We are proud to say that despite the event looking very different and being streamed worldwide on the 16th September 2020, that this year was no different, ending with us picking up silver in the printeriors category. A huge thank you to the team at FESPA for keeping the event in the calendar and celebrating not only the fantastic work done by us and our peers in the UK but also worldwide.

We all know that it has been a particularly challenging time of late in the industry, a reminder of why we do what we do and having it celebrated on the world stage was a pleasure to see.

James Watt Exhibition – The Award Winning Project

Tasked with a brief to create a pop-up exhibition feature, utilising a sustainable material. We offered an alternative to PVC that would be light but rigid and eco-friendly. See the case study in full for this winning project here

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It’s been a great few days here in #Munich! As always, a wonderful #event celebrating the best in the industry, and an incredible city to boot… #fespa2019 pic.twitter.com/J4zbrqKJgH

— Digital Plus Ltd (@digiplus) May 16, 2019

We’ve previously won bronze, silver and gold awards, and were delighted to pick up another silver award, this time within the Display and Packaging on Plastic category. We were shortlisted alongside two companies from Russia and two from India, with Spectrum Scan PVT LTD from India winning gold. It was great to be recognised within a truly international field of entries.

The project that won silver was a refurbishment at Club Energy Gym, Retford. It was the second project we’d completed for this client, after a successful fit-out at their gym in Otley.

We designed and produced large format branding for the whole site. This included window, wall and floor vinyls, as well as panoramic and full-coverage feature wall graphics. It was the sheer multitude of different materials and processes that set this project apart for the judges.

We had a great evening at the @FESPA awards in #Munich last night! Not to mention collecting a new trophy for the trophy cabinet! ?

We were awarded the silver award for Display and Packaging on Plastic! ? #fespa2019 pic.twitter.com/HuGXT8op2c

— Digital Plus Ltd (@digiplus) May 16, 2019

Although we didn’t manage to win gold this time, we’re still extremely proud to be recognised. The FESPA awards are an annual highlight for us here at Digital Plus. They also provide a valuable opportunity for us to see what other new processes and techniques are out there.

Take a look at this video to see some of the exciting products and techniques demonstrated during the Expo:

Last day! We’ve had three jam-packed days of product launches, interactive features and lots of networking at #FESPA Global Print Expo this week. Come and check out the possibilities for speciality print today until 4pm at Messe Munich. pic.twitter.com/AtYCoRn88I

— FESPA (@FESPA) May 17, 2019

We had a fantastic time at the event. But, aside from the pleasure of collecting an award, the real value is the recognition of our standards. It means our clients can be sure the print they receive is of an internationally-recognised quality – and can be relied upon.

Got an upcoming project that needs added impact? Get in touch with our team today and we’ll help you find your inspiration.

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For a glimpse of some of the technologies on offer, watch this short promotional clip to see them in action;

FESPA Highlights: review some of the highlights from #FESPA Global Print Expo 2018, held last week in Berlin pic.twitter.com/FX7U9HAUA7

— FESPA (@FESPA) May 24, 2018

We’ve previously won bronze, silver and gold awards, and were delighted to walk away with another silver at this year’s ceremony.

The winning project was the latest in a series titled ‘The Gift of Life’ created for our client, the Hospital Art Studio. The installation was at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital and has been created in celebration of organ donation.

(You can read more about the project in our blog ‘Commemorating the Gift of Life with Hospital Art Studio’)

We picked up silver within the ‘glass, ceramic, metal and wood’ category, for printing our 100 butterflies on cut aluminium. The judges were impressed with the accuracy in which we’d recreated 100 true-to-life butterflies, colour matched down to the finest detail.

Aside from the recognition we received, the event was a fantastic chance to catch up with other printers and see what techniques they’d been working on. There were some exciting entries in the ‘decals and printed labels’ category, including the revamp of a corrugated office block in Qatar.

We couldn’t help but be reminded of the mammoth task we had printing for the corrugated exterior of a large aircraft hangar at Manchester Airport recently. We commend the team behind it for realising such a smart looking design on a very tricky surface!

The FESPA awards are always one of the highlights of the year and a great opportunity for the whole team at Digital Plus to recognise the great work we do for our clients. We’re looking forward to next year’s awards and are already anticipating what new and exciting work we might have to share.

