Simply by Sailing in a New Direction. Allen Curnow: A Biography and Allen Curnow: Collected Poems (slipcase edition) — Mary Egan Publishing Award for Best Typography 2018 FINALIST

Mary Egan Publishing Award for Best Typography 2018

Finalist

Designer: Katrina Duncan (interior), Sarah Maxey (cover)
Title:  Allen Curnow Biography and Poems Slipcase edition
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Format: 240 x 170 mm, 732pp and 388pp (poems), section sewn. Jacket printed in 3 spot colours on Wibalin Natural, head and tails bands.  End papers designed by Betty Curnow.
Typography: Caslon 11/14 point.   Simply by Sailing in a New Direction  typesetting by Carolyn Lewis, type design by Katrina Duncan.

Judges’ Comments: A biography and collection of poems by New Zealand’s most distinguished poet must be served by typography that lives up that standard and this doesn’t disappoint. Elegant and superbly handled, the two volumes are tied together by a strong, underlying typographic presence that demonstrates the best of typography that allows content to come to the fore.

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