Category Archives: 2021
Towards Compostela — Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2021 WINNER
Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2021 Winner 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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I am the Universe — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 WINNER
Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 Winner Judges’ comments A book that explodes with inventive, intricate, playful and vivid illustrations. This is a book which readers can enjoy over and over, and find something new to discover … Continue reading
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Kuwi and Friends Māori Picture Dictionary — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2021 Winner
Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2021 Winner Typography: Body: Archer (Book) 9pt, 15pt Leading Sub body 6.5pt, 7.8pt Leading Dictionary Item TE REO MĀORI: Archer Bold 13pt 16pt Leading (lowercase) Dictionary Item ENGLISH: Archer (Book) … Continue reading
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Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine — 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2021 WINNER
1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2021 Winner Judges’ comments The cover’s reverse binding and textural use of debossing, along with the subtle UV gloss of the karaka berries, invites you into Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine. The use of white … Continue reading
Billy Apple — PANZ Award for Best Typography 2021 WINNER
PANZ Award for Best Typography 2021 Winner Designers: Arch MacDonnell and Alexandra Turner, Inhouse Design Title: Billy Apple®: Life/Work Publisher: Auckland University Press Format: 240 x 170mm, 400pp, hardback. Case: PLC-wrapped 2mm box board, bookblock flush with case; French-folded jacket … Continue reading
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Maori Made Fun — Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2021 WINNER
Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Secondary/Tertiary 2021 Winner 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
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Agency of Hope — HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2021 WINNER
HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2021 Winner Judges’ comments A difficult subject matter to come up with a compelling singular cover image for. There’s lots of pathos in the stylised stencil of a house lit at night that offers … Continue reading
Wild Kinship — Allen & Unwin Award for Best Commercial Book for Adults 2021 WINNER
Allen & Unwin Award for Best Commercial Book for Adults 2021 Winner Typography: Ariata by Malou Verlomme for Monotype, DIN Next by Akira Kobayashi and Sandra Winter. The main text is printed in Pantone 1675. This warm brown hints at … Continue reading
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2021 Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand Emerging Designer Award WINNER
2021 HACHETTE AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND EMERGING DESIGNER AWARD Winner Alexandra Turner Judges’ comments Alexandra Turner’s selection of work demonstrated inventive and sensitive use of typography and materials in a variety of formats and scales, with evidence of creative and constructive … Continue reading
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Nature Stilled — Gerard Reid Award for Best Book sponsored by Nielsen Book 2021 WINNER
2021 Gerard Reid Award for Best Book Sponsored by Nielsen Book Winner Designers: Arch MacDonnell, Alistair McCready, Dean Foster, Jane MacDonnell, Inhouse Design. Title: Nature—Stilled Publisher: Te Papa Press Format: 350 x 202mm, 4368pp, quarter-bound hardback. Photographer Jane Ussher spent … Continue reading
