Last Friday, twenty-one berkshire creatives convened at Interprint for the first ever Berkshire Creative Challenge.
During the site visit the 21 participants learned about Interprint’s products and processes from Interprint staff and designers. Now that participants have toured the Pittsfield facility , they have the opportunity to propose a solution to the Creative Challenge to ” create and submit one or more repeatable patterns, appropriate for use as the design layer in laminate surfaces such as countertops, flooring, furniture, store fixtures and a host of other applications.” If a pattern is chosen for use in Interprint’s products, then the design creator will be reimbursed at the market rate for their design.
Click here to read more about the Creative Challenge!
Click below to see images from the tour!
The Berkshire Creative Challenge was born from “Design It Here, Make It Here”, an initiative outlined in the 2007 Berkshire Creative Economy Report. The Creative Challenge is designed to connect Berkshire manufacturers and businesses to the rich talent pool of local designers, engineers, and creative workers with the aim of stimulating innovative research and development for existing and/or new product lines.
Interprint, Inc. is a leading designer and printer of decor paper used as the design layer in laminate surfaces such as countertops, flooring, furniture, store fixtures and a host of other applications.
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