The 2007 Page Awards
The selection of winners this year was based on a holistic evaluation of all of the products submitted and included the following elements:
- Customer focus (Development of, response to and interpretation of brief)
- Design (Typography, layout, colour, use and selection and use of media elements)
- Technical (Print and or multimedia processes, eg colour, registration, density, download time, navigation techniques used etc)
- Commercial (has the final product met requirements of customer/audience/end user)
- Evidence of innovative production techniques and/or collaboration.
The evaluation included additional criteria for some specialised categories for example we also looked at evidence of environmentally responsible techniques used in the production of a printed project in the Environmental Excellence Project category.
The 2007 Winners
1. Excellence in the production of a 2 or 3 colour Annual report (offset)
Winner — Stream Solutions
Design — Williams Lea Design
Printing — National Capital Printing
Client — Centrelink
2. Excellence in the production of an Annual report in 4 or more colours (offset)
The client wished to keep the soft pastel colours with a crisp sharp colour consistency.
Winner — Goanna Print
Design — Design Anytime
Client — Australian Food & Grocery Council
3. Excellence in the production of other Printed Material (offset under $5,000)
Winner — CRE8IVE
Client — Mudd — The Spa
Printer — New Millennium Print
4. Excellence in the production of other Printed material (offset over $5,000)
Winner — National Capital Printing
Design — National Gallery of Australia Design Studios
Printing — National Gallery of Australia
The high quality books were section sewn, casebound with head and tail bands and dust jackets.
5. Excellence in the production of digitally Printed material (under $5,000)
The printing of promotional material and portfolio of company capability
Winner — Union Offset Printers
Design — Coordinate — Jamie Wilson
Client — Coordinate
6. Excellence in the production of digitally Printed material (over $5,000)
The printing of the New Zealand Nursery Register a 328 page full colour perfect bound book that was exported to New Zealand.
Winner — Union Offset Printers
Design and Client — Reference Publishing Company
8. Excellence in New Media (multimedia/web development over $5,000)
Winner — Natioanl Museum of Australia
Design — Icelab Pty Ltd
Client — National Museum of Australia
Background — The Crimson Thread of Kinship is a 12 metre long embroidery representing the unfolding story of Australia. Recently, the embroidery was taken off display in the MuseumÕs galleries due to conservation considerations and a project was initiated to present the object in a digital form via the MuseumÕs website. Developing the interactive has allowed the Museum to provide continued access to this popular object, and at the same time, to add additional content and interpretation to its display. The use of elegant overlay techniques has enabled the Museum to shed light on the design and the production process surrounding the embroidery, while ensuring that the artwork could be viewed in its pure form. The interface design developed for the interactive has been successful in achieving a sense of the physical object itself with a textured-style background, ÒthreadÓ loader bars and a needle and thread mouse pointer. The interactive also incorporates the handwriting of Sharon Peoples, the designer of the physical embroidery, which was a nice way to continue her involvement in the project through to the digital version of the embroidery.
10. Environmental excellence (business)
Evidence of environmentally responsible practices or principles used by business within a commercial environment.
Winner — Paragon Printers Australasia
"Paragon Australasia Group Environmental Policy" — Paragon Printers Australasia give this policy to all its clients and it is available both as an electronic version and a soft copy. They use this to promote their already demonstrated commitment to the environment and have recently appointed a person to ensure that continued commitment, in keeping with future changes to legislation and practices. Their demonstrated business practices over the last 18 months are testimony to their commitment.
11. Innovation excellence (specialised processes)
The production of a series of booklets for distribution through the school system.
Winner — Paragon Printers Australasia
Design — Swell Design
Client — Australian Sports Commission
12. Innovation excellence (Client satisfaction)
This high quality policy statement document package was printed at extremely short notice and of the highest standard and then distributed throughout Australia for a subsequent launch by the Prime Minister. A total team effort was required by the Client and all the staff at Union Offset.
Winner — Union Offset Printers
Client — Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
13. Young achiever award
Winner — Kristin Giannasca
Kristin is employed by Canprint Communications as an apprentice in the trade of Graphic Reproduction. She started her employment on 9 January 2006 in the Prepress area and that time has displayed qualities that have shown management that she has the ability to develop into a first class tradesperson.
