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A Unique, Artful Cookbook Wins at the PANZ Book Design Awards

MEDIA RELEASE – Thursday 20 July 2017 Tonight at the PANZ Book Design Awards when a book really is judged by its cover – and its design – Cazador: game, offal and the rest, written by Dariush Lolaiy and Rebecca … Continue reading

Have your say too — NEW Hachette New Zealand People’s Choice Award

It is a difficult job being a judge with so many beautifully designed books on offer. This year, for the first time ever, we are throwing the judging open to the public. Attendees of the 2017 PANZ Book Design Awards … Continue reading

Best Book for 2016 is a “desirable contemporary classic”

The standout book at the 2016 PANZ Book Design Awards was James K. Baxter: Complete Prose. Shortlisted for Best Cover and Best Typography, it won the Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book for cover designer Spencer Levine, interior designer … Continue reading

Anna Egan-Reid wins Allen & Unwin Young Designer of the Year Award 2016

Controversially, the judges of the PANZ Book Design Awards 2016 decided not to nominate a shortlist for the Allen & Unwin Young Designer of the Year Award. Instead, Anna Egan-Reid was announced as the unequivocal winner at the awards ceremony. … Continue reading

Congratulations to all the 2015 PANZ Book Design Awards winners!

Congratulations to all the 2015 PANZ Book Design Awards winners! Congratulations to PANZ Young Designer of the Year 2015 Carla Sy   View shortlist | View winners  

Spotlight on PANZ Young Designer of the Year finalist Anna Egan Reid

Spotlight on … PANZ Young Designer of the Year finalist Anna Egan-Reid Anna Egan-Reid is a graphic designer specialising in book design. She loves doing cookbooks, large pictorial books and books that are a little outside the mainstream – one of … Continue reading

Spotlight on … PANZ Young Designer of the Year finalist Carla Sy

Spotlight on … PANZ Young Designer of the Year finalist Carla Sy Carla Sy has a background in Visual Communication design, which she studied at Massey University, graduating with First Class Honours in 2009. In 2010 Carla was given the … Continue reading

Spotlight on… PANZ Young Designer of the Year finalist Jessica Gommers

Spotlight on… In the lead-up to the big night we focus on the extremely talented designers in the running for the PANZ Young Designer of the Year Award 2015.  Up first Jessica Gommers… Since graduating from Unitec with a Bachelor of Visual … Continue reading

Book Design Awards judge has international success

Book Design Awards judge has international success Melbourne book cover designer Miriam Rosenbloom has received major awards for her design skills on two continents – her native Australia and in the UK, where she worked at a leading publishing house. … Continue reading

And the 2015 PANZ Book Design Awards finalists are …

Check back soon … Finalists will be announced next week.