Allen & Unwin Award
for Best Commercial Book for Adults 2020
Finalist
Designers: Cat Taylor and Rachel Clark
Title: The Brilliance of Birds
Publisher: Penguin Random House NZ
Format: 190 x 223mm, 384pp, section sewn, hardback, head and tail bands, foil and debossed type on cover.
Typography: Fonts: Galaxie Copernicus Book 8.75/13.5 pt, Amerigo BT Bold 62/51 pt, Neue Haas Grotesk Bold 19/25 pt
Judges’ comments A successful publication. Some interesting typographic choices matched to the beautiful images all held together with a strong grid. The title pages throughout could have benefitted from a little more crafting bothing in terms of the typography and the layout.
