ABDA Book Design Awards 2019 shortlists announced
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has announced the shortlists for the 2019 Australian Book Design Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best designed commercial fiction cover Dinner...
NZ book wins international design award
Flatmate’s Handbook by New Zealand graphic design student Lauren Earl has won the Red Dot Design Concept Award, announced in Singapore on 27 September. Published by Awa Press in November...
Picture perfect: Meet four picture book illustrators
A desire to create something beautiful, and to experiment with different methods and materials, have informed the careers of Australian picture book illustrators Dub Leffler, Andrew Plant, Marc Martin and...
Colpoys launches online stationery business
Freelance book designer Allison Colpoys has launched an online stationery business. The Souvenir Society, which is a collaboration between Colpoys and packaging designer Kasia Gadecki, includes a range of cards, tags,...
Book industry entries shortlisted in Create Design Awards
A number of book industry entries have been shortlisted in the Create Design Awards 2013, presented by Desktop magazine. The illustration in this year’s Emerging Writers’ Festival website and posters, designed by Marc...
Brash to leave Penguin
Penguin Australia has announced that art director Deb Brash will finish in her position in February. Penguin publishing director Bob Sessions said this week that Brash, who has been a...
Lewis, Levine and O’Shannessy up for New Zealand book design prize
Carolyn Lewis, Spencer Levine and Keely O'Shannessy have been announced as the shortlisted designers for the inaugural Awa Press Young Designer of the Year Award. The new New Zealand award...
APA Book Design Awards winners announced
Trish Garner was awarded the Lamb Print Best Designed Book of the Year award for Florence Broadhurst (Helen O'Neil, Hardie Grant Books) and Deborah Brash was awarded the Joyce Thorpe...