Print Futures Awards - 2010 winners announced
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L to R back row: Stephen Gilbert - Chief
Executive of The Printing Charity, Steve Attwill - Unite
Regional Officer, Paul Jenkins, Terry Ulrick - Print Futures
Awards Secrectary, Craig Biggs, Michael Johnson - Chief Executive
of BPIF
L to R front row: Catherine Ingham, Jessy
Edgar, Chris Jellinek, Dale Wallis - BPIF Membership Director
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2 August 2010
Now in their seventh year helping young people train for a
career in print and the graphic arts
The British Printing Industries Federation,
Unite the Union and The Printing Charity are delighted to announce
that five young people have been successful in this year’s Print
Futures Awards.
The five winners impressed the judging panel
with their enthusiasm and commitment to train for a career in the
UK printing and graphic arts industries. The Print Futures Awards,
which is in its seventh year, offers awards of up to £2,500
each.
Dale Wallis, BPIF Membership Director and
member of the judging panel, said: “The Awards attract an extremely
high standard of entries every year and the five winners stood out
from those shortlisted this year. If the UK printing industry is to
remain a vibrant one, it’s vital that we continue to attract
talented young people like these.”
Steve Sibbald, Unite National Officer, added:
“These Awards are an investment in the industry’s future by
supporting young people to develop the necessary skill sets for
their careers. We wish this year’s winners all the very best in
their chosen fields.”
The 2010 Awards were presented to the winners
at a ceremony kindly hosted by Konica Minolta at its London
headquarters on 20 July. Attending were senior representatives from
the three sponsors and the printing industry, together with the
winners.
The 2010 Print Futures Awards winners
are:
Craig Biggs
Craig is the Digital Print Manager at Jade
Press Leeds and is seeing his company’s digitally produced work
increase dramatically. He will use his award to help pay for his
studies for an Impress degree in printing, packaging and graphics
at the University of Leeds, which he has been self-funding. He has
been in print since an early age and “loves everything about the
trade”.
Paul Jenkins
Paul has just graduated with a BA Hons in
Graphic Media Design from the London College of Communication. He
has completed design internships in Berlin and Tokyo and a major
project with Nike. He says “I eat, sleep and breathe print
design.”
Chris Jellinek
Chris will study for a BA Hons in Graphic
Design at Lincoln University from September. Passionate about
design, Chris plans to work in print and then later to go
freelance. He is a fan of digital print, which he says “has drawn
me in”.
Catherine Ingham
Catherine is a Brand Artworker working for
Paragon Print & Packaging but placed within the Asda
organisation in Leeds. She takes great pride in spotting the
packaging she has designed within supermarkets. She already has an
HNC and will use her award to fund a BA course starting in
September. Catherine prefers design for print rather than other
media and hopes to progress within Paragon.
Jessy Edgar
Jessy was invited back from last year’s
applicants. She has been studying for a BTec National Diploma in
Graphic Design at Liverpool Community College. She has won a place
at Falmouth to study a BA Hons in Graphic Design beginning in
September.
The Print Futures Awards is open to anyone
aged between 16 and 30 years to train for a career in printing or
the graphic arts. The only stipulation is that applicants are
resident in the UK and intend to or already work in print or
graphic arts in the UK.
The 2011 Print Futures Awards will be launched
in January 2011. Details about the scheme can be obtained from the
Awards Secretary, Terry Ulrick on 01444 831918, M: 07850 105027 or
terryulrick@tucommunications.co.uk
Details will also be available at http://www.britishprint.com/,
http://www.unitetheunion.org/
and http://www.theprintingcharity.org.uk/
