Direct Mail Printer of the Year 2015: Geoff Neal Group

This was anything but junk mail. John Lewis tasked Geoff Neal to develop a concept for a joint promotion with Le Creuset for a new Cool Mint range. The mailing, to deliver a promotional magnet, involved a gift-style matchbox-type carton on 485 micron FBB to avoid cracking.

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High-pigment inks meanwhile ensured maximum impact. Equally impressive was the Npower calendar mailing that dovetailed excellence in design, creativity and manufacturing. Everything in this category comes under scrutiny: folding, perforating, personalisation, die-cutting and pop-ups. That Geoff Neal pulled off a mailing for 2 million people in a “seemingly impossible” timesecale before ticking all the boxes to win such a demanding category puts the junk mail moniker right where it belongs. In the bin.


Highly commended

DST 

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Churchill Home Insurance wanted a creative pack that was unique to every individual. DST Output delivered in the form of a full-colour map showing the recipient’s home location printed on a Kodak Prosper 5000XL in a run of around 60,000, each involving complex folding, gluing and separating. The technique, says the printer, enables clients to be more creative and improve return on investment. The entries, insisted the judges, showed “creative, process-driven thinking to deliver results”.


Finalists

DST

Geoff Neal Group 

Howard Hunt

Pureprint Group