3M premium graphic solutions help young designers unleash their creativity

At 3M, we are keen to drive innovations and help young generations unleash their potential. That’s why we have been collaborating with Kanghong Digital Image (HK) Limited (“Kanghong”), a 3M™ MCS™ Warranty site partner and 3M endorsed installer, to set up Digimage Galleria, a platform for designers to exchange ideas and bring their creativity to full play by combining design, craftmanship, advanced materials and technologies.

Last year, Kanghong moved to a new facility and started a new sub-brand, “Cocoon Plus”, marking its transformation into an innovative one-stop digital image solution provider from a traditional advertising and banner printing house. 3M, as its long-term business partner for over 15 years, wholeheartedly supported their vision by providing a wide array of premium graphic solutions. Designed to showcase Kanghong’s products, Digimage Galleria serves as a creative hub for customers, business partners, graphic designers, and illustrators to learn more about how the state-of-the-art digital printing technologies and advanced materials can maximise the effects of their graphic projects.

The first exhibition of Digimage Galleria was titled “Pop Up in Your Mind”, and six local young designers and their teams, namely &dear, CareLoArt, Isatisse, Lam Pei Studio, Pure Studio/Au-Yeung Chun Hay, and Mosa Lily/ Tse Ka Yee, were invited to design works by exploring the use of 3M graphic solutions. The result was a remarkable feat of talent and artistry glaring through diverse styles of illustrations, which garnered a Gold Award in the Digital Printing (Inkjet) Category at the 32nd Hong Kong Print Awards.

Jeff Chu, Sales Manager of 3MHK, and Ted Leung, Senior Account Manager of 3MHK, worked closely with Kanghong and the new distributor Art Chain to support the platform and the project. Jeff Chu said, “Seeing every surface as an opportunity to tell a story, 3M offers solutions for nearly any substrate to help designers to get the most out of their graphics projects. We are glad to see the flamboyant works of the young designers presented vividly in the Digimage Galleria. We are also honoured to be part of the project recognized by the prestigious industrial awards.”

To view the award-winning digital printing projects, please visit the Hong Kong Print Awards online showcase or attend the Hong Kong International Printing & Packaging Fair in July 2022.

The “Pop Up in Your Mind” team posed for a photo after receiving the Gold Award at the 32nd Hong Kong Print Awards.

From left to right: Coffee Cheung (Customer Services Manager of Kanghong), Jeff Chu (Sales Manager of 3MHK), MoSa Lily (Illustrator), PureHay (Illustrator), Aaron Lee (Managing Director of Kanghong), Kris Cheuk (Sales & Operation Manager of Art Chain 3M Distributor), Connie Siu (Project Director of Kanghong), Ted Leung (Senior Account Manager of 3MHK).

The flamboyant “Pop Up in Your Mind” Exhibition of Digimage Galleria is a feat of talent and creativity and a result combining the 3M premium solutions and the advanced technologies of Kanghong.