Impressions gives apparel decorators from around the world an opportunity to submit their most impressive work, compete alongside their peers and show off their talents to the industry in its annual Impressions Awards decorating competition. Entries for the 41st-annual contest showcased detailed embroidery pieces, life-like screen-printed designs and spirited digitally decorated submissions from decorators of all experience levels.
Allabout Digitizing & Design, Pfafftown, North Carolina, submitted an intricately labyrinthine entry, which stood out among the other submissions hung at the Impressions Expo, formerly known as Imprinted Sportswear Shows (ISS), event in Fort Worth, Texas, held this past Oct. 3-5.
Titled “Alphonse Mucha-JOB,” the submission features realistic, detailed embroidery, which brings one of Czech painter Alphonse Mucha’s best-known advertising posters to life. It was not only named this year’s overall Grand Champion, but also received Grand Champion of Embroidery honors and first place in the Multimedia category. The judging panel, which included embroidery, digital-decorating and screen-printing experts, collectively thought the design was a creatively unique representation of the industry’s finest work.
Although Alphonse Mucha-JOB snagged the Grand Champion award, there were many other notable entries from all categories that impressed the judges. Impressions was thrilled with all of the contemporary and original artwork featuring such exuberant embellishment techniques.
All of the Impressions Awards winners are featured in this issue and will continue to be showcased throughout 2020. They will be displayed at each Impressions Expo event held across the country, as well as online in the Impressions Awards and Design Galleries. Additionally, each contest entry will be featured online so that decorators whose designs did not make the winners’ list will get much-deserved recognition for hard work and excellent design execution.
We already are eagerly awaiting this year’s competition. The official entry form will be available at impressionsmag.com this spring. If you are interested in entering early, please contact Managing Editor Dustin Shrader at [email protected] for more information.
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all participants and judges. We’re honored to showcase the talent and creativity this innovative industry has to offer.
Click here to download a PDF of all the Impressions Awards winners.
