
Encouraged by the man himself – Mr. Mohammed Al Fayed, after presenting him with a real Havana 24ct. gold plated cigar in Harrods, Laban says “Mr Al Fayed is one of the nicest men I have ever met he really encourages me when ever I see him to become a billionaire like him”
Neasden and the Sri Murugan are two of the largest Hindhu temples out side of Eastern Asia every single block of marble, stone, ornament even tiles for the roof were imported from India except of course the gold that was obtained from Goldgenie:
After gold plating religious artefacts, statues and fittings in both temples within 2 years of each other, Laban says that when Goldgenie got the job of gold plating the temple’s he asked why was he picked over the other companies to take on this project, the answer given by the committee in charge of works told him “ We prayed about it and your company was presented to us”
The Neasden temple is an ongoing project with the last job being the gold plating of the dieties crowns (we are not allowed to display pictures of this)
Tonight sees the 10th Anniversary White Tie & Tiara Ball in support of the Elton John Aids Foundation. It’s bound to be a special night and it’s an invitation-only do.
As part of our support for the foundation, we’ve teamed up with Micro Anvika to create a (very) limited edition – eleven only! – 8GB gold-plated iPod Nano. You can see one of these extremely rare beauties in the picture below.
We told you last month that Laban would be presenting an award at the prestigious Macworld Awards. Well, it happened and the evening was a great success.
Laban presented the evening’s Grand Prix Award for the best product among all those winning their categories on the evening. Bento by FileMaker took the votes and Laban handed over the special trophy to FileMaker’s Northern Europe Regional Manager, Tony Speakman.
The photo shows Laban backstage before making the presentation. He’s holding the special glass trophy with its gold-plated top expertly added by the Goldgenie team. With Laban in the photo are, from left to right, Richard West (Apple’s UK & Ireland Business Manager, Print & Publishing), Ingrid Kirschner (Apple UK’s Senior Account Executive for Distribution), and Georgina Dias (Apple’s UK & Ireland Product Manager for iPod, TV, Mac mini, and iMac).
You can also watch a 10-minute video of the awards highlights here – look out for Laban from about the 7:05 mark.
I’m sure you’re all watching the latest series of Big Brother on Channel 4. Keep a watchful eye out for the bathroom and shower fittings next time the cameras are in there. No, I’m not suggesting anything kinky! It’s just that you may notice that things sparkle and shine. That’s because Laban and the team were in the house before the new series started gold-plating the bathroom and shower rooms. It was a long job and had to be done in situ. So long, in fact, that when Laban emerged, he said he felt like he’d been a contestant.
Now there’s an idea for the next series!
The picture below shows the special gold-plated Apple iPods we made for Roman Abramovich and his girlfriend Daria Zhukova on Valentine’s Day earlier this year.
As an extra touch, we also laser etched the two iPods with ‘His’ and ‘Hers’. In Russian, of course!
The idea for the gifts came from Goldgenie backer and Dragons’ Den judge James Caan, who is an avid Chelsea fan. We can only hope that using the iPods on the trip back from the Champions League final in Moscow brought some consolation.
Goldgenie has a special relationship with all things Apple: our iPod and iPhone range are some of our biggest sellers. The Apple design combined with our gold-plating expertise is always going to produce a winner.
It comes as no surprise, therefore, that the organisers of this year’s Macworld Awards have commissioned Goldgenie to gold-plate one of the awards. What’s more, they want Laban to present the winner with his or her award, too.
The awards take place at the O2 Arena on June 12th. You can find out more about the awards here.
Great news for all fans of Laban Roomes and Dragons’ Den: Laban has started his own blog over at labanroomes.com.
Read the new blog to find out Laban’s thoughts on business success and entrepreneurship, as well as some of the experiences he’s had on his road to success. Better still, Laban is offering readers their very own route to success with a gold-plated opportunity. Visit the new blog now to learn more.
