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National Print Awards
honours at National Print Awards
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Winners: At the National Print Awards live event
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Top honours: Carbon8 owners Peter Musarra (left) and Kenneth Beck
Bronze to Taylor’d Press. Styleprint added a third Gold,
this time for Branding & Identity for Baker’s Delight BCNA Insta Wall, with Silver and Bronze in that category going to The Fotobase Group. Carbon8 rounded out its tally of Gold, taking out the top award for Multi- Piece Promotions & Campaigns with Kurraba Residences, ahead of The Fotobase Group who won Silver, and Styleprint who took home Bronze. Designer of the Year went to Sunshine Coast Design for Noosa – The Guide, printed by Sunprint.
Chair of Judges, Luke Wooldridge, said the judging of the 2021 State Printing Industry Creativity Awards saw the panel of industry experts review well over 300 entries across 32 categories, first selecting the PICA winners for each state, then comparing the Gold Medal winning entries for the Judges’ Awards and National Print Awards honours.
“While the awards continue to
be judged on craftsmanship and print quality, other criteria such as aesthetics, creativity, innovation and the user experience are also major factors in deciding the winning entries, with judges examining every aspect of every job in detail to check for imperfections,” said Wooldridge.
“The print entries received this year were of the highest quality and reflective of the high standard of production for which the Australian print industry is renowned; they were world class,” he said. 21
won top honours for Note Printing Australia with Cutler Brands awarded Silve,r and Poster Boy Printing the Bronze.
In category 18, Commercial Printing, Style Print took home
a Gold medal for Mecca Holiday 2020, with a Bronze awarded to Pegasus Print Group, while Focal Printing Tasmania took out the Gold in another perennial favourite, Stationery Printing, with Inclusive Creatives Stationery. The Silver
in that category went to Taylor’d Press, and the Bronze to Heaney’s Performers in Print.
The Embellishment category always attracts some beautiful entries, and this year was no exception, with
CCL Label winning the top gong for
a stunningly embellished label for Jacob’s Creek Double Barrel Matured Shiraz. Silver was won by Matte Gold, and Bronze by Multi-Color Corporation (Griffith).
Multi-Color Corporation scooped the pool in the Printer of the Year – Labelling, with a Gold for Victoria for Ganglin Mandarin Chilli Gin, a Silver for SA and the Bronze going to its Queensland operation. When it came to Self-Promotion, Styleprint took out the Gold for Styleprint Escape from 2020, with Fast Proof Press winning Silver for their calendar, and the Bronze going to Carbon8.
Printer of the Year – Large Format went to Cactus Imaging for Sandstones Building Wrap, with Colour Chiefs taking Silver, and Styleprint the Bronze, while the similar award for Packaging was won by Networkpak for Pure Body Luxe. Silver was taken home to Tasmania by Mercury Walch, and the Bronze to Rawson Print Co.
Kuhn Corp won the Small Business Printer of the Year – Up to 12 Employees, taking home Gold for IGA Marketplace Magazine – Christmas 2020, with Silver going to EPM, and
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