NEXT WINS GOLD FOR BARBIE AT FESPA

By Wayne Robinson | 14 May 2025

Sydney-based Next Printing beat competition from around the world to take the Fespa Display and Packaging on Paper & Board Gold Award for its Barbie @ Grill’d activation with Bastion display. ImageBox and Cactus took home Silver awards.

*Fespa Global winner: Romeo Sanuri, Next Printing, (left), receives Fesap Gold from Duncan MacOwen, head of marketing and events, Fespa*

Next’s Romeo Sanuri received the award in Berlin at the Fespa Global expo. Pranil Chandra, general manager at Next, said, “So proud to see Next Printing recognised on the global stage, winning Gold at the 2025 Fespa Awards in Berlin for our Barbie @ Grill’d activation with Bastion.”

Next Printing did a fit-out, in conjunction with the launch of the Barbie Movie in July 2023, at Grill’d The Galeries’ Sydney location, as Barbie’s Dreamburger Diner.

Re-board was the main material in this project. Next used a range of other print materials to transform windows, floors, tables and columns inside the space.

*Inside the burger bar: Next wins Gold at Fespa*

Chandra said, “This underscores our innovative spirit and dedication to sustainable solutions. Using Reboard we have demonstrated that impactful design and environmental responsibility can go hand in hand. Congratulations to our incredible team and our partners at Bastion Experience and Grill'd for making this award-winning project a reality.”

Also at the Fespa 2025 Awards, Melbourne based ImageBox won a silver Award in the Printeriors Category, for its High Forest by Mirvac Display Suite.

Cactus Imaging won silver medal in the Display and POP on plastic category, for its Ladbrokes activation at the Taree Racetrack.

*Fespa Gold winner: Next Printing's Barbie @Grilled display*