Last November, the London company had to produce a giant Meerkat Tales children’s book for a nationwide promotional tour. By giant, the client meant A0-size text pages printed digitally and gloss laminated to emulate a typical children’s reading book. All production was polished off in-house within 72 hours. Impact and timing were crucial for another job: two Jaguar Land Rover presentation books, in a bespoke slipcase, with covers also printed digitally on large-format presses and gloss laminated. This was completed in fewer than 36 hours, but the judges praise was more succinct: "A clear winner in a category rammed with the wow factor."

www.screamingcolour.com 020 7549 3400

Empress Litho

www.empresslitho.com 020 8316 6648

Last year’s finalist almost stole the crown this year with products that were, in the judges’ eyes, "awesome - no other word for them". BrandMe 1993-2013, a designer’s own brochure celebrating 20 years of branding, boasted an 8pp cover on a landscape book without the usual join, coloured cloth spine and "good use of imaginative finishing techniques."

FINALISTS

• Celloglas
• Empress Litho
• Screaming Colour

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