The Haptik Award by the B2B magazine Paperazzo honors high-quality paper and print products, which put the haptical experience at the forefront. With the targeted use of haptic elements do paper and print products gain a competitive advantage compared to the internet & co. Only when media and print products achieve this successfully, can people, whose visual and auditory senses have long been overloaded, really "feel" something.

The idea of the Haptik Award is therefore to present exceptional and high-quality paper and print products to the public and to demonstrate the attraction in comparison to digital media. The award thus contributes to the entire paper and print industry.

A six-person jury was tasked with deciding on the winners in eight categories, which they chose from a variety of exciting, innovative and practical submissions. The jury was composed of experts from the areas of design, illustration, art, print, communication and calligraphy:

• Ji-Yun Guttmann – 2nd Chance FFM
• Lilli Kiraly – Kunstgewerbeverein in Frankfurt am Main e.V.
• Alexander Lis – Designbüro Frankfurt
• Eugenia Rueben – Kalligraphie & Design Werkstatt
• Claudia Roth-Schmidt – Druckerei Eisenhardt
• Ramona Zirk – halfbird

The winners of the Haptik Award 2018 in eight categories are:

• Business Stationery: Nina Sturn Grafikdesign – Submission: "Fußreflexzonenmassage" (business card)
• Invitation and Greeting Cards: designreiche – Submission: "Vier Jahreszeiten" (greeting card)
• Business Reports/Image Brochures/Customer Magazines/Catalogues: druckpartner Druck- und Medienhaus Essen – Submission: "Seidensticker" (catalogue)
• Packaging: EBERL Print GmbH – Submission: "Seifenverpackung/Soap Packaging"
• Books: druckpartner Druck- und Medienhaus – Submission: "Porsche"
• Direct Mailing: LABANN Display & Kartonagen GmbH – Submission: LABANN Box "Message in a Box"
• Next Generation: Gutenbergschule Frankfurt – Submission: "Müller Tor Gau" (Design: Jens Holetzke, Frank Arndt, Benedikt Lambach, Valentin Hudel)
• Paperazzo Special Prize "Paper": Mondi Paper Sales – Submission: "PERGRAPHICA^&® Collection Box"

Paperazzo thanks all companies, designers, creatives and printers who submitted their works. A special thanks goes to our wonderful jury composed of paper lovers and experts, who had to make the difficult decision to pick the winners out of many wonderful submissions. See you in 2019!

For more information on the winners, please visit www.paperazzo.de.