FOCAL PRINT TAKES OUT TASSIE GRAND DIEMEN + PEARCE AWARDED

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Hobart operation Focal Print took out the Grand Diemen for Print in Tasmania’s 8th annual Dieman Awards, with Mercury Walch scooping the pool in the other six print categories.

Special Presentation: Craig Pearce (centre), Flying Colours, in appreciation for Services to the Tasmanian print industry, with (l-r) Peter Clark, president PVCA, Steven Woods, SW Graphics, Gary Nilsson, Mercury Walch, Sam Dobie, Inclusive Creatives, Amr Elsayed, Adam Glover (co chairs), and Michael Childs, Ball and Doggett Paper Tasmania

Special Presentation: Craig Pearce (centre), Flying Colours, in appreciation for Services to the Tasmanian print industry, with (l-r) Peter Clark, president PVCA, Steven Woods, SW Graphics, Gary Nilsson, Mercury Walch, Sam Dobie, Inclusive Creatives, Amr Elsayed, Adam Glover (co chairs), and Michael Childs, Ball and Doggett Paper Tasmania

A Special Presentation was made to Craig Pearce, Flying Colours, in appreciation for services to the Tasmanian print industry. Brad Thorp from Abel Labels took out the Print Apprentice of the Year award.

Mercury Walch took the award in Four-Colour Print, in Digital Books, Packaging, Point of Sale, Print Embellishments and Stationery.

 Tasmanian celebration: (l-r) Adam Glover, Michael Childs, Print Judge - Kirsten Taylor, Taylor’d Press, Zaidee Jackson, Alan Didus, Kyrran Lewis, Ball and Doggett

Tasmanian celebration: (l-r) Adam Glover, Michael Childs, Print Judge - Kirsten Taylor, Taylor’d Press, Zaidee Jackson, Alan Didus, Kyrran Lewis, Ball and Doggett

The Tasmanian Diemen Awards is an event celebrating excellence in the Tasmanian Creative and Craft Industries. With four major categories in Advertising and Communications, Digital, Design, and Print – The Media Super Grand Diemens – described as a “spiky and quite dangerous” brass award is presented to the winner in each discipline.

In its eighth year, the awards were formed from what was the PICA awards, to include the creative industries, and have grown again this year to boast record entries across the bulk of the categories.

A committee of eight people from all corners of the advertising, design, digital and print industries volunteer to organise the entire event so that Tasmanian companies and their work can be celebrated and recognised.

Media Super Grand Diemen for Print Award: (l-r) accepted by Sam Dobie, Inclusive Creatives on behalf of Focal Printing, presented by Steven Assimo, Media Super, with Adam Glover and and Amr Elsayed.
Media Super Grand Diemen for Print Award: (l-r) accepted by Sam Dobie, Inclusive Creatives on behalf of Focal Printing, presented by Steven Assimo, Media Super, with  Amr Elsayed and Adam Glover 

MC was Dr Polly McGee, Welcome to Country was given by Caleb Nicols-Mansell. The Diemen co-chairs are Adam Glover from printer Mercury Walch and Amr Elsayed from creative agency The20. Chair of Judges was Heath Collins, creative director at Cummins and Partners, Melbourne. Main sponsor of the Diemens is Media Super.

Adam Glover said, “The evening was a real celebration. The Diemens brings together the whole creative community in Tasmania. There were 160 people at the event, which was terrific, and we had 200 entries.”

The organisers are now planning an exhibition of the winning entries, of which there were 33 across all categories.

Co-chairs and main sponsors:(l-r) Adam Glover, Eric Black & Steven Assimo (Media Super), Amr Elsayed
Co-chairs and main sponsors:(l-r) Adam Glover, Eric Black & Steven Assimo (Media Super), Amr Elsayed

 

 

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