Guaranteeing the perfect scores: The ladies of PrintWeek India who welcomed the jury members at the registration desk
The stage is set at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai. The same venue shall witness the Awards Night on 7 October where the show stopper is a rollicking comedy specially created for the print industry
112 print firms from all over India. 300 plus entries. 1500 plus samples
The power of print: An eclectic mix of coated and uncoated to increase impact and provide a tactile look and feel
Jury members are welcomed to the Judgement Day by Ramu Ramanathan, editor of PrintWeek India
Jury members of Group D being briefed by Tanvi Parekh, online editor of PrintWeek India. They judged the following categories: Fine Art, Industrial Product, Innovative, Wide-Format Printer
Noel D'cunha, managing editor, supervises the jury members of Group B (Creative Repro, Labels, Packaging and Screen Printer)
Priya Raju is the leader of a creatively inclined Group C (Brochure & Catalogue, Digital Photo Album, Digital, Direct Mail and Social Stationery)
No bookish knowledge in Group A (Book Printer, Cross media, Magazine Printer, Newspaper and PUR Book Maker)
Books are changing. More and more companies are publishing specialist titles. The Jury members were impressed with the pushing of boundaries, be it with materials or processes
Hemant Randive of FCB Ulka Advertising admires the samples. He said, "We print offset at 300lpi, we print digital at 2400dpi, we have the ISO standards, so our print is as good as you will get anywhere in the world."
A good impression ... Be it: innovations or printed t-shirts
Sheetal Dandekar of Lupin Pharma examines the best samples
Ashwini Deshpande of Elephant Design, "Enjoying the annual print pilgrimage"
Ajay Bapat of Emcure Pharma; the head of packaging development
Ritam Banerjee of Ritam Banerjee Studio liked the simple design and premium print finish
Ajay Takalkar scrutinises the entries in the competitive category of Fine Art Printer and Innovative Printer. He said, he was looking for retouching, colour balancing and fantastic reproduction of images. He said the high points included tri-tone images throughout, inline gloss varnish to images and cloth-wrapped front and back boards
Yatish Surana of Stuff India studies the detail. He was impressed with the dense black on monochrome imagery
Naju Hirani of Marg Publications, "Enjoyed being a part of this prestigious event; plus I learnt a lot."
'Wide-format print that makes you go OOH' felt Deepapriyadarshini Ankalikar of IOAA, who among other things are mapping the high-growth Rs 2500 crore industry
The three wise men: Huzefa Kanorwala of Ctrl M Print Management; Noel D'cunha, the Sunday Column man; and Amit Saurkar of Heinz India
Dipankar Sanyal of Madison OOH saw work that ranged from huge displays to multi-part display packs with scalable window vinyls and free-standing units printed across digital and screen on up to five substrates
Rajat Mehta of Yes Bank felt the Awards proved what’s possible when Indian printers take real pride in their work
A special wedding card which is part of the USD40 billion wedding industry in India
Sanjay Tripathi of HDFC and KV Sridhar (POPS) feel, "All industries use the philosophy of 70% money with three shifts, 20% of them do quality work. Only 10% do R&D due to which there is innovation. That's how Pragati does new things
A dialogue on what constitutes great packaging. Does it mean short shelf life and lower value? Or longevity of impact and lustrous looks?
The Most Popular Entry: Almost all the jury members flocked to this brilliant example of children furniture created from corrugation board
Praful Akali of Medulla Communications looks at a job with a cold-foil process and bold contrasting colours
All about Print Intelligence: The jury members judge the samples, together
Paulose Parakkadan of R-Pac India felt, "With post-press standards on the rise in packaging, today's print buyers are not merely looking at China as a source"
Three rare Tamil books - (originally published from 1850s to 1920s) - have been restored and printed as a special edition
An eye for detail: Fine detail and the subtle emboss on the background adds to the premium look and feel for the label
Print can compete with anything, everything; if the print design is kool
A creative print firm from Western India adds an extra dimension to the print job
Manik Salunke of Kokuyo Camlin and Sainath Mane a student-intern from SIES College examine if the binding is perfect
The Jury Day concluded with a Round Table discussion about the trends and challenges, plus the future of print
Innovation: Print is no longer 2D. Subash Kamath of BBH India admires this 3D print job
A thank you gift with lots of lovely goodies from the sponsors
All the 26 Jury members. Their final verdict shall be delivered on 7 October at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai. Please be there
Top 39 print moments on Jury Day
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