Antalis Creative Power Awards finalists: three pieces that champion the paper and printing process

Earlier in 2022, we brought you news of the Antalis Creative Power Awards – a celebration of printed projects by international paper manufacturer Antalis. Once the deadline was closed and all of the entries were in, we travelled to Paris to take part in the jury alongside a range of talented individuals from the design industry; helping to select the finalists from the awards’ eight categories. From there, we have curated our favourites, and will be presenting them to you across a series of eight articles before unveiling the winners. The finalists in the Packaging & Promotional category prove how the right papers and printing processes prove themselves ephemerally irresistible – sure to stay part of any creative’s ever-growing collections of printed matter. Depicting the Bern-based collaborative endeavours of photographer Rob Lewis and writer Jürg Halter, Home Over Time sees the duo combine poetry, landscape and imagery to craft nine unique printed tableaus of the Swiss Alpine Passes, exhibited at Bern’s Holligen Castle, with a single hero image duplicated for public sale. “The idea was to create an art poster that would interpret one of the nine images of the exhibition,” Lewis tells us, working with Müntschemier-based printer Lorenz Boegli to produce the silkscreen. “Lorenz had free choice in the selection of the subject,” Lewis recalls, having routinely worked with the printer. “I strongly believe that the best result can only be achieved if the craftsman,” he suggests, “is given a task that motivates him to give his best and in which he sees a chance to fully contribute,” praising Boegli’s artistic credentials. “Lorenz understands like no other to take on the matter and to bring this creatively with his repertoire of possibilities,” Lewis concludes.