PICA season kicks off in Tasmania

The awards season starts in Tasmania with the first PICAs for the year.

According to Ron Patterson, general manager of Printing Industries, Victoria and Tasmania, the awards night held in Hobart last week, was more proof of the quality and excellence in printing throughout Tasmania.

“It was a sensational night and very rewarding for a lot of local companies,” he said. “Tasmania is very clever in its use of printing and the judges were really happy with the quality; they believe it’s improved out of sight in the last two years.”

As usual, judging grew increasingly difficult as a result of the improvements in quality. While there were a number of categories that were not awarded a gold, Patterson believes that this only works to bring out the best in printers. “You don’t give a gold to everybody,” he said.

He is hopeful of Tasmania’s chances in next year’s National Print Awards. “We will be there and giving it a good shot.”

Pictured: Jim Atkinson, national president of Printing Industries with Craig Pearce, managing director of Flying Colours.

From Print21, congratulations to all those who won and good luck in next year's National Print Awards.

Here they are, all the gold winners:

Graphic Arts
1. Typography
Winner: Apply Creative
2. Posters 
Winner: Apply Creative
3. Calendars
No winner
4. Brochures & Leaflets – one or two colours
Winner: Clemenger
Winner: Tracey Allen
6. Stationery – one or two colours (minimum two items)
Winner: Walker Design
Winner: Digital Ink
7. Stationery – three or more colours (minimum two items)
No Gold winner
8. Invitations
No Gold winner
9. Certificates
No Gold winner
10. Greeting Cards/Postcards
Winner: Walker Design
Cathy McAuliffe Design
11. Folders
Winner: Redjelly
Winner: Betina Bomford
12. Menus
No Gold winner
13. Promotional Kit Material - show cards, display cards, promotional displays, etc.
Winner: Redjelly
14. Packaging
Winner: Redjelly
15. Three Dimensional Design
Winner: Futago
16. Labels
Winner: Apply Creative
17. Stickers
Winner: No Gold winner
18. Direct Mail Piece (Offset or digital)
Winner: Apply Creative
19. Design on a material other than paper or board
Winner: Futago
20. Display Advertisements - newspapers and magazines
Winner: Clemenger
21. Annual Reports
No Gold winner
22. Annual Reports (Four or more colours throughout)
Winner: Walker Design
23. Catalogues
Winners: Apply Creative
Tracey Allen
Tracey Allen
 24. Magazines
No Gold winner
25. Newsletters
No Gold winner
26. Books
No Gold winner
27. Booklets - bound or stapled, not loose leaf
Winner: Cathy McAuliffe Design
28. Booklets - bound or stapled, not loose leaf (four or more colours throughout)
No Gold winner
29. One Colour Design
Winners: Redjelly
Apply Creative
30. Corporate Design - four items, Company Branding, Suite of Material
Winners: Clemenger
Futago
Betina Bomford
31. Website Design - Website address + a colour printout of each page required.
Winners: Floatingwrold
32. Self promotion - entries, regardless of category or format
Winners: Clemenger
Savage Media
33. Logos
Winners: Digital Ink
Apply Creative
Apply Creative
Apply Creative
34. Signage
Winners: Betina Bomford
Apply Creative
Futago
35. Design not fitting into any other category
Winners: Futago
Cathy McAuliffe Design
36. Craftsmanship Award - electronically produced illustration
Winner: Clemenger
37. Craftsmanship Award - electronically produced illustration, non -photographic
No Gold winner
38. Craftsmanship Award - Illustration by hand
Winners: Floatingworld
Cathy McAuliffe Design
39. Students Award - any concept design ready for print production
Winner: School of Art
Printing
40. One, Two & three colour printing - any format (embellishments are not counted as a colour
No winner
41. Posters / Art Production
Winner: Geon
42. Commercial posters, showcards, card constructions and mobiles (four or more colours
No Gold winner
43. Complex constructions to be assembled by the entrant on judging day
Winner: Harris Print
44. Calendars - any format
Winners: Flying Colours
Print Applied Technology
45. Brochures & Leaflets (up to three colours)
No Gold winner
46. Brochures & leaflets (four or more colours)
Winners: Flying Colors
Focal Printing
47. Business Cards
No Gold winner
48.  Letterheads
Winners: Focal Printing
Print Domain
49. With Compliments Slips
Winner: Flying Colours
50. Envelopes
Winner: Geon
51. Stationery Sets - minimum two items
Winners: Focal Printing
Focal Printing
Flying Colours
52.  Certificates/Invitations
Winner: Flying Colours
53. Direct Mail Pieces
No Gold winner
54. Postcards and greeting cards - sets will be judged on the average standard of the items submitted (small items should be display mounted)
Winner: Flying Colours
55. Folders / Die Cut Presentation Folders
Winner: Focal Printing
56. Menus
No Gold winner
57. Promotional Kit Material - show cards, display cards, promotional displays, etc.
Winner: The Print Centre
58. Multi - Piece productions and campaigns (including direct mail)
Winners: Geon
Flying Colours
59. Self Promotion
No Gold winner
60 Packaging - any number of colours on any material
Winners: Geon
Geon
61. Labels / Stickers - Litho
Winner: Focal Printing
62. Labels / Stickers - Letterpress
Winner: Abel Labels
63. Labels / Stickers - Screen
No Gold winner
64. Labels / Stickers - Flexographic
Winner: Label Press
65. Security Printing - stamps, cheques, bank notes, credit cards, scratch tickets etc.
No Gold winner
66. Newspaper - Offset
Winner: Print Domain
67. Newspaper - Web
No Gold winner
68. Annual Reports
No Gold winner
69. Annual Reports (four or more colours)
Winner: Print Applied Technology
70. Catalogues
Winner: Focal Printing
71. Magazines
No Gold winner
72. Newsletter
No Gold winner
73. Books
Winners: Print Applied Technology
Geon
74. Booklets - bound or stapled, not loose leaf
Winner: Focal Printing
75. Booklets - bound or stapled, not loose leaf, four or more colours throughout.
No Gold winner
76. Maps
No Gold winner
77. Screen Printing - on paper or board
No Gold winner
78. Screen Printing - on fabric
No Gold winner
79. Screen Printing - on other material
No Gold winner
80. Flexographic - on any substrate
No Gold winner
81. Thermography
Winner: whatsinaname
82. Embellishment - the enhancement of a printed job by the addition of decorative processes.
Winner: whatsinaname
83. Digital printing Electro photographic
Winner: Walker Design
84. Digital printing inkjet
Winner: Print Applied Technology
85. Innovation
No Gold winner
86. Specialty or "special" printing
No Gold winner
87. Small printing business awards less than 10 staff
Winner: Walker Design

Pictured: Judge, Greg Grace, (left) presents the Heidelberg Award to Peter Johns, manager of Printing Applied Technology.

MAJOR AWARDS
Heidelberg Platinum PICA for outstanding overall entry in print
Winner: Print Applied Technology
PaperlinX paper Platinum PICA for outstanding overall entry in design
Winner: Redjelly
Currie Platinum PICA for most innovative use of imaging in print
Winner: Print Applied Technology