Category Archives: 2020
Dragonflies and Damselflies of New Zealand — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2020 FINALIST
Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2020 Finalist Judges’ comments Rich in photographic detail, this comprehensive study of Odonata in New Zealand is resource book doubling as a field guide with its slim and compact format. … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Educational -Secondary or Tertiary, Shortlist
Comments Off on Dragonflies and Damselflies of New Zealand — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2020 FINALIST
Te Kura i Monoa | The Treasured Plume — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2020 FINALIST
Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2020 Finalist The graphic novel was produced in two languages, te reo Māori and English. The designer was required to typeset and layout the text components, in both languages, in … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Educational - Primary, Shortlist
Comments Off on Te Kura i Monoa | The Treasured Plume — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2020 FINALIST
Ngāti Manawa Taniwha Stories, Big Books for Shared Reading — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2020 FINALIST
Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2020 Finalist Judges’ comments A great addition to the growing library of big book Te Reo titles. Super engaging and educational. This series is impressive in size, typographic detail and … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Educational - Primary, Shortlist
Comments Off on Ngāti Manawa Taniwha Stories, Big Books for Shared Reading — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2020 FINALIST
Mophead — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2020 FINALIST
Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2020 Finalist Judges’ comments You know you are onto something when you see a book and you get that bat squeak of excitement. As exciting and unruly as the hand-drawn mop of … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Children’s, Shortlist
Comments Off on Mophead — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2020 FINALIST
The Gobbledegook Book — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2020 FINALIST
Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2020 Finalist Judges’ comments Truckloads of fun and colour to keep minds entertained interspersed with playful typographical touches to match Joy Cowley’s playful verse. Giselle Clarkson’s whimsical illustrations positively sing from the … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Children’s, Shortlist
Comments Off on The Gobbledegook Book — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2020 FINALIST
Finding Frances Hodgkins — Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2020 FINALIST
Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2020 Finalist Judges’ comments Simple and elegant design that suits the subject. The ‘travel guide’ format is in keeping with the book as a kind of travelogue. The subtle colour palette complements the … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Non-illustrated, Shortlist
Comments Off on Finding Frances Hodgkins — Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2020 FINALIST
We Are Here — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2020 FINALIST
Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2020 Finalist Designer: Tim Denee Title: We Are Here: An atlas of Aotearoa Publisher: Massey University Press Format: 290 x 235mm, 240pp, hardback Typography: Fonts: Tiempos Headline and Untitled Sans … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Illustrated, Shortlist
Comments Off on We Are Here — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2020 FINALIST
Pass It On — 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2020 FINALIST
1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2020 Finalist For the Gujarati text on the cover of the book we used a typeface called Mukta Vaani. Mukta is a versatile and contemporary typeface that supports Devanagari, Gujarati, Tamil and Latin Scripts. … Continue reading
The Camping Cook Book — 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2020 FINALIST
1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2020 Finalist The typographic choice is inspired by typefaces popular in the 70s and 80s: a swirly ITC Bookman is paired to Franklin Gothic and Kabel also from ITC. The layout, based on Jan … Continue reading
Two Raw Sisters – Changing Perceptions of Plant Based Food — 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2020 FINALIST
1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2020 Finalist Judges’ comments This book looks and feels like what it is: a book celebrating plant-based food. Excellent use of both type and colour and consistent photography combine to produce a lovely, clean … Continue reading
