GOLD WINNER: DIVERSITY

DIGITAL PRINT CENTER

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Producing a poster with several printing techniques and effects which will reflect the diversity of materials and printing methods, techniques and operations. The poster will be printed as high-quality offset printing with many digital printing and effects in addition to silk screen printing in addition with many technical effects will be implemented on the poster. The poster will reflect the open possibilities of combining different materials in the printing industry to create a piece of art.

COUNTRY: QATAR
PRINTING TYPE: MIXED (COMBINATION OF PRINTING TECHNIQUES)
TECHNIQUE: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP, ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR, COCOON SILK RECYCLED PAPER 350 GSM, MACTAC PERMAFUN COARSE GRAIN WOOD, MACTAC PERMAFUN PEACH SKIN, MACTAC PERMAFUN LEATHERTEX, HEIDELBERG 102 OFFSET PRINTER 100CM X 70CM (2 COLOURS MACHINE), HP DESIGNJET L26500 (WITH HP LATEX INKS), SAKURAI SILK SCREEN MACHINE, BOBST DIECUTTER MACHINE, MIMAKI PLOTTER CG 130FX2, MACTAC CLEAR LAMINATION WITH LEATHER EFFECT, MACTAC CLEAR LAMINATION WITH WOOD EFFECT, MACTAC CLEAR LAMINATION WITH PEACH VELVET EFFECT, ALUMINUM FOIL (GOLD, BRONZE, BLACK, PURPLE, BLUE, GREEN), THE POSTER WILL BE PROCESSED THROUGH 15 MAIN STAGES (SOME STAGES WILL HAVE MULTI OPERATIONS.)
EQUIPMENT: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP, ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR, ART MATT PAPER 350 GSM MACHINERY, HEIDELBERG 102 OFFSET PRINTER 100CM X 70CM, SAKURAI SILK SCREEN MACHINE, MIMAKI PLOTTER CG 130FX2, MACTAC CLEAR LAMINATION WITH LEATHER EFFECT, MACTAC CLEAR LAMINATION WITH WOOD EFFECT, MACTAC CLEAR LAMINATION WITH PEACH VELVET EFFECT, ALUMINUM FOIL (GOLD, BLACK, BRONZE, PURPLE, BLUE, GREEN)
PRINT VOLUME: 50
TIME FRAME: 15 DAYS

SILVER WINNER: ALFONS MUCHA AND GUSTAV KLIMT

MIDI PRINT LLC

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This poster consists of prints by the most popular masters, Alphonse Mucha and Gustav Klimt. Relief metallizing perfectly combines with master's colour palette and makes the prints look premium style and luxury as well as increases visual and haptic effects.

COUNTRY: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
PRINTING TYPE: MIXED (COMBINATION OR PRINTING TECHNIQUES)
TECHNIQUE: RELIEF METALISING OFFSET PRINTING COLD FOIL UV INKS DIRECT EMULSION
EQUIPMENT: PHOTOSHOP ILLUSTRATOR
PRINT VOLUME: 300
TIME FRAME: 2 WEEKS

BRONZE WINNER: OASIS DRINK 6$ POSTER

AUGUSTUS MARTIN

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Our client required exact pantone matches with very good print register; this is the 4th campaign for the advertiser in the present series & involved lengthy press-passes. The client chose pantone colours for their vibrancy, to ensure the POS attracted attention and captured the wider audience.

COUNTRY: UNITED KINGDOM
PRINTING TYPE: SCREEN
TECHNIQUE: SCREEN PRINT, FLUORESCENT INKS, DOUBLE SIDED SAME IMAGE, TRIM TO SIZE
EQUIPMENT: 130GSM SILK, SCREEN PRINT + FLUORESCENT INKS DOUBLE, TRIM TO SIZE
PRINT VOLUME: 6376
TIME FRAME: 4 WEEKS

BRONZE WINNER: THE INTERGALACTIC CRITTER RAP BATTLE POSTER

NOVALIA LTD

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Interactive Music Poster combining strong visual design with a printed circuit and electronic module which enables the user to play audio
tracks and mix the music themselves by touching the surface of the poster. The poster has been designed with the client, Antfood, a creative audio studio in Brooklyn, to utilse company’s technology & expertise. The poster was produced using company’s own ink technology, construction/ print specifications, electronics modules and software. The printed items have been printed and constructed by partner printer, Selway at Easibind International to company’s tight design & construction specifications, using supplied conductive ink and electronics modules running company’s standalone audio software. The audio has been designed to run three channels of audio simultaneously and the audio runs in loops to be always in time with itself. The printed electronics circuit has to be screen printed onto a substrate in register with the digitally printed graphics on the opposing side of substrate. These were then laminated/ mounted onto pre-cut foam board sheets before the edges are trimmed. The electronics modules, battery packs and speaker are attached using specialist adhesives.

