6 Issue 251 - February / March 2024 www.signlink.co.uk INDUSTRY / NEWS signlink signlink signlinkmagazine Peach Fuzz announced as the Pantone colour of 2024 The Color of the Year has become a yearly tradition from Pantone, with this year’s choice marking the 25th anniversary of the programme. Pantone is the industry-recognised colour authority and provider of colour language standards for the design and print communities. This year’s chosen colour is PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz which Pantone describes as “a velvety gentle peach whose all-embracing spirit enriches mind, body, and soul”. Previous colours of the year include Viva Magenta 18-1750, Classic Blue 19-4052, and Living Coral 16-1546. Peach Fuzz has been affiliated with the feeling of tactility, luxury, and warmth – all elements of interior design, home décor, hair and beauty, and packaging, in which the colour can be found in a variety of uses. Pantone says that the colour was chosen due to the current need for nurturing, empathy, and compassion in the world. Leatrice Eiseman, executive director at Pantone Color Institute, comments: “A cozy peach hue softly nestled between pink and orange, PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz brings belonging, inspires recalibration, and an opportunity for nurturing, conjuring up an air of calm, offering us a space to be, feel, and heal and to flourish from whether spending time with others or taking the time to enjoy a moment by ourselves.” Pantone’s colour of 2024 is Peach Fuzz. Image: PhotoIris2021 Whitespace Group, a company involved in live events, exhibitions, and brand experiences, has encouraged companies to join the Ban the Box campaign which calls on UK employers to remove obstacles for ex-offenders. Ban the Box asks for employers to remove the tick box asking about unspent criminal convictions from job application forms and to publicly commit to considering applicants’ skills, experience, and ability to do the job before asking about criminal convictions. To date, more than 145 employers with a combined workforce of about 918,000 have signed up to the campaign, including the entire Civil Service, Boots, and Ricoh. The Ban the Box campaign is run by Business in the Community (BITC), a business network comprised of purposeful leaders committed to changing businesses and lives. Whitespace says the initiative creates a fair chance for ex-offenders to compete for jobs and brings down the £18bn a year cost of reoffending. The campaign is encouraging UK employers to remove obstacles for ex-offenders By David Osgar Companies encourage others to ‘Ban the Box’ FESPA prepares for events this March FESPA has begun the countdown to its four co-located events taking place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands this March. With over 425 companies exhibiting the exhibition will be split into four co-located events: FESPA Global Print Expo, European Sign Expo, Personalisation Experience, and Sportswear Pro, all of which will take place at the RAI Amsterdam from March 19th to 22nd. FESPA has confirmed the inclusion of suppliers from textile, screen, and wide-format print such as Agfa, Brother, Colorjet India, Liyu International, Mimaki, Roland, Epson, and swissQprint. The exhibition will also see the return of the Personalisation Experience which had a large presence at last year’s show in Munich. In Addition, the inaugural Sportswear Pro will enable visitors to see solutions for direct-to-garment, direct-tofilm, embroidery, and heat transfer printing. FESPA has also given a positive look ahead for signage solutions at live events as it has confirmed this year’s European Sign Expo has already increased in size compared to last year with over 85 confirmed suppliers. Michael Ryan, head of FESPA Global Print Expo, says: “With the inclusion of signage, personalisation solutions, and technologies for sportswear production, visitors can immerse themselves in an abundance of creative and commercial opportunities that are directly relevant to their business.” FESPA was founded in 1962 in order to support the screen, digital, and textile print communities Nominees for The Sign & Wrap Awards have been announced after collecting nominations in the latter part of 2023. Taking place on Monday February 26th, the event is well placed alongside Printwear & Promotion Live! and Sign & Digital UK. Companies shortlisted at this year’s awards include many new entrants such as Blaze Signs, NES Solutions, Sign Reload, and Peach Design. Nominees for the Industry Champion award are Nicola Langston of DMA Signs; Patrick McGowan of Off the Wall Creative; Roy Cheesman of Reade Signs; and Matt Rutlidge of Signs Express. The Under 30 Employees Category has shortlisted Apogee Print, Ellis Signs, Goodwin & Goodwin, Graffiti Design, Off the Wall Creative, and Peach Design. This year’s nominees for the Young Signmaker Award are Cartner McDonald from Off The Wall Creative, Chloe Huckle from Peach Design, Dillon Hollinger from Sign Reload, and Jonny Bentley from TCB Designs. The Sign & Wrap Awards have shortlisted print, signage, and wrapping specialists By David Osgar Shortlist announced for awards
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