Photokina

Hugely positive response to the new Innova Art products on show at Photokina 2016, Cologne, Germany, 20-25 September 2016. We promised, didn’t we, that there would be nice surprises in store for visitors to the Innova Art stand at Photokina 2016, Cologne, Germany, 20-25 September? Well, we got it right – our delighted customers said so. We raised the curtain on the new Editions range – comprising five archival cotton-based papers and one baryta paper specially formulated for digital printing – and it proved an instant hit. The response of NyghtFalcon, USA, which had put the two new Fabriano papers, Fabriano Artistico Watercolour Rag 310gsm (IFA 108) and Fabriano Printmaking Rag 310gsm (IFA 107), through their paces just prior to the show, was typical: “As you can imagine, like most photographers, we are hesitant to change the way we print. Change is time-consuming and experimentation rarely yields better results. Well, I have to tell you that, in this case, we have produced some of the finest prints we have ever made – even without ICC profiles specific to these papers. We found the colour rendering most impressive, adhesion of the ink to the paper was phenomenal, the detail breathtaking, and we love the textured surface. Even our concerns about the thickness of the paper proved without merit. Going forward, these are the papers we will use for all our fine art prints.” “Some of the finest prints we have ever made”... clearly, a change to Innova Art products can prove revelatory. Our alluring addition to the GOframe range, Hex Frame – the hexagonal framing system with added ‘six appeal’ – proved a winner, and the Pinchbook™ range – making deluxe portfolios the simplest of [...]

Here’s something you’ll know already. Followed by something you won’t – yet. So: Innova Art produce many of the world’s finest media for digital art and photography. You knew that. The Innova Editions range is about tradition, quality and durability. Including papers from Fabriano; a brand that has been the first choice of artists for more than 700 years. Artists you’ll know: Michaelangelo, Raphael and da Vinci. Of course you knew that. The Innova Art Editions range is about innovation. After all, it’s been put together by the first truly international producer of digital fine art and photographic media to have been launched this century. A multi-award-winning company for whom digital print is its raison d’être. We know – you knew that, too. But here’s something you won’t know. We’ve made choosing the best even easier by launching the Editions range in time for this year’s Photokina, Cologne, Germany, 20-25 September. It will be on display on the Innova Art stand A6/C5, Hall 3.1 – you should book a visit. The range now comprises six products – all with features prized by digital printmakers worldwide. We’ve four superb cotton rag papers offering a range of tones and textures, with all the archival reliability that’s to be expected of cotton-based media (what’s good enough for Michelangelo…) Photo Cotton Rag 315gsm / IFA 11 (formerly known as Smooth Cotton Natural White 100% Cotton) Fabriano Printmaking Rag 310gsm / IFA 107 Etching Cotton Rag 315gsm / IFA 22 (formerly known as Soft Textured Natural White 100% Cotton) Fabriano Artistico Watercolour Rag 310gsm / IFA 108 Plus one cotton-based photo paper and a Baryta paper that has one plaudits from photographers worldwide: Exhibition Cotton Gloss 335gsm / IFA 45 [...]

It’s time we came clean: Innova Art makes the world’s best Photo Art media. We don’t need to tell you that –you’ll have seen the reviews: “I have never been so satisfied with the way my final images look and feel, nor how well the care and effort I put in is reflected in what appears on the [FibaPrint Warm Cotton Gloss] paper. There’s no better place for your best images to end up.” – Daniel Demolder, Amateur Photographer magazine. “This was my first experience with Innova Art papers. I'm a real paper fiend, and I love trying out new ink jet papers. I've used everything from the classic Hahnemühle and Ilford papers, to Moab, Breathing Color, Harman, and others. Innova makes a wonderful paper, great texture, great tone. I intend to continue trying out their other papers.” – John Rista, Photographer, USA “If I could sit down and design a paper FibaPrint Gloss would be it.” –David Osborn, Photographer, UK “[FibaPrint Ultra Smooth Gloss is] the miracle I’ve been waiting for. With deeper blacks than any silver paper left on the market, for me this paper represents a rebirth of the darkroom.” – Douglas Menuez, Photographer, USA Choosing Innova Photo Art media has never been a difficult choice; it’s clearly the best bet. Now, to spell it out even more clearly than before, we’ve refreshed and revamped the range. We’ve given the Photo Art range a new home on our website, where you’ll find full product descriptions, and downloadable data sheets and ICC profiles at the click of a mouse. The range comprises six FibaPrint® papers, ranging from the acclaimed 300gsm White Gloss (f-type) to the 325gsm FibaPrint® Ultra Smooth Gloss. It also brings [...]

