FESPA call for entries to its annual awards programme

FESPA’s annual awards programme celebrating print excellence is now open for entries. The global competition is open to any print service provider anywhere in the world, culminating at the prize-giving ceremony at FESPA’s Gala Dinner on May 19, 2015 during FESPA 2015 in Cologne, Germany. This year the global competition consists of 21 categories, 17 covering a variety of application themes including; in-store; fine art print; decals, outdoor and vehicle decoration; special effect print; garment and wearables; interior decoration; and industrial and functional project of the year. Each category can be entered with work created using either a digital print process, screen print process or a combination of any print process.

Entries to the Awards, sponsored by Kornit Digital (fashion and garment decoration), MS Printing Solutions (interior decoration project) and Mimaki (Young Star Award) will be judged by an independent panel of global industry experts. The judging criteria is: Excellence in execution and technical expertise of print quality; appropriate use of techniques, design, media; creativity for the application; and selling efficiency/ROI for the end user of the printed item. All entries must have supporting documentation which will give an explanation of the technique used, high resolution imagery and samples of the print.