Category Archives: Winners
Mātaki Mai Ana Te Ao: Te Tawhio Pihirei o 1981 — Edify Award for Best Educational Book 2017 WINNER
Edify Award for Best Educational Book 2017 Winner 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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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
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2017 Winners
PANZ BOOK DESIGN AWARDS 2017 WINNERS Click on cover images for further information and judges’ comments. Gerard Reid Award for Best Book sponsored by Nielsen Book Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book Upstart Press Award for Best … Continue reading
Best Book for 2016 is a “desirable contemporary classic”
The standout book at the 2016 PANZ Book Design Awards was James K. Baxter: Complete Prose. Shortlisted for Best Cover and Best Typography, it won the Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book for cover designer Spencer Levine, interior designer … Continue reading
Little Gems — WINNER Mary Egan Ltd Award for Best Typography 2016
Mary Egan Ltd Award for Best Typography 2016 Winner Judges’ Comments. The winner pushes typography outside of its usual boundaries in a book for adults. In Little Gems, the words don’t just complement the illustrations, the words become the illustrations. … Continue reading
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The Game Chef — WINNER 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2016
1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook 2016 Winner Judges’ Comments. The Game Chef’s design and photography speaks directly – not only to its intended audience, but to the story of the food. It has a strong sense of place, cleanly … Continue reading
James K Baxter: Complete Prose — WINNER Upstart Press Award for Best Non Illustrated Book 2016
Upstart Press Award for Best Non Illustrated Book 2016 Winner Judges’ Comments. The unusual colour palette, the unexpected use of metallic purple foil, the mix of traditional and contemporary typography, the interesting use of varied materials, the combination of painted … Continue reading
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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
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101 Works of Art — WINNER HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2016
HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2016 Winner Judges’ Comments. 101 Works of Art picked itself in many ways; there was no debate amongst the judges on this one. The cover is breathtaking, the unique folding of the dust jacket … Continue reading
James K Baxter: Complete Prose — WINNER 2016 Gerard Reid Award for Best Book sponsored by Nielsen Book Services
2016 Gerard Reid Award for Best Book Sponsored by Nielsen Book Services Winner Judges’ Comments. Shortlisted for Best Cover and Best Typography, and winner of the Best Non-Illustrated category, James K. Baxter: Complete Prose excels on all fronts. It is the … Continue reading
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