The winners of the 2023 Fespa Awards have been presented with their accolades in a ceremony at Fespa Global Print Expo 2023 (Messe Munich, Germany).
Across the categories, this year’s awards received 210 entries from PSPs and sign-makers looking to showcase outstanding examples of print and signage. The gold winners of the application categories are:
- Display and packaging on paper and board – Imageco, UK and K0l0rcraft, UK
- Packaging on paper and board - Atelier für Siebdruck - Lorenz Boegli, Switzerland
- Posters - Sérigraphie Carpentier, France
- Wrapping - The Look Company, Qatar
- Roll-to-roll printed textiles - The Look Company, Qatar
- Creative special effect - paper, board, and plastics - Atelier fuer Siebdruck - Lorenz Boegli, Switzerland
- Printeriors - X-Treme, Belgium and All About Graphics, Australia
- Serigraphies and fine art - Graffiti Siebdruck, Germany and Sincerely Screen, Thailand
- Decals and printed labels - CGI Creative Graphics International, South Africa
- Special effect on t-shirts, garments, and other textiles - Monster Press, UK and Blaxroxx, Thailand
- Printed garments – iMaika, Russian Federation
- Non-printed signage – Stylographics, UK
Winners of the following categories were also announced during the ceremony:
- The Best In Show Award - selected as the most outstanding example of print - was awarded to All About Graphics in Australia for its ‘Daniel Johns: Past, Present and FutureNever’ exhibition entry in the Printeriors category.
- The Innovation Award went to Atelier fuer Siebdruck - Lorenz Boegli in Switzerland, for its entry into the ‘functional printing’ category titled ‘Station of Lucerne’.
- The People’s Choice Award - voted for online by the Fespa global print and signage community - was won by Iwaarden in the Netherlands for its entry titled ‘REVU’ submitted to the ‘non-printed signage’ category.
- The Young Star Award - which welcomed entries across all categories from junior employees, trainees, and students aged 16 and 25 - went to Léa Saint-Jeveint, student at SEPR in France, for her entry ‘Lueur abyssale’.
- New to 2023, the Sustainability Award was presented to The Look Company from Qatar for its printed fabrics for the FIFA World Cup 2022 entry in the ‘roll-to-roll printed textiles’ category.