Category Archives: Illustrated
Strangers Arrive — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2018 FINALIST
Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2018 Finalist Judges’ Comments: This is an elegantly presented book with beautiful peachy detail under the dust jacket. Clean, simple, effective design. It looks great on the shop floor, nice … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Illustrated, Shortlist
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Beach Life — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2017 WINNER
Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2017 Winner Judges’ Comments This could have been a good coffee-table book, that adequately balances long text with a wide variety of photography styles. It certainly does this but two noteworthy … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Illustrated, Winners
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Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand: The Māori Portraits — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2017 FINALIST
Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2017 Finalist Judges’ Comments This is a beautiful book. The content is the hero here, and the designer has done everything to honour the art work: incredibly high production values, tasteful … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Illustrated, Shortlist
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Beach Life — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2017 FINALIST
Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2017 Finalist Judges’ Comments This could have been a good coffee-table book, that adequately balances long text with a wide variety of photography styles. It certainly does this but two noteworthy … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Illustrated, Shortlist
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Simon Devitt’s Rannoch — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2017 FINALIST
Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2017 Finalist Judges’ Comments This book behaves like a who-done-it. At times dark, then playful and always intriguing, it reveals its subject like a torch illuminating the corners of a room. … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Illustrated, Shortlist
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Bad Hair Day — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2017 FINALIST
Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2017 Finalist Judges’ Comments Bad Hair Day uses simplicity to strong effect. The images are the most important and so it took real discipline for the designer to take a step … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Illustrated, Shortlist
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Little Gems — WINNER Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2016
Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2016 Winner Judges’ Comments. Little Gems is an endearing surprise – a harmonious mosaic of design, illustration and typography. It handles its potentially sentimental content in an unexpected and delightfully … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Illustrated, Shortlist, Winners
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Worship — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2016 FINALIST
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Posted in 2016, Illustrated, Shortlist
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Coast, Country, Neighbourhood, City — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2016 FINALIST
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Posted in 2016, Illustrated, Shortlist
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Little Gems — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2016 FINALIST
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Posted in 2016, Illustrated, Shortlist
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