Lift Education Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2024
Finalist
Designers: Angus Mackenzie, Ellen Mackenzie & Barnaby McBride
Title: Year 9 Physical World & Year 9 Material World Learning Guide
Publisher: ESA Publication (NZ) Ltd trading as LearnWell
Text 140pp on 92gsm Jet Mail 450mm
CMYK throughout
Typography: Open Sans
“The brief was to make the content and text as accessible as possible.
Using a simple ‘designed for readability’ font and strong colours used in the
navigation and diagram areas to assist visually impaired students.”
Judges’ comments These two examples of LearnWell’s Learning Guides are punchy and bold, with their clear signposting of information through the use of colour and a visual hierarchy, as well as the generously sized typography choices. A nice touch of using QR codes & short URLs to effortlessly take learners to online video examples and content. The “ruling off” of areas for the student questions, and the page edge colour tabbing are also helpful additions to the design system employed.
