2022 Winners

Supreme Award Winner

'Touchy Feely'

'Touchy Feely'
~ Business Print

Category: Business Print
Printed By: Logick Print & Graphics
Entered By: Logick Print & Graphics Ltd

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Judges Comments:

This is a job that draws the same comment of ‘fantastic’ from everyone who looks at it.

The combined elements of Prepress - involving PDF proof plates, foil blocks and emboss blocks, Production - a print offset mix of four-colour process, PMS spot colours, matt seal, hot foil stamping, embossing and blind debossing throughout, and Finishing - involving cover creasing, job hand-assembly and glued in house,.are all faultless/seamless.

There are foils, bright inks, perforating stamp work, binding, creasing and assembly.

The whole thing is technically superb, sharp and beautiful.

Category Winners

 
Freyas Gluten Free Mixed Seed Soft Wraps
Freyas Gluten Free Mixed Seed Soft Wraps

Freyas Gluten Free Mixed Seed Soft Wraps
Flexible Packaging

Printed By: Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific - Christchurch

Entered By: Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific - Christchurch

Judges Comments:

The complexities of this job from the nine colour print through to the pouch conversion, with its realistic imagery made this a stand-out winner for the Category.

Garnier Fructis Hair Food Presentation Box
Garnier Fructis Hair Food Presentation Box

Garnier Fructis Hair Food Presentation Box
Structural Design Packaging

Printed By: ABC Original Print, Auckland

Entered By: ABC Original Print, Auckland

Judges Comments:

Structurally sound, very strong and very useable. A lot of work has gone into it from a design point of view, such as the easily-removed insert. A well diecut and formed box, cleverly thought out for its gift package purpose

Yesterday Home
Yesterday Home

Yesterday Home
Print Finishing

Printed By: Wakefields Digital

Entered By: Wakefields Digital

Judges Comments:

This photography book has used a range of substrates, which have been beautifully bound and finished, including a creative style of binding with exposed sewing. With great lie-down-ability, it achieves an excellent result as a coffee table book.

Holland Road Wild Ginseng 500ml Gin
Holland Road Wild Ginseng 500ml Gin

Holland Road Wild Ginseng 500ml Gin
Labels

Printed By: Kiwi Labels

Entered By: Kiwi Labels

Judges Comments:

A well-executed, multi-pass job. Great use of embossing, Lumafin foil, paper stock and effective, detailed design, to achieve a great hologram effect. Excellence of craft.

BK Flamin Good Deals
BK Flamin Good Deals

BK Flamin Good Deals
Sign & Display

Printed By: Admark Visual Imaging

Entered By: Admark Visual Imaging

Judges Comments:

A great example of what is becoming somewhat of a dying art with the advent of digital screen. Excellent colour gamut and depth, very clean and crisp print and lamination, and not a blemish on it – the flame effect jumps right out at you.

'Touchy Feely'
'Touchy Feely'

'Touchy Feely'
Business Print

Printed By: Logick Print & Graphics Ltd

Entered By: Logick Print & Graphics Ltd

Judges Comments:

From a finishing point of view, there are not many jobs that encompass so many different embellishments, all in the one place, and they get them all completely right throughout.

Waitoa Applewood Smoked Chicken
Waitoa Applewood Smoked Chicken

Waitoa Applewood Smoked Chicken
Industry Development & Creativity

Printed By: Sealed Air, Hamilton

Entered By: Sealed Air, Hamilton

Judges Comments:

 A clean and very well-executed print, this flexographic job has innovatively used a 70% post-consumer recycled PET substrate that has FDA food compliance, with the final product achieving 91% total recycled content.

Masterclass Recipe Cards
Masterclass Recipe Cards

Masterclass Recipe Cards
Promotional Print

Printed By: 5Digital

Entered By: 5Digital

Judges Comments:

Just gorgeous. The use of the stock, with a velvety feel, and beautiful digital gold foil on a black background that was printed perfectly. Such an upper-class-feeling job, perfect for its function as a cocktail menu.

Rare And Unrivalled Beauty
Rare And Unrivalled Beauty

Rare And Unrivalled Beauty
Publications - Newspaper

Printed By: Horton Media

Entered By: Horton Media

Judges Comments:

 A perfect job delivered from a less than perfect press on a challenging substrate. Perfect registration and a crisp, clean depth resulting in a superb job.