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Although we were nominated in two categories – creative use of substrates and wide and super-wide format – we unfortunately missed out on an award. A huge congratulations to Premier Paper Group and GT Marketing Services who did take home the awards respectively.

It’s fantastic to see so much innovation coming from the print and design world, and it’s always fascinating to learn about all the creative projects produced over the past year.

Our nominations came from a project completed back in 2016 for the Rio Olympics. This particular project was challenging but very exciting for the whole team. After all, it’s not often you get the chance to contribute to the world’s biggest sporting event!

We were asked by non-slip tape manufacturer, Heskins, to supply the start ramp BMX track surface for the games. Aside from printing 10×20.5m, our main challenge was how well the finished product would stand up to the rigours of competitive racing over several days.

We carefully matched the exact colours and began printing onto the anti-slip material on our Agfa M3200i Anarpurna dual roll-to-roll printer. After a gruelling 18 hours, all that was left was to digitally cut the printed sheets to size and get them sent to Rio and installed at the games.

The finished result was a vibrant green ramp of colour with the official Rio 2016 logo emblazoned at the centre. Both the print and substrate worked perfectly and it was great to see our printed graphics up on the big screen, broadcast across the world!

To watch the process in action, check out the video:

Although we didn’t receive the award this time, this project is still one of our favourites and it’s an honour to have contributed to such an amazing global event.

Got an upcoming project that needs added impact? Get in touch with our team today and we’ll help you find your inspiration.

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Last week we had the opportunity to attend the FESPA awards in Hamburg for the fifth year. We have previously won bronze and silver awards, but we were delighted to walk away with a gold award this year for our project at Medway Hospital, Kent.

FESPA is a global federation for the screen printing, digital printing and textile printing community and the awards bring together printers from across the world to celebrate the very best in print innovation and achievement.

Our winning project was designed with Hospital Art Studio and was the third in a series of installations we have completed in celebration of organ donation at NHS units across the UK.  We topped the glass, ceramic, metal and wood products category with our formation of flying birds installed across the walls of the hospital entrance space.

The judges commended:

‘This entry demonstrated a perfect use of UV inkjet on butler finish dibond to create range of corroded metal effects.’

Director at Digital Plus, Owen Russell, said of the win:

‘It’s fantastic to be recognised internationally within your industry, but even more so when it’s for such a worthy project. It has been so rewarding working with Hospital Art Studio on The Gift of Life projects, helping to beautifully commend the selfless gift that is organ donation across the country.

‘FESPA represents the coming together of our industry’s leading innovators and to be included in the awards for a fifth year running is a real honour and a credit to the capabilities of the whole Digital Plus team.’

Got an upcoming project that needs added impact? Get in touch with our team today and we’ll help you find your inspiration.

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This is our fifth project now completed under “The Gift of Life” Each time we strive to get bigger and better than the previous, pushing the boundaries and exploring the delights of what is conceivable from large format print. Digital Plus are continuing to lead from the front, from what was the unimaginable to now, the achievable within our world of large format print.

What was the aim of the Project?

To recreate the concept ideas and designs into an impressive three-dimensional artwork within the Medway hospital atrium, dedicated to all those who have selflessly become organ donors.

The brief was to create various species of birds flocking together and flying to ultimately form a heart shape around the wording The Gift of Life, before soaring up into the highest parts of the wall depicting freedom and new life.
The final design was to portray over a hundred birds from the many species that visit the Medway Estuary.

 How did we meet customer requirements?

One hundred and twenty birds were chosen from over eight species, each one bespoke cut to shape out of composite aluminium, and printed in a selection of aged metal finish effects. Each of the finishes were chosen to give depth and a textured look that replicates the true look of birds in flight. Each one was to a different size along with the centre piece wording” The Gift of Life.” These were then accurately placed to create both the heart shape and flying flocks. Printed and cut vinyl was selected to provide the main heading to run along the width of the finished design. An additional printed plaque illustrating the identity of each bird species of this finished piece of art along with information on how to become an organ donor was also included.

What were the particular challenges?

The first challenge was to recreate the aged metal finishes that each cut out bird would be printed onto. To use actual metals such as brass or copper would make it very expensive and heavy to install. Secondly was the problem of installing in a working hospital, as they were required to fit to an existing wall over four floors high [15mt high x18.5mt Wide]. Each part was required to be fitted in its exact position, creating the three-dimensional look therefore a detailed plan had to be worked out and assessed prior to installation.

