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Apprentice of the Year 2025

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Apprentice of the Year 2025 award is one of the highlights of the annual Pride in Print awards. It is an opportunity to celebrate emerging industry talent. The team at GSM donned our best threads and went along to catch up with the six finalists. Pride in Print 2025 was held at The Cordis Hotel in Auckland on 4th July. As always, one of the most anticipated awards bestowed on the night is the BJ Ball Apprentice of the Year 2025 —propelling a select group of emerging industry talent into the limelight.  APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR FINALISTS For the Apprentice of the...

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Best & AGDA Design Awards: Class of 24

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2024 was another year of stellar entries in the national design awards in both Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. GSM takes a look at two award-winning print-based entries. The Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) Design Awards and the BEST Awards (hosted by the Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ)) are the two premier annual award events recognising excellence in design in our part of the world. And, thanks to some forward-thinking people within these organisations, entries are open to studios on either side of the Tasman. Both events include a wide range of entry categories across the visual design spectrum....

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Quick Chat Creative – Best Strategy

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The Best Awards were again in full swing for 2023. The team at Strategy Creative, who created the lead campaign, decided it was the time to celebrate. GSM caught up with the team to talk about the "Bestival". The Best Awards, organised by the Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ), run every year to celebrate the ‘best’ in the local design scene. And, every year, a new lead campaign promotes entering Best and the awards night (…plus the after party). The team at Strategy Creative is to thank for last year’s campaign. We sat down with the team at Strategy...

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Tipping Point Wines – Sustainable Packaging

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Tipping Point wines gift packaging recently won Gold at the New Zealand Pride in Print awards, GSM takes a look... The Background on Tipping Point Wines Al Brown is recognised around the world as a leading New Zealand Chef and Restaurateur. He is also quite the entrepreneur who values aligning himself with people, organisations and brands he feels a strong connection with. Partnering with Constellation Brands, Al launched Tipping Point Wines. Wine which aims to do good and taste great, with each varietal supporting five not-for-profit organisations that are working hard to create a better future for New Zealand: The...

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National Design Awards Class of ’22

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2022 delivered another great crop of entries into the National Design Awards in both Australia and New Zealand. GSM takes a look at a couple of print -based projects that took top-honours. AGDA & Best Awards The Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) Design Awards and the BEST Awards (hosted by the Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ)) are two annual events recognising excellence in our industry. For readers unfamiliar with these awards, entries into both are open to studios on either side of the Tasman. Kiwi studios can enter AGDA, Australian designers can enter the BEST awards. Both AGDA and...

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Australian Print Apprentice of the Year 2022

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One of the highlights of the Australian National Print Awards is the Apprentice of the Year - celebrating emerging industry talent. The team at GSM donned our best threads and went along to catch up with the two finalists> The Australian National Print Awards provide an opportunity to recognise the skill and craftsmanship of the Australian Print and Visual Communications industry. The Apprentice of the Year is an auspicious, highly regarded and coveted award bestowed only on those who display the highest level of skill in their field. Having achieved the top echelon of performance within their State before vying...

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New Zealand Print Apprentice of the Year Awards 2022

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One of the highlights of the annual Pride in Print Awards is the Apprentice of the Year - celebrating emerging industry talent. The team at GSM donned our best threads and went along to catch up with the five finalists. Pride in Print 2022 was held in the newly opened Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre—a stunning venue for this prestigious event. As always, one of the most anticipated awards bestowed on the night is the BJ Ball Apprentice of the Year— propelling a select group of emerging industry talent into the limelight. For the Apprentice of the Year awards—one finalist...

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Top Awards

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2021 was another epic year for graphic design downunder. GSM takes a look at print-based projects that took out top awards last year. — with the Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA), and the Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ) Despite the disruptions caused by COVID lockdowns et cetera, 2021 saw more than 1,850 entries into the annual Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) Design Awards and more than 1,450 entries into the Best Awards hosted by the Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ). Both events celebrate graphic design within their respective countries, but are also open to entries from the other...

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NZ Apprentice of the Year Awards

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Every year The NZ Apprentice of the Year Awards celebrate the successes of those choosing to enter the print industry - GSM takes a look… Each year PrintNZ and industry training partner, CompeteNZ, sponsor the NZ Apprentice of the Year Awards. Winners are selected from five sectors— offset printing, digital printing, screen printing, packaging and finishing & binding. Two further awards are also granted. These are the coveted Supreme Apprentice of the Year and Trainer of the Year. Winners are announced at The Pride in Print Awards Gala. As Ruth Cobb, Chief Executive of PrintNZ explains, ‘The awards recognise those...

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Best Awards Purple Pin Winner 2020 – Extended Whanau

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Despite interruptions, 2020 was a stellar year for the Best awards. GSM takes a look at the 2020 Supreme Purple Pin winner... The prestigious Purple Pin is the Designer's Institute of New Zealand highest honour in the Best Awards. In 2020, DINZ awarded it to Auckland studio, Extended Whānau, for their project, Ōtairongo. Extended Whānau created the work to promote and support the exhibition,  Ōtairongo, by kiwi sound artist Maree Sheehan. The Brief The brief was to design a visual identity for the exhibition. The design needed to reflect the aim of the artist. This was to interpret and represent...

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