A record crowd of printers is expected at this year’s Queensland Printing Industry Craftsmanship Awards (PICAs) in Brisbane on Friday night, with registrations up 20 percent on last year.
The PICA Qld 2015 awards ceremony at the Royal on the Park will include 22 categories in two sections - graphic design and print - with a new design category, a streamlined labels category and a new free print award.
In Graphic Design, categories are: Typography; Illustration; Corporate Identity; Print/Digital Campaign; Packaging & Labelling; and Student Award.
In the Printing section, categories are: Printing; Packaging; Web Offset; Labels; Commercial Posters; Embellishment; Wide Format; Impact Mail, Sensory Mail & Direct Mail; Presentation Folders; Booklets, Catalogues, Brochures & Magazines; Books; Digital; Self-Promotion; Regional/Business; Speciality Printing; and Free Category (an open category to any size company within the print, packaging and visual communications industry).
An Environmental Management Award will recognise the efforts of print businesses to reduce their impact on the environment. Also being presented are the biennial GAMAA-LIA National Graduate School Scholarship prize and an LIA-Printing Industries Future Leaders Award.
Viewing begins at 6pm for a 7pm start, Friday October 30 at Royal on the Park, corner of Alice and Albert Streets, Brisbane 4000. Dress code: Lounge suit.
Meanwhile, a reminder that tickets for the WA Printers Ball, which includes the PICA WA 2015 awards, must be purchased by Friday, 30th October 2015. The event takes place on Saturday 14th November 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 99 Adelaide Terrace, Perth. For tickets: contact WA office on 08 9361 4625. Cost: $120 per person. Dress code: Cocktail Style and suits.