She is held in high regard both as an employee and as a citizen. She possesses the personal attributes necessary to perform her duties at a high level of competence and is punctual, courteous, a hard worker and a person of integrity. She shows dedication to her trade and displays a keenness to learn all aspects of her craft. During her employment she has shown that she has the ability to perform the necessary requirements of her trade and excel at many aspects.
She is undertaking off the job training through Faculty of Design, Canberra Institute of Technology at the Reid Campus and has received excellent feedback from her tutor in relation to her assignments. Her results are excellent and these have been drawn to the attention of management. Prior to starting at Canprint, she undertook a course in Desktop Publishing (Certificate II) over a six month period. This course assisted her in her employment at Canprint and allowed her an introduction to the trade that has helped her achieve her excellent results to date. On the occasions that she has been required to represent the company outside of her normal work environment, she has done so with enthusiasm and is a great ambassador for the company.
14. Service to Industry award
Winner — Peter Trick
He is known to the industry as an effective manager and a successful high-volume salesman.
Not so well known is the way he laid a solid foundation for his position at the top with a lot of hard yakka at the workface in his early years, including a stint as a copy boy at the Sydney Morning Herald.
His busy working life in Sydney was made up of a lot of study and learning on the job as he mastered hand and machine compositing, copy holding Ð interpreting intricate proof reader shorthand Ð and all manner of menial tasks such as melting dross in a fume-filled room, running an elrod machine and pedal powering a hand platen. He displayed a mechanical aptitude and was given the opportunity to operate a linotype machine eventually becoming the main operator.
Throughout his time as an apprentice, then as a tradesman, he made time for study. As an apprentice, he won an award for book design at the Sydney School of Graphic Art. Once qualified, he continued his studies at night college, graduating in Production Supervision, then continuing with courses in management.
After a move from WA Cooney to Star Printery, his management potential was soon recognised and he was promoted to the production team, then sales. He was Sales Manager for eleven successful years.
For family reasons, he moved to Canberra and settled down with his brood to become a leading light in the industry in the National Capital, managing the small family firm Plaza Print, then being invited to join a much larger organisation, Canberra Publishing, followed by Pirie Printing.
When in 1990, Michael Smith established National Capital Printing, he took on the role of general manager, responsible mainly for sales and he has been a vital part of the growth of that successful company.
Previous Winners
2006
1. Best Annual Report — two colours
The clients brief was that they wanted the publication to be soft on the eye and to be printed crisp and sharp.
Graphic design was by Angela Spedding Design.
Winner — Goanna Print
2. Best Annual Report — four colours
The client brief was to produce quickly while ensuring the overall quality of the publication was maintained to a very high standard.
Graphic Design was by Grey World Wide.
Client — National Museum of Australia
Winner — Goanna Print
3. The Innovative Excellence Award for a Project
The winner worked with Prime Minister and Cabinet to design and project manage this high quality menu to be used on the occasion of a state dinner for Her Majesty the Queen ands Duke of Edinburgh. It had to be excellent in every way.
Design — Prime Minister and Cabinet
Client — Prime Minister and Cabinet
Winner — A&S Printers
4. The Innovative Excellence Award for a business (any innovation in a business that which has improved outcomes for clients)
The winner has worked with over 130 transport companies in Australia and internationally providing niche transport material including time tables, mapping and web site design. They have produced arrange of paper models which are world class in design and printing.
Winner — Transit Graphics
5. Environmental Excellence Award — for a Project which best demonstrates the use of environmentally responsible production process
The winners design check list incorporated many ecological considerations including — use of recycled materials, publication size, multi purposing by combining a book and poster, minimisation of ink colours and recycling of end product.
Client — Annual Health Australia
Printer — Pirion Printers
Winner — Design 1
6. Environmental Excellence Award — for a business that best demonstrates environmental responsible principles in a commercial environment.
The winner has addressed and promoted environmental issues in the business by empowering staff to mange waste products of the production process. These include paper recycling, plate and metal recycling of printing plates and ink tins, chemical disposal by the most up to date technology, management system for use of electricity and air-conditioning, heating and cooling by natural gas ad toner and ink cartridge recycling.
