Category Archives: Shortlist

Annual — HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2017 FINALIST

Posted on May 31, 2017 by PANZ

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2017 Finalist Judges’ Comments It was a bold move on the part of the designer to create such a simple cover given the complexity of the internals. And the gamble has paid off. Although it … Continue reading →

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Ann Shelton: Dark Matter — HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2017 FINALIST

Posted on May 31, 2017 by PANZ

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2017 Finalist Judges’ Comments The juxtaposition of the title ‘Dark Matter’ with the vibrancy of this book makes it an intriguing object. The playful interplay between the custom made typeface and the image is as … Continue reading →

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My Mother and the Hungarians, and other small fictions — Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2017 FINALIST

Posted on May 30, 2017 by PANZ

Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2017 Finalist View shortlist | View 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

Posted on May 30, 2017 by PANZ

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 →

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Beach Life — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2017 FINALIST

Posted on May 30, 2017 by PANZ

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 →

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Simon Devitt’s Rannoch — Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book 2017 FINALIST

Posted on May 30, 2017 by PANZ

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 →

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Scrumptious — 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2017 FINALIST

Posted on May 30, 2017 by PANZ

1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2017 Finalist Judges’ Comments Clean, crisp and fresh faced. The dusky toned photography throughout explores spaciousness pleasingly. A satisfying design that safely hits the ground it is aimed for. View shortlist | View winners

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Cazador — game, offal and the rest — 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2017 FINALIST

Posted on May 30, 2017 by PANZ

1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2017 Finalist Judges’ Comments Brave, classic, yet excitingly contemporary. Cazador’s exquisite production values are immediately seductive. It is beautiful to hold and look at. The blood linen cover, exposed ‘frenched like’ binding (that opens flat … Continue reading →

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Little & Friday Every Meal — 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2017 FINALIST

Posted on May 29, 2017 by PANZ

1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2017 Finalist Judges’ Comments The approachable and unpretentious design presents an honest face of it’s parent café ‘Little and Friday’. The good production values, rich wholesome photography and pared-back layout speaks of the café’s food-centric … Continue reading →

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Mātaki Mai Ana Te Ao: Te Tawhio Pihirei o 1981 — Edify Award for Best Educational Book 2017 FINALIST

Posted on May 29, 2017 by PANZ

Edify Award for Best Educational Book 2017 Finalist Judges’ Comments Making history interesting is not just the teacher’s job. This teacher/student pack has cleverly combined the anger and upset of the subject (1981 Springbok Tour) with the need to access information … Continue reading →

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