Italian paper manufacturer Fedrigoni has officially launched its printed design competition. The competition, which has an international dimension, is designed to reward creativity, innovation, final quality, printing techniques and the use of paper and its various communication possibilities. The competition is aimed at paper professionals: graphic designers, printers, publishers and end users. The aim of the competition for these professionals is to highlight their best creations printed on Fedrigoni or Fabriano special papers, or on Manter self-adhesive labels.

How the competition works

The competition concerns specific designs. In fact, four categories of printed creations are represented. Publishing (books, art editions, magazines), Labels (labels for wine, spirits, gastronomy, etc.), Visual Identity (brochures, catalogues, invitations, calendars, diaries, etc.) and Packaging (packaging cartons, shopping bags, displays, lined containers, etc.). Each project must therefore fall into one of these four categories. In addition, the printed materials must have been created between July 2016 and June 2018.
Once these projects have been submitted, three prizes will be awarded per category. A prize will also be awarded in each category for the best project developed using HP Indigo printing technology. Internet users will be able to elect a winner.

The best projects in the competition will be awarded a symbolic trophy, and will have the chance to be presented at an exhibition, which will take place in Berlin in spring 2019. A catalogue will also be published, presenting the winning projects. The catalogue will be distributed internationally.

Projects for this new edition can be submitted until 10 June 2018, via the competition website. The results will not be announced until the end of January 2019.

A look back at the 2017 Fedrigoni Top Award

The final ceremony of the 2017 edition of the Fedrigoni Top Award was held in Spain, at the Museu del Disseny in Barcelona. The winners of the 2017 competition were announced.
The tenth edition of the competition was a great success, with more than a thousand entries received: 1,116 projects were submitted, compared with 800 the previous year.

Every category was represented, and the winners were rewarded:

  • In the Edition category, the winner was the project designed by Tomadesign (Czech Republic). Jde o to aby o neco slo, typograf Oldrich Hlavsa by Barbora Toman Tylova, was the winner. This is the first comprehensive book on the work of the typographer and designer Oldrich Hlavsa.
  • In the Labels category, Piquentum Sv. Vital, printed by Etikgraf doo (Croatia). This educational label uses embossed circles to show the monthly rainfall for the year in which the wine was produced.
  • The UK came out on top in the HP Indigo category, with Off Black printed by FE Burman. This fashion magazine was published in large format, and features four different covers.
  • The Corporate Publication category was won by the French project Ysl. Mon Paris printed by Opero (Italy) and designed by the Paris agency Akatre. The press kit for the haute couture brand is a particularly elaborate work, stitched in black thread and packaged in a case with two notepads.
  • Finally, in the Packaging category, the award went to the premium and functional Adega Velha 6 and 12 Xo packaging by Manufacturas Aeme, LDA (Portugal).

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