Winner — Canprint Communications Pty Ltd
7. Excellence in Multi media under $10k
The winner was presented with a challenge to present a complex array of turf and irrigation information for ACTEW AGL grass roots project online.
A flash interface was designed to maintain band identity and present information in a friendly and easy process manner.
Client — ACTEW Corporation
Winner — Cre8ive
8. Excellence in multi media over $10k
The winner developed a web site that visually incorporates the organisations brand and built an enterprise level content management system for more that 8000 members and stakeholders. The winner worked with internal IT professional to integrate the new tools and functionality.
Client — Engineers Australia
Winner — MA@D Communications
9. Printed Material Other — offset or digital under $5k.
The winner printed a four page offset printed, die cut, and five colour brochure.
The Graphic Designer was Cre8tive.
Client — Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
Winner — Union Offset Printers Pty Ltd
10. Printed Material Other — offset or digital over $5k
The judges could NOT separate two entries and accordingly have awarded two winners in this category.
Zoo designed two stylish brochures to promote the company services using black and white to contrast colour and great use of a wide variety of design and print techniques.
Winner - Goanna Print
National Capital Printing printed a high quality case bound book — Michael Riley — Sights unseen for the National Gallery of Australia.
Design by Kirsty Morrison from National Gallery
Winner — National Capital Printing
11. Young Achiever Award — (awarded to a young person under 25 who has exemplified excellence in their work in the previous 12 months)
The winner has less than 18 months industry experience but recently completed design, typesetting and print management of a major government annual report. Her unique illustration skills have also seen her contribute greatly to several major projects along with managing some small diverse projects. She is a team player and a great contributor to the company.
Winner — Carolyn Wilkinson — Cre8ive
12. Service to Industry Award — (Awarded to any person who has made a long term commitment to the improvement of the Industry)
Winner — David Pritchard
2005
Honour: Michael Smith (Printing)
Excellence: The ACT operations of the CPI Group (Paper Merchant)
Youth: Thomas Daniel (Printing)
Study: Shane MacKenzie (Teacher/Designer)
2004
Honour: Barry Horne (Teacher)
Excellence: Dobija Design and Publishing (Print and Design)
Youth: Bella Tomasone (CIT) (Graphic Design)
Study: Adam New (Paragon Printers) (Apprentice Printer)
2003
Honour: Bill Pearson (Graphic Design)
Excellence: Comstat Printing and Design (Print and Design)
Youth: Genevieve Chapman (Zoo) (Graphic Design)
Study: Jay Little (Goanna) (Apprentice Prepress)
2002
Honour: Kevin Delminico (Print Management)
Excellence: Ken Hogg (Supply)
Youth: Andrew McGregor (Apprentice Printer)
Study: Andrew McGregor (Apprentice Printer)
2001
Honour: Patricia Smith (Print Admin)
Excellence: David Whitbread / New Millennium (Graphic Design / Printing)
Youth: Renee Bennet (Graphic Designer)
Study: Renee Bennet (Graphic Designer)
2000
Honour: Pawl Cubbin (Graphic Design)
Excellence: Jennifer Prosser (Graphic Design)
Youth: Mark Dogan (Supply)
Study: Daniel Jackson Bathurst (Apprentice Prepress)
1999
Honour: David Daniel (Print Management)
Excellence: Preston Graphics (Supply)
Youth: Hayley Merrell (Graphic Designer)
Study: Sean Woodland (Education)
1998
Honour: Richard Gibson (Print Management)
Excellence: Net Impact Publishing (Publishing)
Youth: Frank Pulciani (Apprentice Printer)
Study: Net Impact Publishing (Publishing)
1997
Honour: Ron Campbell (Publishing / Print)
Innovative Work Practice: Graphic Services LIC Bathurst (Publishing / Mapping)
Innovative Work Practice: Design One Solutions Bill Pearson (Graphic Design)
1996
Honour: Bernie Hourigan (Publishing)
Innovative Work Practice: National Capital Printing (Printing)
Innovative Work Practice: Quantum Ideas Bureau (Graphic Design)
1995
Honour: Jim Woods (Publishing)
Innovative Work Practice: Ever Ready Press Griffith (Printing)
Inaugural Innovative Work Practice: Ed Gardiner Griffith (Print Management)