ALL ABOUT GRAPHICS WINS FESPA BEST IN SHOW AWARD

By Wayne Robinson | 24 May 2023

Melbourne’s All About Graphics has been awarded best display printer in the world, taking out the Best In Show award against printers from around the globe at the Fespa print awards.

Best in the world: (l-r) Rob Tennant, Abascus Visual; Eddie Zummit; Mark Burley, All About Graphics; Jenni Burley, All About Graphics; and Lauren Tennant, Abascus Visual — *Best in the world: (l-r) Rob Tennant, Abacus Visual; Eddie Zammit, curator; Mark Burley, All About Graphics; Jenni Burley, All About Graphics; and Lauren Tennant, Abacus Visual*

All About Graphics was one of three Australian category medal winners; it took Gold in the Printeriors category, while ImageBox took Silver in the same category, and Next Printing also won Silver, in the Display and Pop on Paper and Board category.

A jubilant Mark Burley, founder of All About Graphics, said, “What an honour and what a tribute to our team. We always aim to reach the highest standards in all our work. To be awarded Best in Show is astounding, it shows the benefits of investing in quality with our staff and equipment."

The winning job was the multi-faceted Daniel Johns: Past, Present & FutureNever exhibition, a tribute to the Silverchair frontman. It included framed art printing, floor graphics, wall coverings, window graphics and fabric display stands. Total production was 1620sqm, with printing on HP Latex, Epson Eco-Sol, Canon Colorado 1650 and Canon Prograf printers.

*Winners: (l-r) Troy Cavanagh from ImageBox and Pranil Chandra from Next Printing at Fespa in Munich with their awards*

The ImageBox job that took Silver in Printeriors was for the Australian Sports Museum, using an EFI Vutek LX3 to print 300 3mm concrete panels.

The Next job that took Silver was the Clinique Pop-Up store – Hydration Station, which was a pop-up subway carriage 11m high by four meters wide using Reboard and printed with a Durst 350 onto rigids and a Canon Colorado 1650 for floor decals and frosted window elements, and finished in-house on the Kongsberg XP CAD cutter. Pranil Chandra from Next Printing said, "We are delighted with the award."

David Asker, CEO of ImageBox and vice president of Fespa Australia said, “Congratulations to all the Australian award winners. The results clearly show that Australian sign and display print is up there with the best in the world, and in some cases is the best in the world.”