The winners of this year’s FESPA Awards were announced at FESPA’s annual Gala Dinner, which took place on Wednesday 15 May at Löwenbräukeller in Munich, Germany, during FESPA Global Print Expo 2019.

The gold winners of the application categories are:

Also announced at the Gala Dinner were the winners of the three following categories:

· The Young Star Award, was presented to design student, Antonio Tsigonias, of T.E.I. Athens, Department of Graphic Arts Technology in Greece for his entry titled “Garden Team”.  The Young Star Award is marked across all print related categories and open to entrants aged between 16 and 25 working as a junior employee, trainee or student.

· This year’s People’s Choice Award winner, which is voted for online by FESPA’s global speciality print community, was presented to PVG'S Maharashtra Institute of Printing Technology in India for their entry titled “Screen Printing Graphics” submitted in the Young Star category.

· The Best in Show Award is judged across all categories on the work that the judges felt represented the most outstanding example of print. This year the award was presented to two companies, Atelier fuer Siebdruck from Switzerland, for its screen printed entry “Creativ Verpacken” in the Serigraphies and Fine Art category and VGL from the United Kingdom for its digitally printed entry “Beefeater Gin Underground Poster Campaign” in the Posters category.

For a full list of the FESPA Award winners and runners up, visit www.fespaawards.com. 

The shortlisted entries to the FESPA Awards are currently on display at FESPA Global Print Expo 2019 (Messe Munich, Germany) until Friday 17 May. For more information, visit: www.fespaglobalprintexpo.com.

Entries for the FESPA 2020 Awards are now open. To find out more information and to enter visit: www.fespaawards.com.

FESPA 2019 Young Star Award: Antonio Tsigonias, of T.E.I. Athens, Department of Graphic Arts Technology, Greece.