Category Archives: Illustrated

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2026 Finalist Designers: Shaun Naufahu & Giordano Zatta (Alt Group) Title: Sio fakaTonga ‘ae ‘Aati fakaTonga: Tongan Views of Tongan Arts Publisher: Kula-ʻUli Publishing Format: 275 x 195 mm, 300pp, … Continue reading →

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2026 Finalist Designers: Alan Deare and Dave McDonald, Area Design Title: New Zealand Photography Collected: 175 Years of Photography in Aotearoa Publisher: Te Papa Press Format: 305 x 250 mm, … Continue reading →

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2026 Finalist Designers: Duncan Munro (Lucky Stairs Studio) Title: He Puāwai: A Natural History of New Zealand Flowers Publisher: Auckland University Press Format: 270 x 240 mm, 448pp, casebound with … Continue reading →

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2026 Finalist Designers: Alan Deare (Cover & Interiors) & Dave McDonald (Interiors) from Area Design Title: Atlas of the New Zealand Wars: Volume One 1834–1864, Early Engagements to the Second … Continue reading →

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2026 Finalist Designer: Tana Mitchell (Tana Mitchell Design) Title: The Len Lye Centre Publisher: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre Format: 175 x 250 mm, 160pp, Section sewn for … Continue reading →

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2026 Finalist Designer: Jo Bailey Title: Mr Ward’s Map: Victorian Wellington street by street Publisher: Massey University Press Format: 315 x 230 mm, 560pp, hardback + jacket. The case is … Continue reading →

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 →