Category Archives: 2019
ART-TASTIC — Edify Award for Best Educational Book 2019 FINALIST
Edify Award for Best Educational Book 2019 Finalist Judges’ comments: “Bold and irreverent, with an illustrative and playful use of type, and a fun use of vernacular, referencing film, tv, low brow design, internet memes etc. It is definitely taking … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Children’s, Shortlist
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2019 Judges
Judges — PANZ Book Design Awards 2019 The judges for the 2019 PANZ Book Design Awards are; Senior Lecturer on the Communication Design Bachelor at AUT David Coventon, MA PGCE (convenor), graphic designer Jess Gommers, education design expert Simon Waterfield and Kiran … Continue reading
2019
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Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing— WINNER 2019 PANZ People’s Choice Award
2019 Publishers Association of New Zealand People’s Choice Award Winner Judges’ comments This is a book that has had much attention paid to every detail. The three types of content inside are carefully thought out through the typography and design … Continue reading
2019 Winners
PANZ BOOK DESIGN AWARDS 2019 WINNERS Click on cover images for further information and judges’ comments. Gerard Reid Award for Best Book sponsored by Nielsen Book Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book Upstart Press Award for Best … Continue reading
Women, Equality, Power — Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2019 WINNER
Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2019 Winner Judges’ comments: “The effectiveness of the grey with dark blue accents on the cover is a lovely surprise. It is very elegant, not stuffy or austere and lovely under the dust … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Non-illustrated, Winners
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Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2019 WINNER
Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2019 Winner Judges’ Comments “This is a book that has had much attention paid to every detail. The three types of content inside are carefully thought out through the typography and … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Illustrated, Winners
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The Bomb — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2019 WINNER
Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2019 Winner Judges’ Comments “A riot of fun about being true to yourself. The endpapers of the book are a wonderful piece of storytelling in themselves – introducing the illustrative mix and … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Children’s, Winners
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Wanted: The search for the modernist murals of E. Mervyn Taylor — HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2019 WINNER
HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2019 Winner Judges’ Comments “A dedicated production with a lovely debossed, foiled title, taped spine, endpaper illustrations and ribbons. There’s a tension between title lock-up and grid of the tiled-image that wasn’t entirely successful.” … Continue reading
Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing — Mary Egan Publishing Award for Best Typography 2019 WINNER
Mary Egan Publishing Award for Best Typography 2019 Winner Judges’ Comments “This is a book that has had much attention paid to every detail. The three types of content inside are carefully thought out through the typography and design choices … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Typography, Winners
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