Category Archives: Shortlist
I am the Universe — PANZ Award for Best Typography 2021 FINALIST
PANZ Award for Best Typography 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments The complete package – a large, luscious hardback complete with over-gloss varnish that makes the stars twinkle. The book includes vivid, playful, dynamic illustrations that tour around the universe, and are … Continue reading
I am the Universe — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 FINALIST
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Supergood — 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2021 FINALIST
1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments The ever-reliable Chelsea Winter delivers an approachable and practical book of plant-based recipes. The gold foil compliments the summery cover’s flaxen warmth. The photography is a delight, with a well-tempered … Continue reading
Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine — 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2021 FINALIST
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Egg and Spoon — 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2021 FINALIST
1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments Egg and Spoon: An Illustrated Cookbook is a delight for all ages. Giselle’s illustrations and Vida’s design bring both clarity and exuberance to the book. Giselle brings a playful approachableness … Continue reading
The Inkberg Enigma — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 FINALIST
Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments An amazing achievement for a first graphic novel. This exciting mystery-thriller is brilliantly illustrated for young readers, with a clear line style reminiscent of Hergé’s Tintin, and a … Continue reading
Mihi — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 FINALIST
Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments Understated and elegant, this book encourages the learning of te reo and the concept of mihimihi to readers. It’s instructive, helpful and unintimidating in style. There is a … Continue reading
Towards Compostela — Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2021 FINALIST
Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2021 Finalist 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
Somewhere Else — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2021 FINALIST
Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2021 Finalist Designers: Lily Paris West & Lucinda Birch Title: Somewhere Else Publisher: Lost in a Fog Format: 255 x 190mm, 88pp, casebound, section-sewn with black head-and-tail bands. Orange linen … Continue reading
The Swimmers — HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2021 FINALIST
HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments An intriguing cover solution that follows a trend of using an abstract, contemporary portrait painting, setting up the expectation that this painting is representative/illustrative of one of the characters in … Continue reading