What did you do to address them?

Many tests were carried out on various options. The chosen effects were digital images of aged metal effects, and these were overlaid on the outline of each bird to create this unique effect and then printed using UV inks. Each set of stand off fixings were of different lengths to help create the three-dimensional effect of birds in flight, each were topped with a printed vinyl cap to match with its paired bird to blend within its design. Printed templates at finished size were made and laid out on site before final positioning on the wall. A large extendable scissor lift was required as a working platform to reach all the required accessible parts of the atrium wall.

Evidence of the effectiveness of the job

 When the project was competed it was described as “Overwhelmingly positive ” “beautiful” and ‘stunning”. The visual impact caused reflection on the benefits of organ donation as contained in the feedback that follows.

 Feedback from clients or their customers

 “We have always been strong advocates of organ donation at Medway and wanted to commission a large piece of artwork to celebrate the selflessness of those who have donated organs and the courage of their families. We were fortunate to have the support of the Trust’s CEO and Chairman to redecorate our large atrium area within the hospital.

From initial concept design to final installation, we were extremely impressed with the professionalism of the team and the proof of the pudding has been the fantastic mural that we now have in our hospital atrium.

Feedback from visitors, patients, and staff has been overwhelmingly positive with many people commenting on its beauty whilst mentioning friends and family who have received organ transplants or who have donated organs. The artwork stimulates discussion about organ donation and hopefully this will continue to increase the number of visitors who join the organ donor register.

We intend to time our official unveiling of the artwork to coincide with national organ donation week in September and the Trust is now re-configuring the atrium area to benefit from a spacious seating area for visitors to enjoy the artwork.”

Dr Paul Hayden, Clinical Director for Critical Care & Clinical Lead for Organ Donation, Medway NHS Foundation Trust

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Can we win Large Format Printer of the Year for the forth year running after been nominated again at this years Digital Printer Awards 2015. The gala ceremony will be held at the Marriott London, Grosvenor Square, on Thursday 12 November 2015.

This years project nominated for the Digital Printer Awards was working with Tony and Karen van de Bospoort of Hospital Art Studio, Digital Plus were engaged to produce digital printed cut wall vinyls which were to be applied to the walls and walkway windows in the atriums of two Welsh hospitals simultaneously in different locations.

Read more about this project winning us a gobal silver Award at a glittering ceremony in Cologne, Germany in May 2015

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Director Chris Stringwell, along with his wife Julia were privileged to attend the awards ceremony held at the Floral Hall Cologne to receive the Silver award on behalf of Digital Plus, and said afterwards  “It’s a great honour to be judged by such an eminent organisation like Fespa and to go one better than last years bronze award. The pressure is now on for 2016 to achieve gold”!

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Both works titled Rhodd o Fywydd – Gift of Life, covered giant walls up to 10x3mts covered with both printed and glass coloured giant butterflies connected with printed ribbons and wording in both Welsh and English. The Bangor hospital theme featured fish and sea birds, which also covered its large walls and a glass walkway. Both hospitals had a glass centrepiece depicting its chosen theme of butterflies and fish morphing into sea birds, handmade by glass artist Jo Downs at her Cornwall based studio.

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Fresh from having picked up the Bronze Award for Interior Decoration at FESPA International in Munich this Spring, Digital Plus have now been awarded the “Large Format Printer of the Year 2014″ for the third year running at the ‘Digital Printer Awards’.

Both Directors, Chris Stringwell and Owen Russell, travelled to London for the Awards Ceremony in Grosvenor Square. A lavish luncheon was served followed by the presentation of awards from England Rugby World Cup winner Will Greenwood MBE (left).

The entry this year was for a project designed by Blue the Design Company, based in North Yorkshire, for the refurbishment of The Killhope Lead Mining Visitor Centre.  This entailed the printing of over some 300 square meters of print direct to PVC and floor graphic vinyls along with a very complex installation. The judges said ” An inspired use of wide format technology to create a unique digitally printed space”

All our members of staff along with both clients involved are ecstatic at this Award and the achievement of winning for the third year in a row.

We’d be happy to discuss any aspect of your graphics project, please give us a call.

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