Diamond Award Club

By Invitation Only

The Invitation

Diamond Award Club seal of the year 2027, in gold

MMXXVII · New York, New York

There is no form to fill
and no list to join

The door opens
from the inside

The Invitation

Chosen,
not entered

The Diamond Award Club is a private recognition society for exceptional people and the brands they build.

Diamonds Are Forever

A private
recognition society

We recognize achievement, document the story behind it, and introduce our Members to a circle of media, culture and opportunity that outlasts the evening it began.

Membership is extended, never requested. Each Member is presented with the Award, carries the Seal of the Year, and is seen through our lens the way they deserve to be remembered.

Philosophy

Excellence is entrusted, not merely achieved

Those we honor do not receive an award. They join a circle.

A man walks down a gravel path between tall cypress trees toward a lake and mountains

What Membership Holds

Five things,
held for a year

Membership is not a single evening. It is a year of being seen, and the right to say where you stand.

  1. iThe Awardengraved with your logo
  2. iiSealthe emblem of your year, yours to carry
  3. iiiRegistrationyour name in the Club’s record since 2019
  4. ivPublicationyour place in print and digital
  5. vIntroductionspeople worth knowing, and a seat at the Club’s occasions

By Commission

Photography · Film · Member’s Hour

Made for you, at your choosing

The Award opens the door
The Club is what is behind it

The 2027 Award: black crystal in a polished gold frame, with the Club seal, a space for the Member's logo and IN GOD WE TRUST at its foot

The Award

Cast by the house
behind the Globes

Black crystal, a frame of polished gold, and four words engraved at its foot. Crafted by Society Awards, the atelier behind some of the world’s most recognized honors, including the Golden Globe and the Emmy.

Dimensions
15 × 20 inches
Weight
20 lbs
Inscription
The Member’s logo

Seal of the Year

A crest for
the modern age

The signet ring, the crest above the door, the seal pressed in wax. Ours is set in gold and diamonds, and for the year of your membership it is yours to carry on your website, your storefront, your campaign. Renewed each year, worn openly, extended to few.

The 2027 Seal of the Year: eight square cut diamonds around a gold globe
A Member's Hour conversation: a doctor in dark scrubs and a man in a suit, seated in armchairs either side of a small table
Member’s Hour, Episode I: Dr. David Kashan, plastic surgeon

Work

Seen as you
deserve to be

One day, one house, every frame made by hand. The photography, the film, the podcast.

Christopher Macchio sings into a microphone in a black velvet jacket

Members’ Evenings

Christopher
Macchio

America’s Tenor, and the voice of state occasions at the White House. He performs at the Club’s occasions, and at a Member’s evening on request.

Arranged privately through the Club

Circle

The company
we keep

Houses we work beside, causes we stand behind. Introductions are made quietly.

  • The Davani Groupdesign & build
  • Miami Vibesthe magazine
  • Jack Stormsoptic glass sculptor
  • The New Persian Timesthe press
  • Toys for Hospitalized Childrenphilanthropy
Jack Storms with one of his optic glass sculptures
Two men in suits beside the 2023 Ten Tier Diamond Award for Kashan

Origins

Since 2019,
quietly

The Diamond Award Club grew from the Ten Tier Diamond Award. Surgeons, restaurateurs, builders and artists, each one recognized in their own space and each one still in the Register.

Class Carpet · Dr. Carlos Wesley · Aristocrat · Kashan · Honu

Mr. Andy Alem, President of the Diamond Award Club, seated in a dark jacket

A Note from the Founder

Excellence deserves
to be remembered

I created the Club on a simple belief: genuine excellence deserves more than a moment of recognition. It deserves to be documented, shared, and remembered.

I came to this through science and medicine before I came to it through a lens, and both taught me the same things: precision, service, and the importance of presentation. Our Members are chosen for what they have built, what they have given, and the way they carry themselves.

The rest is better said in person.

Mr. Andy Alem

President