Allen & Unwin Award
for Best Commercial Book for Adults 2020
Winner
Designers: Cover: Tim Gibson
Interior: Tim Gibson and Katrina Duncan
Title: Garage Project: The Art of Beer
Publisher: Penguin Random House NZ
Format: 180 x 175mm, 224pp, section sewn, hardback, quarter binding, spot varnish on cover, head and tail bands.
Typography: Font: Sofia 9/14 pt
Judges’ Comments An engaging documentation of this Wellington institution and of one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading brands. As some craft beer lovers note, ‘Beer cans are the new record sleeve’ and this Garage Project book celebrates this trend with style. With vignettes on each beer can, it’s pleasing to have this collection brought together in this compact book format. As one of the judges said “100 beers and 100 labels — a perfect dunny read” (if you’re so inclined) — or perhaps for the ‘bach’?
