Category Archives: Cover

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2025 Finalist Designers: Duncan Munro Title: worm, root, wort… & bane Publisher: Alice Austen House Press Format: 203 x 127mm, 312pp, flexibind with rose-pink foil for the cover type. Extensive wet-proofing to achieve the best … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2025 Finalist Designers: Katie Kerr, Studio Katie Kerr Title: Sight Lines: Women and Art in Aotearoa Publisher: Auckland University Press Format: 235 x 180mm, 444pp, section sewn, cased in square-backed over 2mm box board, … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2025 Finalist Designer: Sarah Elworthy Title: Old Black Cloud: A cultural history of mental depression in Aotearoa New Zealand Publisher: Massey University Press Format: 230 x 163mm, 312pp, limpbound printed on uncoated creamy stock. … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2025 Finalist Designer: Seachange Title: Oikos — An Ode to Food, Family & Friends Publisher: Theo Papouis (Oikos) Format: 245 x 175mm, 296pp. Section sewn, lay flat binding, foiled book cloth, edge-sprayed, tipped-in physical postcard … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2025 Finalist Designer: Peter Bray Title: Dummies & Doppelgängers Publisher: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū Format: 290 x 210mm, 120pp, hard case with printed and debossed cloth cover. Printed on two paperstocks … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2025 Finalist Designer: Todd Atticus Title: Bad Archive Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press Format: 210 x 138mm, 256pp, perfect bound. Cover is matt laminated with flaps Typography: Cover font Avant Garde. Todd blew the … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2024   Finalist Designers: Alan Deare and Dave McDonald, Area Design Title: Flora: Celebrating Our Botanical World Publisher: Te Papa Press Format: 290 x 250mm, 452pp, hardback. Typography: Erotique, Ivy Journal, Nuckle     … Continue reading →