San Diego, CA - Clearstory and its team of creative digital publishers won two awards from the MGI Applications Gallery at Graph Expo 2012, which took place October 7–10, 2012, in Chicago, IL. Graph Expo is the most comprehensive trade show for prepress, printing, finishing, converting, mailing, wide format and digital technologies in the Americas.

Clearstory won first place in the category of Books/Bound Publications for the printing of the Deuce book, and second place in the category of General Commercial (Paper) for an array of marketing materials and business cards.

The materials were printed on the HP Indigo 5500 Digital Press and spot coated on the MGI Jet Varnish. Clearstory produces high-quality products utilizing 4-color process, white ink and foil simulation and special colors. The company uses an array of specialty substrates for photo reproduction and special effects. In addition, it has the versatility to produce personalized pieces in all run lengths.

Mark Michelson, Editor-in-Chief of Printing Impressions, and Jim Hamilton, Group Director at InfoTrends, judged the design submissions.

The winning products were included in the MGI Applications Gallery at Graph Expo. The gallery is a new conference feature that showcased customer-submitted projects. These print items illustrated the versatility and differentiation among MGI’s product lines and demonstrated MGI’s central campaign theme, “Imagine what you could do with MGI.”

About Clearstory

With a knowledge and passion for printed materials, and a shared love for the craft of quality book binding, Clearstory was founded on the principle that the creation of library-quality books should be available and customized by anyone. From professional quality photo books and artist portfolios, to cookbooks and poetry books, we provide unmatched photo and print quality output, as well as book design services, ensuring your story is told vividly and beautifully. Clearstory is located in San Diego, CA, and all of our printing is done in-house at our state-of-the-art digital printing facility for the ultimate quality control. For more information about Clearstory, please visit www.myclearstory.com.