HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2024
Finalist
Designers: Tyrone Ohia, Eva Charlton, Max Quinn-Tapara, (Studio: Extended Whānau) & Katrina Duncan
Title: Rewi: Āta haere, kia tere
Publisher: Massey University Press
Format: 250 x 190mm, 456pp.
Typography: Stanley & Theinhardt Mono..
Scanned Handwriting from Rewi Thompson archives.
“Rewi: Āta haere, kia tere is a tribute to the late architect Rewi Thompson (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa), a visionary thinker who believed that great architecture is crafted through careful consideration of people and place. This book brings together a breathtaking range of his projects, from conceptual dreamscapes to one-of-a-kind homes. Rewi is one of our foremost contemporary Māori architects. This book puts his work and thinking into the spotlight. We were tasked with reflecting this sentiment and the man himself.”
Judges’ comments A cover carries a heavy burden. Amongst a sea of many on shelves or thumbnails we scroll between, the cover sums up the voice of the book instantly, inviting a conversation with the audience and building the seeds of a relationship with the reader and its material. The competition amongst the covers this year was spicy. Layers of history, meaning and laser focused aesthetic choices have resulted in covers that esteem and elevate the taonga they enshroud. This year’s shortlist delivers iconic entries into the fabric of Aotearoa’s design tapestry.
