Tassie rivals Flying Colours and Focal Press faced off once again in the new-look Tasmanian PICAs, with Flying Colours finishing on top after losing out last year.

The Launceston printer won 12 Diemens, as Tassie gold awards are now know, avenging last year’s result that saw its Hobart nemesis gain five nominations to the 2014 National Print Awards and win three golds.

Focal was still in second place with eight Diemens, and did win the Grand Diemen – the top printing award equivalent to the Judges Choice award – for its book submission The Wall.

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The Tasmanian awards have adopted a new name and identity for the event to signal their intention to keep it running as a standalone competition.

The Diemen Awards take their name from Van Diemen’s Land, an early name for Tasmania during early European settlement in honour of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.

Platinum awards, major awards for each category, are now known as Grand Diemen awards.

The Tasmanian awards also broke new ground, hosting a raft of digital, mobile and online categories as well as design, to further enhance the  relevance of the event in today’s market.

Advertising agency Redjelly took out the Grand Diemen for digital design for its Tasmanian Whisky Trail website, and design studio Futago won the grand prize for its efforts with The Apple Shed museum and cider house.

Jeremy Scott from Impress Print won print apprentice of the year and the Young Leader Award.

Tasmanian Tafe students Kira Atton and Anthony Klimeck took out digital and design student of the year respectively.

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The Gold aka Diemen winners, are:

• Flying Colours – student, printing (Festivale Invitation); one, two or three colour (Lavender Collection); leaflet, offset (Events Galore in Tasmania); postcard and greeting cards (Network Gaming Awards); packaging (Pannacotta); digital printing, inkjet or non inkjet (Chess Handbook); digital printing, wide format (Ashgrove Cheese); envelopes (Festivale); self promotion (Flying Colours Calendar); wild card for innovative use of machinery, processes stock or mechanics (Aussie Homeloans); multi piece productions and campaigns (Palazzo Versace); stationery design (Blue Water Marine & Diesel)

• Focal Printing – commercial items, offset (The Mountain); leaflet, offset (Thalia); presentation folders, offset (Tarramah); booklets, catalogues and magazines, offset (TCotA); stationery (Finney); book printing (The Wall); newsletters, offset (Issue 15 and 17 TRP); small printing business award; Grand Diemen for printing (The Wall)

• Monotone – booklets, catalogues and magazines, offset (The Skullbone Experiment Booklet)

• Mercury Walch – annual reports or prospectus (Cruise Downunder, digital ink); calendars (Wild Tasmania 2015, Rob Blakers)

• Abel Labels – labels, not offset (Iron Pot Bay)

• UniPrint – digital printing, wide format (DSS Banner)

• Redjelly – typography (Dan Murphy’s Whisky and Spirit Guides); corporate, service, event or publishing communications (Dan Murphy’s Whisky Guide); campaign, digital design (Tasmanian Whisky Tour); moving experience (Tasmanian Whisky Trail); Grand Diemen for digital design (Tasmanian Whisky Trail)

• Digital Ink – corporate, service, event or publishing communications (Hydro Tasmania Annual Report); wild card design (Gumnuts to Buttons)

• Clemenger – promotional items (Betta Milk – Frank t-shirt); newspaper and magazine media (Ten Days – Spiegeltent sealed section insert)

• Walker Design – brand identity design (Hawley Beach Estate); student, digital design (Pepper Marketing); websites (B&E Banking website)

• Grafik – brand identity design (Little Rivers Brewing Co)

• Futago – brand identity design (Whisky Tours); information design and signage (The Apple Shed); Grand Diemen for design (The Apple Shed)

• Pure Bride – newspaper and magazine media (Pure Bride Magazine)

• Jack Robert, Tissot Photography – photographic (Cupid et Psyche)

• Ionata – mobile application (Redmap iOs app)

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