FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 26, 2007
Corel Corporation awards Digital Art Solutions the 2006 Strategic Partner Award
Tempe, AZ -- Digital Art Solutions announced that Corel Corporation has recognized the company with the 2006 Strategic Partner Award for excellence in three key areas:
- Overall sales of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X3 and Corel® DRAWings® Professional X3;
- Increasing the brand awareness within the imprinting industries including sign, embroidery, screen printing, promotional products and engraving;
- The development and execution of the Production Ready Art Standards with ASI (The Advertising Specialty Institute) for use within the Promotional Products industry.
Digital Art Solutions released their first version of CorelDRAW® add-on software called Smart Designer in 1997. The current shipping version is Smart Designer X3 and is compatible with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3. The purpose of Smart Designer X3 is to simplify and automate the art production workflow within CorelDRAW. “The use of CorelDRAW and DRAWings with our Smart Designs Art System is at an all time high with no signs of slowing down. It is a product that helps the non-graphics person not only survive but thrive in a graphics rich business environment,” said Jay Busselle, General Manager of Digital Art Solutions.
Craig Mertens, President and CEO of Digital Art Solutions said, “It’s exciting for us to have Corel recognize our company with this Strategic Partner award. It is very satisfying to see the major impact our partnership is having on the imprinting industries.”
“Corel is pleased to award Digital Art Solutions with a 2006 strategic partner award in recognition of their support of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite as a platform for the sign making, embroidery, screen print advertising and promotional products industries. We greatly value their partnership and look forward to continued success in 2007,” said Jon Riis, Director of OEM Sales for Corel Corporation.
About Digital Art Solutions
Digital Art Solutions focuses its efforts to make complex graphics and imprinting issues simple for the widest audience. The centerpiece of this concept is our integration of production ready digital art (clipart) and add-on graphics software called the Smart Designs Art System. By combining artwork and software into a single integrated system, our clients design and produce custom graphics in a fraction of the time associated with traditional design and production methods. Digital Art Solutions is the leading supplier of digital art (clipart) content and add-on graphics software for the imprinting industries and is recognized as the premier supplier of turn-key hardware and software systems. There are more than 10,000 owners of Smart Designer and 40,000 users of its clipart. The software and production ready clipart products are backed by comprehensive training solutions including interactive training CD-ROMs, written training guides, and workshops.
Digital Art Solutions, Inc.
Tempe, Arizona
Phone: 800.959.7627
Website URL: www.smartdesigns.com
