The Best Prints of Year 2024
Print & Media magazine Selects the best prints of the year at the end of each year and awards honorable mentions to printed products that the jury wishes to highlight for their excellence. This year, we received an honorable mention for a kitchen towel made for the Sinebrychoffin Art Museum, where the repeatability of the printed image is outstanding.
The Best Prints of 2024
You can find The Best Prints of the Year on Print&Media IG and in the newly published magazine, complete with detailed presentations. Here’s how the jury generally explains their choices, with more detailed descriptions and presentations available via the provided links.
The selections for 2024 showcase the versatility of print. Among the examples linked below, you’ll find a window display implementation, a store concept, street art, a display solution, luxury packaging, and basic print products like a book, a magazine, and a business card. Despite their diversity, these creations share something in common: boldness and ingenuity.
CASE 1: MOOMIN SHOP
The strong colors and layered design of the Moomin Shop’s window displays stand out beautifully.
CASE 2: KIVEN TAKANA
Behind the Rock is an ambitious celebratory book with a cover featuring an embedded piece of real slate of rock.
CASE 3: BEST OF FINLAND
A striking Best of Finland store concept was created for Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.
CASE 4: PARKKIMITTARITAIDE
In Turku, 86 parking meters were transformed into street art pieces using wrapping. A true cultural act.
CASE 5: PLEASURE EXPRESS
The Magnum ice cream train attracted attention and increased impulse purchases in K group stores
CASE 6: KOUVOLAN LAKRITSI
Kouvola Licorice’s stylish export packaging includes cardboard, birch veneer, and foil effects.
CASE 7: KUMPULAINEN
Sympathetic, useful, and community-oriented. That’s what the summer magazine Kumpulainen is like.
CASE 8: MAHANPURUJA MUOVISTA
The fish stickers on manhole covers delight and simultaneously remind people of an important matter.
Kunniamaininta: More Joy X Kansallisgalleria
More Joy has been printing natural fiber textiles for museums for several years, based on the works in their collections. The collaboration with the Finnish National Gallery began in September 2022. The goal was to produce products for the museum shop that would be ecologically sustainable while maintaining high-quality print reproduction. The kitchen towels, which have become a favorite among museum visitors, are durable, washable, and long-lasting until they completely biodegrade as organic waste. Through the art dishcloths, museum visitors can take home a “piece of their favorite artwork” for just a few euros. Here’s how the jury describes the products:
“Print can be applied to almost anything, even dishcloths. An honorable mention goes to the art dishcloths created by More Joy, which are sold at the Finnish National Gallery, i.e., the Ateneum. In these art dishcloths, the painting motifs seen at the Ateneum are brought into products of a size that even tourists can carry them home – and use them in daily life.
More Joy’s recent investment is a textile heat press, designed entirely to meet their own needs: to produce dishcloths with strong prints that remain perfectly straight, like a postcard. Often, dishcloth materials tend to roll up with other producers.
More Joy Oy produces collections and custom works on a digital printing line at its own factory in Parkano. The company specializes in printing natural fiber textiles and distributing them.”
“Thank you for allowing us to be part of this, and for giving us the opportunity to continue developing our high-quality printing line to meet the needs of various customers. What matters most to us is a functional product that is beautiful, usable, and has as little environmental impact as possible.” says CEO Susanna Myllymäki.
