Winner
Northend Creative Print Solutions
www.northend.co.uk 01142 500331
A clear winner in this category, Northend has won itself more than a few admirers on the judging panel, who described its work as "truly outstanding". The examples of its work were "head and shoulders above everyone else", demonstrating "great attention to all aspects of production" to deliver "truly the complete package". Its entry included a limited edition of 250, 116pp case-bound books to celebrate the paintings of renowned abstract artist Harry Ousey, which was submitted to the printer as copy and pictures. The book was designed and produced in-house, with the pictures scanned on a Creo iQsmart3 scanner and individually retouched with great attention to detail in Photoshop. The text was printed on 200gsm Novatech Matt paper using Saphira Excel high-intensity inks with an inline satin coating on Northend's Heidelberg Speedmaster CD74.

Commended
Empress Litho
www.empresslitho.com 020 83166648
Bernard Cohen's Work of Six Decades catalogue, commissioned by the Flowers Gallery, was "a real gem" and contributed to Empress' success in picking up a commendation. Due to the fact that it covered such a time span, an array of originals were provided to London-based Empress, from colour negatives, prints and transparencies to digital files and printed copy. Arjo's 170gsm Chromomat paper was selected for the text, which was printed in four-colour process with a spot-neutral seal applied to the pictures, while 150gsm Chromomat was chosen for the case, which was four-colour printed with a neutral seal to the pictures and then matt laminated.

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