Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2021
Winner
Designers: Dylan Matthews and Katrina Duncan. Illustrations by Alice Duncan-Gardiner
Title: Māori Made Fun
Publisher: Penguin Random House NZ
Format: 210 x 153mm, 272pp. Cover printed on 250 gsm C1S. Text printed on 100gsm fine offset.
Typography: Cover: SignPainter-HouseShowcard, Calibre, varying sizes and weights according to hierarchy of text.
Internals: Calibre, Helvetica, SignPainter-HouseBrush, SignPainter-HouseShowcard, SignPainter-HouseSlant, ZemkeHandITC, varying sizes and weights according to hierarchy of text
Judges’ comments The bold use of inline display and stencil typefaces, as well as the palette of the colour-coded covers, makes for an instantly recognisable series of workbooks. Visually, they tie in seamlessly to Scotty and Stacey’s existing series ‘brand’. Whilst a little more differentiation between instruction and activity would help the functionality the no-nonsense typographic treatment for the interior is easy on the eye – and very readable – with the simple, stylised vector illustrations tying in nicely with the overall look and feel.