COUNTRY: UNITED KINGDOM
PRINTING TYPE: MIXED (COMBINATION OF PRINTING TECHNIQUES)
TECHNIQUE: THE CIRCUITS, ARTWORK AND CUTTER SIZES WERE DESIGNED IN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR AND SUPPLIED TO THE PARTNER PRINTERS SELWAY SOLUTIONS AND EASIBIND INTERNATIONAL TO PRINT AND MANUFACTURE. SELWAY SOLUTIONS ALIGNED ALL FACETS OF THE UNIT, FACE PRINT VS PRINTED ELECTRONICS VS ADHESIVE AND MOUNTING VS FOAM BOARD CUTTING/MOUNTING VS PCB MOUNTING. REPRO FOR THE OUTER GRAPHICS SUPPLIED BY THE CUSTOMER, DESIGNED THE INTRICATE PRINTED ELECTRONICS TOUCH POINTS TO REGISTER WITH THE OUTER GRAPHICS PRINTED BY EASIBING INTERNATIONAL. THE GRAPHICS WERE PRINTED BY EASIBIND ON THEIR HP INDIGO 5600 USING HP ELECTRO INKS, ONTO THE COATED PAPER WHICH THEN WAS THERMAL MATT LAMINATED CARRIED OUT ON A D&K LAMINATOR. THE CONDUCTIVE INK WAS COMPANY'S PROPRIETARY NOV00014 SOLVENT-BASED SCREEN INK. SELWAY OVERSAW THE PRINTING OF THIS INK ONTO A 250MIC COATED PAPER SUBSTRATE USING A 77TA SCREEN ON A SPS CYLINDER PRESS IN REGISTER WITH THE SURFACE GRAPHICS, WITH TUNNEL DRYING USING FORCED AIR AT 75C. THE FOAM BOARD BACKING WHICH IS A SPECIFIED, SPECIALISED VERSION AND HAS A MEMORY TO PREVENT SQUASHING UNDER PRESSURE OF DIE CUTTING, WAS FIRST PASSED FOR THE CIRCUIT APERTURE BY DIGITAL ROUTER, THIS MUST BE IN REGISTER WITH THE DIGITALLY PRINTER FACE SO THE PCB CAN ALIGN WITH THE PRINTED ELECTRONICS AND THE FACE PRINT WHEN MOUNTED, FINAL DIE CUT BY SANWA AUTOPLATERN. ATTACHMENT OF THE PCB TO THE PRINTED ELECTRONICS IS BY COMPANY'S DEVELOPED DOT AND PIN SYSTEM WHICH NEEDS FURTHER PRESSURE APPLIED TO FIRMLY ATTACH THE PCB TO THE LAYER OF SPECIALIST SCREEN PRINTED ADHESIVE ON THE REVERSE AND IN REGISTER WITH THE FACE GRAPHICS. THE MOUNTING OF THE OTHER COMPONENT MODULES, BATTERY PACK AND LOUDSPEAKER, IS CARRIED OUT BY HAND, WITH QC CHECKING OF EACH POSTER BEFORE SHIPPING TO THE CLIENT IN THE US.
EQUIPMENT: ESKO FIRST PASS APERTURE FOR PCB INSERTION & SANWA FOR FINAL DIE CUT, SCREEN PRINT ELECTRONICS AND SPECIALIST ADHESIVES ARE APPLIED BY SPS VITESSA FLEX CYLINDER SCREEN, PRINT HP INDIGO 5600, D&K LAMINATOR, CONDUCTIVE INKS, ELECTRONICS MODULES & COMPANY SOFTWARE ARE ALL COMPANY'S OWN TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIED TO PRINT MANUFACTURERS
PRINT VOLUME: 500 UNITS
TIME FRAME: DESIGN OF THE PROJECT TOOK 3 WEEKS AND PRODUCTION TOOK 7 WORKING DAYS FROM ORDER TO SHIPPING