The awards season starts in Tasmania with the first PICAs for the year.

According to Ron Patterson, general manager of Printing Industries, Victoria and Tasmania, the awards night held in Hobart last week, was more proof of the quality and excellence in printing throughout Tasmania.

"It was a sensational night and very rewarding for a lot of local companies," he said.

"Tasmania is very clever in its use of printing and the judges were really happy with the quality; they believe it's improved out of sight in the last two years."

As usual, judging grew increasingly difficult as a result of the improvements in quality. While there were a number of categories that were not awarded a gold, Patterson believes that this only works to bring out the best in printers. "You don't give a gold to everybody," he said.

He is hopeful of Tasmania's chances in next year's National Print Awards. "We will be there and giving it a good shot."

The Gold Medal Winners were:

Graphic Arts

1. Typography - Winner: Apply Creative
2. Posters - Winner: Apply Creative
3. Calendars - No winner
4. Brochures and Leaflets - one or two colours. Winner: Clemenger. Winner: Tracey Allen.
6. Stationery - one or two colours (minimum two items). Winner: Walker Design. Winner: Digital Ink.
7. Stationery - three or more colours (minimum two items) No Gold winner.
8. Invitations - No Gold winner
9. Certificates No Gold winner
10. Greeting Cards/Postcards - Winner: Walker Design. Cathy McAuliffe Design.
11. Folders - Winner: Redjelly. Winner: Betina Bomford
12. Menus - No Gold winner
13. Promotional Kit Material - show cards, display cards, promotional displays, etc. Winner: Redjelly.
14. Packaging - Winner: Redjelly.
15. Three Dimensional Design - Winner: Futago.
16. Labels - Winner: Apply Creative.
17. Stickers - Winner: No Gold winner
18. Direct Mail Piece (Offset or digital) - Winner: Apply Creative
19. Design on a material other than paper or board - Winner: Futago
20. Display Advertisements - newspapers and magazines - Winner: Clemenger
21. Annual Reports- No Gold winner
22. Annual Reports (Four or more colours throughout) - Winner: Walker Design
23. Catalogues - Winner: Apply Creative. Winner: Tracey Allen
24. Magazines - No Gold winner
25. Newsletters - No Gold winner
26. Books- No Gold winner
27. Booklets - bound or stapled, not loose leaf - Winner: Cathy McAuliffe Design
28. Booklets - bound or stapled, not loose leaf (four or more colours throughout) - No Gold winner
29. One Colour Design - Winner: Redjelly. Winner: Apply Creative
30. Corporate Design - four items, Company Branding, Suite of Material - Winner: Clemenger. Winner: Futago Betina Bomford
31. Website Design - Website address + a colour printout of each page required - Winner: Floatingworld
32. Self promotion - entries, regardless of category or format - Winner: Clemenger. Winner: Savage Media
33. Logos - Winner: Digital Ink Apply. Winner: Creative Apply Creative
34. Signage - Winner: Betina Bomford. Winner: Apply Creative. Winner: Futago
35. Design not fitting into any other category - Winner: Futago. Winner: Cathy McAuliffe Design
36. Craftsmanship Award - electronically produced illustration - Winner: Clemenger
37. Craftsmanship Award - electronically produced illustration, non -photographic - No Gold winner
38. Craftsmanship Award - Illustration by hand - Winner: Floatingworld. Winner: Cathy McAuliffe Design
39. Students Award - any concept design ready for print production - Winner: School of Art Printing
40. One, Two & three colour printing - any format (embellishments are not counted as a colour) - No winner
41. Posters / Art Production - Winner: Geon
42. Commercial posters, showcards, card constructions and mobiles (four or more colours) - No Gold winner
43. Complex constructions to be assembled by the entrant on judging day - Winner: Harris Print
44. Calendars - any format - Winner: Flying Colours. Winner: Print Applied Technology
45. Brochures and Leaflets (up to three colours) - No Gold winner
46. Brochures and Leaflets (four or more colours) - Winner: Flying Colours. Winner: Focal Printing
47. Business Cards - No Gold winner
48. Letterheads - Winner: Focal Printing. Winner: Print Domain
49. With Compliments Slips - Winner: Flying Colours
50. Envelopes - Winner: Geon
51. Stationery Sets - minimum two items - Winner: Focal Printing. Winner: Focal Printing Flying Colours
52. Certificates/Invitations - Winner: Flying Colours
53. Direct Mail Pieces - No Gold winner
54. Postcards and greeting cards - sets will be judged on the average standard of the items submitted (small items should be display mounted) - Winner: Flying Colours
55. Folders / Die Cut Presentation Folders - Winner: Focal Printing
56. Menus - No Gold winner
57. Promotional Kit Material - show cards, display cards, promotional displays, etc. - Winner: The Print Centre
58. Multi - Piece productions and campaigns (including direct mail) - Winner: Geon. Winner: Flying Colours
59. Self Promotion - No Gold Winner
60. Packaging - any number of colours on any material - Winner: Geon. Winner: Geon
61. Labels / Stickers - Litho - Winner: Focal Printing
62. Labels / Stickers - Letterpress - Winner: Abel Labels
63. Labels / Stickers - Screen - No Gold winner
64. Labels / Stickers - Flexographic - Winner: Label Press
65. Security Printing - stamps, cheques, bank notes, credit cards, scratch tickets etc. - No Gold winner
66. Newspaper - Offset - Winner: Print Domain
67. Newspaper - Web - No Gold Winner
68. Annual Reports - No Gold Winner
69. Annual Reports (four or more colours) - Winner: Print Applied Technology
70. Catalogues - Winner: Focal Printing
71. Magazines - No Gold Winner
72. Newsletter - No Gold Winner
73. Books - Winner: Print Applied Technology. Winner: Geon
74. Booklets - bound or stapled, not loose leaf - Winner: Focal Printing
75. Booklets - bound or stapled, not loose leaf, four or more colours throughout - No Gold Winner
76. Maps - No Gold Winner
77. Screen Printing - on paper or board - No Gold Winner
78. Screen Printing - on fabric - No Gold Winner
79. Screen Printing - on other material - No Gold Winner
80. Flexographic - on any substrate - No Gold Winner
81. Thermography - Winner: whatsinaname
82. Embellishment - the enhancement of a printed job by the addition of decorative processes Winner: whatsinaname
83. Digital printing Electro photographic - Winner: Walker Design
84. Digital printing inkjet - Winner: Print Applied Technology
85. Innovation - No Gold Winner
86. Specialty or "special" printing - No Gold Winner
87. Small printing business awards less than 10 staff - Winner: Walker Design     

Heidelberg Platinum PICA for outstanding overall entry in print
Winner: Print Applied Technology
PaperlinX paper Platinum PICA for outstanding overall entry in design
Winner: Redjelly
Currie Platinum PICA for most innovative use of imaging in print
Winner: Print Applied Technology

Tasmania PICA 2009 Winners (xls - 51 kb) Full list of Winners for the Tasmanian PICAs 2009