We owe you an apology. We haven’t been entirely open about all the exciting new products we’ll be showing visitors to the Innova Art stand A6/C5, Hall 3.1, at this year’s Photokina, Cologne, Germany, 20-25 September. Up to now, it’s been a teasing detail there, a tidbit or two there. All very frustrating, we know. Sorry. And while we’re not yet ready to reveal all, we do think it’s time we told you about one or two of the things we’ve been keeping ‘under wraps’ till now… Innova Art’s digital canvas range, for example. (Digital canvas “under wraps” – did you see what we did there?) Not that there’s ever been any great secret about the quality of our digital canvas products. Didn’t Professional Imagemaker magazine hail the Photo Canvas Ultra Gloss as “the king of the gloss canvases”? What’s different this year is that the range has been a complete revamp. We’ve tailored it so that customers will find it easier to find the canvas they want, and match it both to the job specification and the technology they have at their disposal. We’ve five canvases for aqueous inkjet printers (pigment and dye): Exhibition Matte Polycotton Canvas 350gsm IFA 35 Exhibition Matte Polycotton Canvas 380gsm IFA 55 Exhibition Matte Polyester Canvas 260gsm IFA 52 FibaPrint® Canvas Ultra Gloss 380gsm IFA 36 Exhibition Gloss Polycotton Canvas 390gsm IFA 56 The names may not be entirely familiar as yet – but the products will be. As importantly, is that they have all been tried and tested, in photographic studios and print workshops worldwide. Also designed for use with aqueous inkjet printers (pigment and dye) is the all-new Exhibition Matte Cotton Canvas 370gsm (IFA 54), with all [...]

Innova Art announces product launch for Photokina 2016, 20-25 September, Cologne, Germany. “In geometry, a hexagon (from Greek ἕξ hex, ‘six’ and γωνία, gonía, ‘corner, angle’) is a six-sided polygon or 6-gon. The total of the internal angles of any hexagon is 720°….” Well, thanks Wikipedia, that’s good to know. But it doesn’t really explain the unique appeal of hexagonal frames. Certainly they present something different (and who doesn’t like different?). Hexagonal frames are eye-catching, they’re fun. Also, as Wikipedia explains, you can get more of them to your square metre of wall space: “From bees’ honeycombs to the Giant’s Causeway, hexagonal patterns are prevalent in nature due to their efficiency. In a hexagonal grid each line is as short as it can possibly be if a large area is to be filled with the fewest number of hexagons. This means that honeycombs require less wax to construct and gain lots of strength under compression...” (Wikipedia) So, that’s it then: for geometrical sophistication, space efficiency and all-round robustness, there’s nothing to beat the natural appeal of the hexagon. Make like the bee. Yes, you say – but how do I convert my digital canvas prints into exciting 3D hexagonal-shaped canvas wraps? With Innova Art’s GOframe Hex Frame system, of course, launched to the international photo, art and framing market at this year’s Photokina, Cologne, 20 – 25 September 2016. Take a Hex frame corner kit containing pre-cut bars in standard 5″ lengths. There are 36 bars in every kit, meaning you can create 6 hexagonal stretched canvases from every box you buy. You’ll also need your canvas print, a canvas trimmer and some archival quality glue, but that’s it – you’re good to go. Remove [...]

Innova Art keeps it under wraps for Photokina Innova Art, Europe’s smartest inkjet media company, will once again be taking a space at Europe’s premier imaging show. Innova Art, stand A6/C5 in Hall 3.1. at Photokina 2016, 20-25 September, Cologne, Germany You don’t garner as many international awards for photography, fine art and digital media solutions as Innova Art has, without excelling at what you do. People want to know what exactly Innova Art is planning for Photokina this year, and they will expect it to be good. Sorry, but it’s just too soon to say... There will be exciting new developments in Innova’s inkjet fine art media range and there will be some news about photo display products as well. Tantalising we know, but to say much more than that just wouldn’t be fair… Of course, you won’t be surprised to hear that there will be a display of exquisite prints on the stand, this year Innova Art will feature the work of Milton H. Greene, world famous photographer of Marilyn Monroe at her most ravishing and iconic. It’s not news that the relationship between Innova Art and the Milton H. Greene Archive goes back over a decade and is founded on matching peerless images to superlative media. You are right to expect to see the premium inkjet fine art and photo papers from our Innova Fine Art, FibaPrint and Olmec ranges, alongside our award-winning retail solutions products: JetMaster, Pinchbook and GOframe – all of them presented and explained by the Innova Art staff team. Innova Art is a business you can depend on for expert advice and a thoroughly creative approach, whatever the size and scope of your own organisation. But to say [...]