Category Archives: Illustrated

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2025 Winner 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 … Continue reading →

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 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 … Continue reading →

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 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 … Continue reading →

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2025 Finalist Designers: Alan Deare & Anna Wilkinson, Area Design Title: Herbst: Architecture in context Publisher: Massey University Press Format: 280 x 220mm, 240pp, double-tiered blind debossing of the linen-clad … Continue reading →

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2025 Finalist Designers: Janson Chau, Alt Group Title: Fenoga Tāoga Niue I Aoteraoa Niue Heritage Journey in Aotearoa Publisher: Mafola Press Format: 254 x 300 mm, 500pp, fully-cased, section-sewn Typography: Signifier. … Continue reading →

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2025 Finalist Designers: Aaron Beehre Title: Eileen Mayo’s Rare and Endangered Birds of Aotearoa New Zealand Publisher: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū Format: 350 x 280mm, 64pp, bound … Continue reading →

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2024 Finalist Designer: Arch MacDonnell, Inhouse Title: The Lost Hours Publisher: Six Point Press Format: 232 x 170mm, 312pp, exposed binding. The book is two volumes with two covers (Day/Night, … Continue reading →

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 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: … Continue reading →

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2024 Finalist Designers: Cover: Shaun Naufahu (Alt Group) Interior: Shaun Naufahu (Alt Group) & Katrina Duncan Title: Pacific Arts Aotearoa Publisher: Penguin Random House NZ  in association with Pacific Arts, … Continue reading →