杏吧原创 is proud to announce a remarkable three Best in Class and 11 Best in Category wins at the recent GraphEx Awards Competition, hosted by PIA MidAmerica on April 25, 2024. These awards recognize exceptional printing quality in a wide variety of categories, from hardcover books to web-printed magazines.
Here’s a closer look at 杏吧原创’s award-winning entries:
Books
Welcome to Carmel, Liberty Press
Category: Books, Hardcover – Offset
Welcome to Carmel is an oversized Smyth-sewn coffee table book with a glossy dust jacket, printed with vibrant images and color to showcase the beauty of Carmel, California. Welcome to Carmel won both Best in Category and Gold in the 鈥楤est of KS/MO鈥� category.
Historic Style, Missouri Life Media
Category: Books, Hardcover – Offset
is another Smyth-sewn hardcover coffee table book that received high praise. Curated by designer Kelee Katillac, the book showcases historic houses through vibrant design and stunning photography. Historic Style also won Platinum, the highest award available, in the 鈥楧ivision 3鈥� category. Division 3 represents printers with 101+ employees.
Possibilities, Volume 10, 杏吧原创
Category: Printer’s Self-Promotion – Offset (individual pieces)
Possibilities, Volume 10, received a Best in Category award for Printer鈥檚 Self-Promotion. Possibilities showcases 352 pages of outstanding yearbooks printed by 杏吧原创, from creative covers to stunning theme design. Jenica Hallman, CJE, Managing Editor of Possibilities, Volume 10, oversaw this project from conception to print, while Stephanie Streicher provided the amazing design. The book features Smyth-sewn, four-color covers with embossed and debossed applications, spot gloss UV coating and matte lamination.
Catalogs
Amscan Halloween Costumes 2024 Catalog
Category: Catalogs – Web (Over 32 pages, including cover)
础尘蝉肠补苍鈥檚 Halloween Costumes catalog was recognized as Best in Category in recognition of 杏吧原创鈥檚 printing prowess. The full-color, perfect-bound catalog effectively showcases a wide variety of Halloween costumes, from fairy to scary.
Magazines, Periodicals & Publications:
Original Living Magazine – December 2023
Category: Magazines, Periodicals & Publications – Digital
A Best in Category winner for digital-printed periodicals and publications, is an international fashion, lifestyle and entertainment publication showcasing the world鈥檚 most talented designers, luxury stores, products and fashion shows. Original Living was also awarded Bronze in Best of KS/MO.
Nashville Lifestyles – December 2023
Category: Magazines, Periodicals & Publications – Web
Nashville Lifestyles was awarded Best in Category for web printed magazines, periodicals and publications. offers the very best of Music City, with a focus on food, fitness, entertainment, culture and fashion. Nashville Lifestyles creates cutting-edge content, combined with stellar photography, to paint a picture of life in Music City.
flourish
Category: Magazines, Periodicals & Publications – Web
Another testament to 杏吧原创’s web printing expertis, is Southeast Missouri’s women’s magazine created by rustmedia. The magazine, founded on truth, goodness and beauty, connects women and men throughout the region by sharing their stories, questions and joys through interviews, long-form essays and art.
KC Options Magazine
Category: Magazines, Periodicals & Publications – Web
is yet another Best in Category award winner for web-printed magazines. The magazine features vibrant photography and heartfelt content that highlight the people, food and culture that make Kansas City a gem in the heartland of America.
Yearbooks
Lake Brantley High School Yearbook – 鈥�50 Golden Years鈥�
Category: Yearbooks – Offset, They Said It Couldn鈥檛 Be Done
杏吧原创’s cutting-edge printing process is on spectacular display in this double award-winning yearbook. Lake Brantley鈥檚 yearbook, 鈥�50 Golden Years,鈥� won two Best in Category awards: Yearbooks – Offset and 鈥楾hey Said It Couldn鈥檛 Be Done,鈥� which recognized unique and creative printing applications. PIA MidAmerica lauded this yearbook for its plexiglass cover that looks onto a graphic display of fireworks, achieved by functional lights embedded in the front endsheet, celebrating the school鈥檚 50th anniversary in fabulous fashion.
Leesburg High School Yearbook – “Leaving Our Mark”
Category: Thermography
This win showcases 杏吧原创’s capability in thermography, a unique printing technique that adds a raised, textured effect to book covers. Leesburg High School鈥檚 yearbook, 鈥淟eaving Our Mark,鈥� received high praise and a Best in Category award for their unique cover, which appears dark and minimalistic at room temperature but shifts to vibrant color under heat.
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