HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2026
Finalist
Designer: Carly Yates and Gideon Keith (Seven Design)
Title: The Collector: Thomas Cheeseman and the making of the Auckland Museum
Publisher: Massey University Press
Format: 240 x 180 mm, 320pp, hardback.
Spine: Wibalin (Buckram, #534, Maroon) showing 58mm to front + Copper Foil Blocking (6 COPPER) on front wibalin panel and spine + blind deboss to front.
Case panel: 128 gsm Gloss artpaper printed 3 c (PMS 2018C, orange + PM3242C, blue + black) with scuff-resistant Matt Lamination
Finishing: Quarter-bound case with PLC over board, square back, section sewn in 16pp, separate ends, H/T band (HD8206, blue)
Typography: Domain Text 9.5/12pt
Publisher’s Brief
“The brief required a treatment for a collection of visually subdued yet uniquely compelling images, creating a cover that would stand out on shelf while establishing a cohesive relationship between disparate imagery throughout the book.”
