2026 Great Lakes Graphics Association Best of Show - Create Impact Promo

Sometimes a project is simply a perfect combination of design, paper, and technique.  And when that happens, each individual component is special, and the entire package is really something to admire.  Such is the case with Neenah Paper's Create Impact promo, which earned Fey Printing the Best of Show Award in the Great Lakes Graphics Association's 2026 Graphics Excellence Awards competition.  This is the 6th time we've received top honors in the show.  

Nearly two dozen individual components come together in this inspirational piece, which features offset and digital printing, metallic inks, wide format printing, foil stamping, embossing, die cutting, custom folds, wire-o binding, and more.

The Great Lakes Graphics Association brings together a panel of independent judges with extensive experience in printing and print production, and each entry was judged on everything from precise registration to richness and tonal qualities of color, paper and ink selection, difficulty of printing, overall visual impact, and more. 

With our extensive in-house bindery services, 100% of the assembly was completed here, along with production of more than 90% of the individual components.  Furthermore, our pressroom's depth of knowedge printing and finishing a wide variety of substrates came in handy, as the book includes more than 20 different papers and finishes in more than 20 different colors. 

Further enhancing the complexity of this promo is the inclusion of folding cartons (produced fully in-house) that nestle perfectly into a pocket.  The design, common across both versions, shows how small changes to print specs and paper can create a drastically different effect even using the same artwork.

We genunely love what we do here at Fey Printing, and we'd love to help bring your print dreams to life.  Visit our Contact Us page and let's start a conversation.  Wouldn't it be fun to create the next award winning piece together? 

2024 Great Lakes Graphics Association Best of Show - Rivage Bal Harbour

Its no secret that we’re proud of the work we do.  Attention to detail, careful planning, and precise assembly are baked into our processes here at Fey Printing, ensuring an end result we can all be proud of.  Even with all that, it’s still fun to be recognized for producing some of the best printed pieces in the country, and it was especially fun to receive the 2024 Best of Show award at the Great Lakes Graphics Association’s annual Graphics Excellence Awards.  That makes 5 times in the last 12 years that Fey Printing has been awarded the top honor.  Previous Fey Printing projects awarded the Best of Show honor in 2012, 2014, 2019, and 2021 were produced for The Ritz Carlton and Neenah Paper.

This year’s winning entry was produced for Rivage Bal Harbour, a luxury condo development in Miami, FL.  Perfect-bound books, floorplans, custom foil stamped and linen-wrapped envelopes, stationery materials, and so much more all came together for a spectacular series entered in the Consumer Promotional Campaigns category. Six additional awards were presented to Fey Printing for Media Kits, Booklets, Cards, and Special Innovation in Printing.

The Great Lakes Graphics Association brings together a panel of independent judges with extensive experience in printing and print production, and each entry was judged on everything from precise registration to richness and tonal qualities of color, paper and ink selection, difficulty of printing, overall visual impact, and more.  One judge noted “This collection of marketing materials enclosed in an elegant wrapper functions as a fantasy fulfilled.” 

The custom envelope is particularly striking, wrapped in deep blue linen and foil stamped in a matching tonal deep blue foil, then secured together with custom ribbon printed with the Rivage logo.

We’d be honored to help bring your ideas to life, reach out today and let’s have a conversation.  Who knows, maybe your project will be the next Best of Show recipient?

2021 Great Lakes Graphics Association Best of Show - Rethink Everything

This clever promo produced for Neenah Paper has earned Fey Printing the Best of Show award in the 2021 Great Lakes Graphics Association's annual Graphics Excellence Awards.  Consisting of a booklet made of varying size/shaped pages and a die cut slipcase, it is a genuine joy to explore and experience it.  The black sliopcase has 56 die cut holes to show the various colors from the booklet itself.

The book pages are die cut into various shapes, spelling out "Rethink" when reading from the first page forward.  

Inside the book is a dynamic collection of imagery that leaps off the page.  

With Neenah Paper's vast array of colors and finishes, the book features a variety of textures including smooth, super smooth, stipple, linen, techweave, and eggshell.

Our team of professionals came together with their decades of experience to not only print, but also foil stamp, die cut, and assemble the entire piece in-house.  

Want to experience what it's like to work with the Fey team?  Visit our Contact Us page to get in touch.  We love to talk print, and would be happy to do so with you.   

2019 Great Lakes Graphics Association Best of Show - Ritz Carlton Reserve 

2014 Great Lakes Graphics Association Best of Show - Neenah Paper Menu Promo