This year’s hotly contested Queensland Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards (PICA) saw digital print group Colour Chiefs collect the most medals with seven out of ten category awards striking gold.
The Brisbane printer scored three gold gongs in the design categories for illustrations, print/digital campaigns and for packaging and labelling, and in print it dominated the categories with four gold in packaging, commercial posters, digital and speciality printing.
ProPrint spoke to Colour Chiefs co-owner John Woolrych who says the awards are a powerful testament to the print work of his business, and printers across the Queensland industry.
“The night was well attended, and it is always nice to see all the Queensland printers and suppliers gather like this,” says Woolrych.
“We have done well in the awards the past two years after not competing for some time. The Colour Chiefs team are proud to win gold and happy to see our work being recognised.”
Platypus Graphics came close behind Colour Chiefs at the awards this year with six category medals, three of them gold for embellishment, books and booklets, catalogues, magazines and brochures.
The 2016 Industry Legend awards were given to KW Doggett boss Ken Doggett and Spot Production director Peter Carmody. Susan Heaney also collected an industry award for her work with Women in Print.
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The night was held at the Pullman Hotel in Brisbane, attended by the biggest names in Queensland print and organised by the Printing Industries Association of Australia.
All the gold winners from the PICAs will now be in the running for the annual National Print Awards held next year.
The Western Australian Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards is also slated for this weekend, November 12 at the The Rendezvous Hotel in Scarborough.
A full list of the winners from this year’s PICAs in Queensland is published below:
Category 1 – Typography – Creative Emporium – Gold
Category 2 – Illustrations – Colour Chiefs – Gold
Category 2 – Illustrations – Ink FX- Gold
Category 2 – Illustrations DAIS Brand Strategy – Bronze
Category 3 – Corporate Identity – DAIS Brand Strategy – Bronze
Category 4 – Print/Digital Campaign – Colour Chiefs – Gold
Category 4 – Print/Digital Campaign – Heaneys Performers in Print (HPIP) – Gold
Category 5 – Packaging and Labelling – Colour Chiefs – Gold
Category 5 – Packaging and Labelling – Spot Productions – Gold
Category 5 – Packaging and Labelling – Colour Chiefs- Silver
Category 7 – Regional / Small Business – Kuhn Corp Press – Gold
Category 7 – Regional / Small Business – Kuhn Corp Press – Bronze
Category 7 – Regional / Small Business – Greenridge Press – Silver
Category 8 – Printing (leaflets, flyers, brochures or stationery on a single sheet of stock) – Corner Stone Press – Gold
Category 8 – Printing (leaflets, flyers, brochures or stationery on a single sheet of stock) – Inprint- Silver
Category 8 – Printing (leaflets, flyers, brochures or stationery on a single sheet of stock) – Heaney’s Performers in Print – Bronze
Category 9 – Packaging – Colour Chiefs – Gold
Category 9 – Packaging – Platypus Graphics – Silver
Category 9 – Packaging – Platypus Graphics – Bronze
Category 10 – Web Offset – Inprint – Bronze
Category 11 – Labels (Sheet-Fed or Roll-Fed) – QLM Labelmakers – Gold
Category 11 – Labels (Sheet-Fed or Roll-Fed) – Sunprint – Silver
Category 11 – Labels (Sheet-Fed or Roll-Fed) – QLM Labelmakers – Bronze
Category 12 – Commercial Posters – Colour Chiefs – Gold
Category 12 – Commercial Posters – Colorcorp – Silver
Category 12 – Commercial Posters – Cornerstone Press – Bronze
Category 13 – Embellishment – Platypus Graphics – Gold
Category 13 – Embellishment – DIS Brand Strategy – Silver
Category 13 – Embellishment – Cornerstone Press – Bronze
Category 14 – Wide Format – Colorcorp- Gold
Category 14 – Wide Format – Colorcorp – Silver
Category 14 – Wide Format – Greenridge Press- Bronze
Category 15 – Impact Mail – Colour Chiefs – Silver
Category 16 – Presentation Folders – Greenridge Press- Gold
Category 16 – Presentation Folders – Spot Productions – Silver
Category 16 – Presentation Folders – Heaney’s Performers in Print – Bronze
Category 17 – Booklets, Catalogues, Brochures & Magazines – Platypus Graphics – Gold
Category 17 – Booklets, Catalogues, Brochures & Magazines – Cornerstone Press – Silver
Category 17 – Booklets, Catalogues, Brochures & Magazines – Spot Productions – Bronze
Category 18 – Books – Platypus Graphics – Gold
Category 18 – Books – Heaney’s Performers in Print – Silver
Category 18 – Books – Platypus Graphics – Bronze
Category 19 – Digital – Colour Chiefs – Gold
Category 19 – Digital – Sunprint – Silver
Category 19 – Digital – Colour Chiefs – Silver
Category 20 – Self – Promotion – DIS Brand Strategy – Gold
Category 20 – Self – Promotion – Heaney’s Performers in Print – Silver
Category 20 – Self – Promotion – Heaney’s Performers in Print – Bronze
Category 21 – Speciality Printing – Colour Chiefs – Gold
Category 21 – Speciality Printing – Colorcorp – Silver
Category 21 – Speciality Printing – Ink FX – Bronze
Category 22 – Free Category – McDonalds Printing Group – Silver
Category 22 – Free Category – Sunprint – Bronze
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