Bath-based Opal scooped both the Best in Litho Print and the Overall Award for Print for its work on photographer Don McCullin’s monumental retrospective, Irreconcilable Truths, which also picked up a further two prizes for designers The English Group.
The project has taken more than two years to come to fruition and Opal has been involved almost from the outset.
McCullin has previously spoken of his delight at being able to print the book here in the UK. He told PrintWeek: “I never thought it was possible to do this in England until seeing the results. People who have seen it think it is the most beautiful thing they have seen in years.”
Opal scanned the original photographs and printed the book on its five-colour Speedmaster CD 74, with techniques including a bespoke tri-tone using cream varnish.
“It was a wonderful surprise,” Opal managing director Keith Lunt said of the win.
London’s FE Burman won Best in Digital Print for production of the vibrant Ling Ling promotional book, printed on uncoated recycled grade Cyclus Offset on Burman’s HP Indigo 10000. “The designer wanted really strong colours. If this had been printed litho it would still be wet now!” quipped FE Burman account manager James Petley.
The Ling Ling books also featured 10 different covers and five different spine tapes.
The Review awards are now in their 25th year, and reward creative design excellence using Antalis papers. The 2016 event took place last night (30 September) at the Village Underground in London’s trendy Shoreditch area.
Antalis marketing director Ian Webb said he had been impressed by both the variety and quality of entries: “What an amazing collection of work and an amazing and inspiring group of people. If more people could see this quality of work, then the future of print is absolutely safe.”
Push, based in London, printed two of the winning entries, in the magazines and catalogues sections.
The printers of the other winning work (see below) were London’s Absolute Group, Cheshire-headquartered APS Group, Green-On in Tunbridge Wells, Identity Print in Tonbridge, and London’s Leycol.
Also at the event, designer and paper-cutter Freya Faulkner, the winner of Antalis’ Cyclus Offset poster design competition, was presented with a one-off hand screen printed poster of her design. It was produced by Chris Hopewell, founder and lead designer of Jacknife Prints in Bristol.
Overall Design Winner
Winner: My Heart Op: A Young Person’s Guide to Having Heart Surgery
Agency: Alphabetical
Printer: APS Group
Substrate: Edixion Offset 120gsm & 250gsm
Overall Print Winner
Winner: Don McCullin: Irreconcilable Truths
Agency: The English Group (Designer); The Provocateur Press (Client)
Printer: Opal Print
Substrate: Popset Aqua 170gsm, Cocoon Silk 50% 170gsm, Cocoon Offset 50% 150gsm & Keaykolour Snow 170gsm
Best in Digital Print
Winner: Ling Ling
Printer: FE Burman
Agency: North
Substrate: Cyclus Offset 140gsm
Best in Litho Print
Winner: Don McCullin: Irreconcilable Truths
(details as above)
Brochures – Corporate
Winner: Capital
Agency: Socio Design
Printer: Identity Print
Substrate: Olin Natural White 100gsm
Brochures – Product/Services
Winner: My Heart Op: A Young Person’s Guide to Having Heart Surgery
(details as above)
Catalogues
Winner: BA Hons Graphic and Media Design 2015
Agency: London College of Communication
Printer: Push
Substrate Edixion Offset 250gsm & Edixion Offset 90gsm
Books
Winner: Don McCullin: Irreconcilable Truths
(details as above)
Creative Papers
Winner: Makoto
Agency: Gunter Piekarski
Printer: Leycol
Substrate: Keaykolour Jet Black 300gsm, Cyclus Offset 170gsm, Curious Trans Clear 140gsm & Curious Metallic Virtual Pearl 170gsm
Direct Mail
Winner: Moving Announcement Mailer
Agency: Radford Wallis
Printer: Green-On
Substrate: Creative Label Rough Laid Extra White 80gsm
Magazines
Winner: The White Review
Agency: The Office of Optimism
Printer: Push
Substrate: Olin Regular Cream 100gsm, 120gsm & 300gsm
Recycled
Winner: Don McCullin (Promotional Monograph)
Agency: The English Group (Designer); The Provocateur Press (Client)
Printer: Opal Print
Substrate: Rives Basane Bright White 120gsm, Pop’Set Aqua 170/240gsm, Cocoon Silk 50% 170gsm & Keaykolour Snow 170gsm
Reports – Annual/Interim
Winner: Ted Baker R&A
Agency: Ted Baker in-house team
Printer: Absolute Group
Substrate: Cyclus Offset 140gsm
Stationery
Winner: Handmade Exercise books
Agency: Mark + Fold The Modern Stationer
Printer: produced in-house by Mark + Fold
Substrate: Keaykolour Navy, Olin Smooth Cream 120gsm & Pop’Set Apricot/ Gold/Fawn
