Category Archives: Shortlist
Egg and Spoon — 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2021 FINALIST
1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments Egg and Spoon: An Illustrated Cookbook is a delight for all ages. Giselle’s illustrations and Vida’s design bring both clarity and exuberance to the book. Giselle brings a playful approachableness … Continue reading
The Inkberg Enigma — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 FINALIST
Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments An amazing achievement for a first graphic novel. This exciting mystery-thriller is brilliantly illustrated for young readers, with a clear line style reminiscent of Hergé’s Tintin, and a … Continue reading
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Mihi — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 FINALIST
Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments Understated and elegant, this book encourages the learning of te reo and the concept of mihimihi to readers. It’s instructive, helpful and unintimidating in style. There is a … Continue reading
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Towards Compostela — Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2021 FINALIST
Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2021 Finalist Typography: Set in Feijoa by Klim Type Foundry, 9 pt type, 14.3 pt leading. Catharina’s text is one continuous piece without chapter breaks, so rather than try to make it conform … Continue reading
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Somewhere Else — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2021 FINALIST
Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2021 Finalist Designers: Lily Paris West & Lucinda Birch Title: Somewhere Else Publisher: Lost in a Fog Format: 255 x 190mm, 88pp, casebound, section-sewn with black head-and-tail bands. Orange linen … Continue reading
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The Swimmers — HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2021 FINALIST
HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments An intriguing cover solution that follows a trend of using an abstract, contemporary portrait painting, setting up the expectation that this painting is representative/illustrative of one of the characters in … Continue reading
Head Girl — HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2021 FINALIST
HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments A nice extension of ‘head girl’, endorsed by a foiled gold star, alongside a felt-pen-drawn portrait and hand-lettered title and author name. The overall format has a notebook/diary feel. View shortlist
2020 Shortlist
PANZ Book Design Awards 2020 Shortlist Click on cover images for more information Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book … Continue reading
2020 Hachette New Zealand Emerging Designer Shortlist
2020 Hachette New Zealand Emerging Designer Shortlist Congratulations to shortlisted designers: Christine Ling and Jessica Read Click on designer’s image for more information and examples of their work.
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Christine Ling – 2020 Hachette New Zealand Emerging Designer Award FINALIST
2020 HACHETTE NEW ZEALAND EMERGING DESIGNER AWARD Christine Ling View shortlist
Posted in 2020, Shortlist, Young Designer
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