swissQprint announces Creative Challenge winners for 2023

swissQprint has announced the winners of its community competition, the Creative Challenge.

The worldwide competition, running in the swissQprint user community, was announced in early 2023. Customers from all five continents took up the challenge and submitted 60 works. Judging was done by an internal swissQprint jury and two external experts. Judging criteria included originality and process and print-related considerations. The public was also invited over three weeks to cast their votes online.

The winners are noted below with judging comments:

First place: Haas Werbetechnik of Austria with “Symphony of creation”, a unique composition of highly varied materials and printing techniques: metallic effects, droptix, white, UV varnish and 3D relief printing. Having already won the previous swissQprint Creative Challenge in 2019, Haas Werbetechnik successfully defended its position.

Second place: CMP Enseigne of France with “Woodstar”, a truly spectacular work of art. Transparent areas, droptix and lenticular printing, relief and metallic effects, plus clever use of varnish together create a stunning display.

Third place: Gcolor Company Ltd. of Taiwan with “Alice Immersiveland”. Lenticular printing is the secret to the fairytale-like transformation of the image; additional printed relief completes the magic.

Fourth place: Signaletik Diffusion of France with «Le couteau swissQprint», a detailed replica of a Swiss Army knife ornamented with relief elements. Various designs impart a distinctive look to each one of the tools.

Fifth place: Take the Corporation of Japan with “Funny Moving Poster”, a test piece for an engaging shop window display.  Rotating patterns draw attention to the product.

A delegation from Haas Werbetechnik, the first place winners, will travel to swissQprint’s factory in Kriessern, Switzerland.

This is the third Creative challenge run by the company, the first in 2016, then in 2019 and now in 2023.

“Again, we marvelled at our customers’ ingenuity, creativity and skill; they make the seemingly impossible happen,” says Adriano Gut, Key Account Manager at swissQprint

A gallery displaying the winners is available online at:  https://www.swissqprint.com/ch/en/news/stories/creative-challenge-2023-winners/