Scodix recently announced the winners of the first Scodix Design Awards competition. With over 50 submissions from users worldwide, Scodix enlisted the keen eyes and technological understanding of five of the industry’s finest to judge each entry on the floor of the Print 13 show held in Chicago, USA last year. The distinguished panel of judges rated each entry for design quality, production complexity, and overall appearance. Applicants represented
every continent and just about every segment of the market, including direct mail, product packaging, fine arts and commercial printing.
This year’s applicants displayed work that covered a wide realm of projects, including augmented reality items, braille books from Korea, wedding albums from India and much more. All of the submitted entries projected professionalism, creativity, and a superior understanding of the
power of the Scodix technology.
Awards and recognitions
For the Glittering Category, the winners are SKAG of Greece for their calendar, and Tukaiz of the United States for their magazine cover; the Metallic Category winner is Pressing of Spain for their cocktail menu; in the General Commercial Category, the winners are Acculink of the United States for their brochure, and GZD of Germany for their own brochure; in the Direct Mail Category, the winners are Curtis Packaging of the United States for their US Open Ticket Pouch, and PM Digital of India for their greeting card; Packaging Category winners are Chanakya Mudrak of India for their orange box, and Acculink for their sun glasses packaging; and in the Restaurant Menu Category, the winners are Copiadora Nacional of Brazil for their restaurant menu, and Xicailons, Jing Ping Dao Yuan, for their Chinese restaurant menu.
Panel of judges
The panel of judges for these awards were constituted by Ron Glaz, director of Digital Imaging Solutions, IDC; Jim Hamilton, Group director, InfoTrends; Vince Mallardi, president, Printing Brokerage/Buyers Association International; Frank Romano, industry guru and professor emeritus in the School of Media Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology; and Tom Zotos, artist and noted pioneer in the Interpretive Licensed Art Movement.
“The applied creative wizardry in conjunction with the Scodix enhancement capabilities, produced some of the finest real-world projects I have ever seen,” notes competition
judge Frank Romano. “While we have see some amazing eye-catching samples coming from the Scodix stands at every trade show, it’s always amazing to see how production professionals can take their technology to a whole new level of impact. I can only imagine what their clients were thinking when they saw their projects come to life so vividly. It’s magic.”
