Category Archives: 2021
Te Uruuru Whenua o Ngātoroirangi — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2021 FINALIST
Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2021 Finalist The design challenge for the interior was to use font deliberately to separate dialogue and narrative of key characters and scenes. The painterly, unfinished effect of Fersken was … Continue reading
Maori Made Fun — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2021 FINALIST
Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2021 Finalist View shortlist
Maori Made Easy Workbooks — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2021 FINALIST
Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2021 Finalist 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. … Continue reading
Level 2 Chemistry Study Guide — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2021 FINALIST
Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments A smaller format than most workbooks and study guides makes for a book that’s easy to hold. The typographic choices are elegant and easy to read, and … Continue reading
Level 2 Agribusiness Learning Workbook — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2021 FINALIST
Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments A no-nonsense, easy-to-follow workbook that has a clear delineation between the instruction and the activity portions of the book, with plenty of space to write in. The … Continue reading
Toitoi Issues 20 and 21 — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2021 FINALIST
Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments The design of this journal series pulls together a wide variety of writing and artwork from young writers and artists. It treats their work with care … Continue reading
Te Turi o Hinengawari — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2021 FINALIST
Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments This book is brought to life by the engaging, (mainly) double-page-spread illustrations and placement of the accompanying text. Beautiful linework and colours are used throughout the … Continue reading
Kuwi and Friends Māori Picture Dictionary — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2021 FINALIST
Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2021 Finalist The designer had to build macron glyphs (for Māori text) into the title font Gab, as they were not in the original font. View shortlist
What Adults Don’t Know About Art / Architecture — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 FINALIST
Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 Finalist Typography: The primary typeface is Arnhem, designed by Fred Smeijers in 2002. All body type is set at 12pt without hyphenation to be legible for readers of the age group … Continue reading
My Little Book of Bugs — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 FINALIST
Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 Finalist Front cover: English title: Bugbear, 50pt on 51pt leading Māori title: Bugbear, 21pt on 22pt leading Back cover: Calibre Medium 22pt on 27pt leading and 19pt on 23pt leading Spine: … Continue reading