Nadia Autumn - Issue 2 - 2021
Nadia Autumn - Issue 2 - 2021

Nadia Autumn - Issue 2 - 2021
Publications

Printed By: Ovato NZ

Entered By: Ovato

Judges Comments:

Exceptional colours throughout and the quality was so good that judges actually thought it was a sheetfed job instead of coming off a web offset press, printing at 60,000 copies an hour.

A Hidden World (Kākāpō)
A Hidden World (Kākāpō)

A Hidden World (Kākāpō)
Specialty Products

Printed By: Picaflor Fine Art Printing Limited

Entered By: Picaflor Fine Art Printing Ltd, Wellington

Judges Comments:

This ten-colour fine art print has spectacularly blended lovely photography with a drawn background. The detailed definition, depth and clarity of the imagery produced on an ideal choice of paper stock has achieved a stunning result.

Pure Mama Product Packaging
Pure Mama Product Packaging

Pure Mama Product Packaging
Paper & Board Packaging

Printed By: Logick Print & Graphics Ltd

Entered By: Logick Print & Graphics Ltd

Judges Comments:

Excellent detailing, with elements such as foiling, embossing and printing on foil. It is quite rare to see a set of three product boxes delivered with no faults. The quality of the work stood out immediately.

Techspan Peacock Wall Art
Techspan Peacock Wall Art

Techspan Peacock Wall Art
Print Industry Promotion

Printed By: Techspan, Auckland

Entered By: Techspan, Auckland

Judges Comments:

A number of highly-technical and demanding processes have been perfectly combined to produce an excellent visual result. The detail is spectacular and leaves an incredible first impression – a masterpiece demonstration of process.

Sustainability

Sustainability
Business Awards

Printed By:

Entered By: Soar Communications Group

Judges Comments:

The judges commented on Soar’s long-standing commitment to sustainability, the breadth of the actions taken across the business to achieve their goals and the positive outcomes this has had for the company, their customers and the environment.

Process Winners

 

Koa Brochure
Digital ~ Letterpress

Printed By: Blue Star Constellation

Entered By: Blue Star Constellation

Judges Comments:

An absolutely stunning book, impossible to fault. Good clean print and consistent colour throughout, with nice, clean embossing and excellent binding and trimming.  A prime example of how to make an elegant, excellent digitally-printed book.

Freyas Gluten Free Mixed Seed Soft Wraps
Flexographic ~ Flexographic

Printed By: Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific - Christchurch

Entered By: Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific - Christchurch

Judges Comments:

Involving the reverse-printing of nine colours while simultaneously surface-printing an overgloss and then laminating and pouch-converting, this high-complexity job produced crisp print and bright imagery to achieve a very realistic food picture.

Rare And Unrivalled Beauty
Web Offset ~ Coldset

Printed By: Horton Media

Entered By: Horton Media

Judges Comments:

Great contrast and crisp, clean depth – a superb job.  It is a huge challenge to achieve perfect registration with no blemishes using the particular press and substrate involved in this job, and it has been delivered perfectly

Whitcoulls Recommends
Web Offset ~ Heatset

Printed By: Ovato NZ

Entered By: Ovato NZ

Judges Comments:

The general pressmanship and finishing is exceptional, featuring even colour density and registration throughout. Added to this, the quality of finish – trimming, glueline and lack of marking – sets this product apart.

Special Edition 2022 Calendar
Letterpress ~ Offset

Printed By: Logick Print & Graphics Ltd

Entered By: Logick Print & Graphics Ltd

Judges Comments:

A clever design delivered over three embossing passes and five different coloured foils laid down in perfect register.   An outstanding and eye-catching holographic result.

SPC ProVital
Gravure ~ Gravure

Printed By: Gravure Packaging Ltd

Entered By: Gravure Packaging Ltd

Judges Comments:

 Pushing the web press to its extreme limits, this eight-colour and reverse-printed job was clean, bright and sharp, achieving real-life colour across a heavy saturation of imagery.

Moana Annual Report
Sheetfed ~ Offset

Printed By: Blue Star Collard

Entered By: Blue Star Collard

Judges Comments:

The print is faultless. The special colour is smooth, perfectly consistent and spotless. The cover special effects were also executed flawlessly and great binding quality finished it off.

Wanaka Island
Screen ~ Screen Print

Printed By: Reaction Print

Entered By: Reaction Print

Judges Comments:

Printed by a one-colour press on a highly-absorbent paper stock, this seven-colour artwork recreation has combined solid colours, clean design and spot-on registration in an excellent example of process.

 

Highly Commended & Gold Winning Work

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