Entries are open for the third Lenstar Lenticular Print Awards, which will culminate with an exhibition of nominated work at Drupa 2016. Awards organisers DPLenticular and Pacur have teamed up with Messe Dusseldorf to host the awards in the Drupa innovation park (dip), where there will also be a gallery of the entries.
This will be a return visit to Drupa for the Lenstar Lenticular Print Awards – it was also the venue for the second Awards in 2012. “We are anticipating at least 150 entries from about 40 countries,” said Daniel Pierret, managing director of DPLenticular, which distributes the Pacur Lenstar lenticular plastic lens material throughout Europe.
He added: “In 2012 the LLPA gallery saw some 10,000 visitors and we are confident that even more will visit in 2016. This award is an incredible opportunity for the graphic arts community to recognise the growing importance of lenticular imaging as a mechanism for ensuring that promotional efforts stand out from the crowd.”
Entries are invited for six categories. Judging will take place ahead of Drupa and visitors to the show will have the opportunity to vote for a special LLPA Supreme Public Preference Award, which will be announced after the show finishes.
The categories are:
- Large Format – any format between 711 x 1016mm and 1219 x 1828mm, produced offset or digital.
- Sales material – merchandising products such as postcards, posters, etc.
- Premium promotional material – objects, magnets, gadgets, accessories, gimmicks, etc.
- Packaging material – book or magazine covers, CD, DVD, in-pack content, partial or full on-pack content, other packaging, etc.
- Promotional material – point of Sales or point of purchase such as poster, shelf tag, wobbler, display, aisle decoration, face frames, etc.
- Artistic works – photography or digitally prepared images, created and intended to be a work of art, printed direct to the backside of the lens or laminated
- LLPA Supreme Public Preference - voted for by visitors to the LLPA gallery at the Drupa dip
Entries can be made through the LLPA website at http://lenstarlenticularprintaward.org.“