AGDA ACT Australian Paper Boxing Match

Canberra has many wonderful facilities for which AGDA ACT is lucky enough to have access to. Usually guests of honour at AGDA ACT events take to the stage once graced by people such as Nelson Mandela, Gough Whitlam et al at the National Press Club. For its last calendar event (14 November) the ACT Council chose the Boxing Ring at the Australian Institute of Sport. The event? A Designers v Printers free-for-all.

Inspired by the vision of Australian Paper's David Cumbers the event was an outstanding success. The panellists faced tough, uncompromising questions and were forced to bare their souls in answer to this barrage. Their responses were eagerly awaited by a delightfully entertained audience, which was pleasingly split fifty-fifty with designers and printers.

The fierce contest was refereed by Gary Wilson from Tomasetti Paper House who declared the result a "win for AGDA" due to its good humour and honesty.

Full details have since been published here: Designers v Printers

"Why make home brew when you can have an ice cold Hahn Premium?" Richard Thomas, answering the question as to why clients should use designers when they can buy the hardware and software and design for themselves.

The panellists were:

Design Team
Frank Arnold, Quantum (don't mention his fashionably late arrival!)
Kathie Griffiths, Griffiths and Young
Sue Hurkett, City Graphics
Richard Thomas, RTM
Adrian Young, Griffiths and Young

v

Print Team
David Bray, New Millennium Print
Rick Cochrane, Panther
Sean Finn, Robey
John Stegall, Union Offset