The winners of the Fespa Awards 2013 received their prizes at the organisation’s 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner at Old Billingsgate in London on Thursday 27th June 2013.
The prize for Best in Show went to Switzerland’s Atelier für Siebdruck Lorenz Boegli for their screen printed entry ‘Josephine’. The image is one of ten screen and digital printed designs of Josephine Napoleon for French high end jewellery brand Chaumet.
The Runner Up Award was won by India’s Studio Reya for their T-shirt titled Indian. The Michel Caza People’s Choice Award went to Sweden’s Tobex AB for their stunning textile titled ‘Bluebells’.
Fespa received more than 385 entries from members of Fespa’s national associations around the world. Josep Tobella Soler, Chairman of the Judging Panel remarked: ”People could be of the opinion that screen printing is an industry in decline, however the innovation that we are seeing across all Award categories highlights that this is certainly not the case. Screen printing is here to stay as it’s an irreplaceable technique for multiple applications. Conventional screen printing is a special craft and keeps surprising me. The special effects that can be achieved in graphics and textiles are breathtaking. The digital entries of this year’s Fespa Awards illustrate that amazing new applications will help to open up new business markets.”
