UK Graphic Awards shortlist announced

The UK Graphic Awards have recently announced its 2024 shortlist. The industry awards show, which recognises and celebrates the talent and creativity of the wide-format print sector, is returning for its fourth year.

The awards recognise some of the most impactful wide-format digital print projects produced in the UK during the past year with winners announced in a gala dinner in Birmingham on October 15^th.

Categories for this year’s awards include Branded Interiors, Construction, Exhibitions, Leisure & Hospitality, Live Events, Museums & Galleries, and The Green Award which recognises sustainability-focused projects.

There is also an additional award for Wide-Format Print Company of the Year, with the category split into two subcategories for companies with under 30 and over 30 employees respectively.

Nominees in the over 30 employees category include FaberExposize, GES UK & Europe, and Service Graphics. Speaking on LinkedIn, Service Graphics, which has been nominated in multiple additional categories, said: “We are honoured to be recognised in multiple categories including the Green Award for Octink. A huge thank you to our incredible teams and partners for making this possible. Let’s bring these awards home!”

Octink is a trading division of Service Graphics, specialising in producing display graphics, site hoardings and signage solutions.

Another company nominated for multiple awards is previous winner, Imageco, a wide-format print and signage company with a focus on sustainable products. The company has been nominated in five categories: Wide-Format Print Company of the Year (under 30 employees), Branded Interiors, Exhibitions, Live Events, and The Green Award.

Imageco production coordinator Isabel Shanahan has also been nominated in the Rising Star category. Speaking to SignLink about her nomination, Shanahan commented: “I am absolutely thrilled to be shortlisted, it feels like an achievement in itself. It is great to be recognised for my work within the industry, it means a lot to me and has definitely given me a confidence boost.”

Imageco managing director, Nathan Swinson Bullough, added: “I am very proud of Isabel, her hard work, enthusiasm, and progression is a credit to her. She is well worthy of this recognition and has a bright future ahead of her.”

Embrace Building Wraps, a provider of large-scale building wraps and printed site hoardings, is a previous winner of the gold award in Construction. The company is again nominated in the Construction category this year, for a building wrap created for client, IKEA.

Also speaking to SignLink, managing owner of Embrace Building Wraps, Gregg Forster, explains the excitement at the company: “We are thrilled to be shortlisted this year. A lot of hard work and effort went into our project for IKEA at 214 Oxford Street.”

He continues: “We are up against some tough competition this year, but let’s see if we can bring home the gold again, just like we did in 2022.”

The awards will be judged by an international panel of wide-format print professionals. Of all the nominees, one winner will also receive the coveted title of Best in Show.

Among those supporting the event this year are Amari Plastics Manchester, Soyang Europe, Premier Paper, Contra Vision, MTWO, Spandex UK, and ADAPT.