Contra Vision has sponsored an international competition, the International Wrap Artists Competition™, to find the best see-through window graphics across our international markets, and they recently announced the winners.
There were a range of exciting and creative entries, which showcased how Contra Vision® Perforated Window Film or other see-through technology can be used across a range of media from creating stunning advertisements or signs to wrapping transit vehicles.
The entries covered five main categories: building wraps, vehicle wraps, transit advertising, best creative, and a special category of innovative use, with an additional winner of the overall best application, chosen from the five category winners.
Judges were: Val Hirst, Managing Editor of Sign Directions; Lisa Tomlinson, Joint Planning Director McCann; and Sabrina Cant, internationally renowned glass sculptor.
Winners received a limited edition glass sculpture and a cash prize.
The winners are:
Best Vehicle Wrap
GSP Print Pty Ltd., Australia, for a complete bus wrap for 7 Eleven stores.
Best Creative Use
IMEDIAS, Belgium, for a building wrap of a tower, which carried images of trees across a modern building. Entered by Vink NV.
Best Innovative Use
AAA Signs, UK, used Contra Vision® BACKLITE™ to provide the screen for a digital projection of the opening ceremony onto The Sage building for the BUPA Great North Run in the UK. Entered by William Smith. (Read an article on this project on www.signshop.com.)
Best Building Wrap
Craig Morrison, designer, for a building wrap at Media City Salford Quays UK that enabled projected images of teh World War One centenary commemorations. Customer- Quays Culture/Media City.
Best Transit Advertising Wrap
VGL, UK, for wrapping the transit pods at Heathrow Terminal Five with brand images relating to Marriott Hotels’ sponsorship of the transit system.
Overall Winner.
From the above winners, the judges chose AAA Signs’ The Sage building projection as the best overall example of a wrap completed using Contra Vision material.
