About Us
Mission Statement
ABDA exists to support Australian book designers – to promote their work to, and connect with, the broader publishing community. In addition, we aim to discover and foster emerging talent. Through our public talks and workshops, digital showcases and the national annual Book Design Awards, ABDA provides a dynamic network for industry professionals.
This website, launched in October 2015, provides an online hub for the community. Offering news, forums, educational events and a searchable archive of each year’s award categories, it is an invaluable resource for present and future Australian designers.
ABDA exists to serve its members. We encourage feedback and suggestions, please email us with ideas and feedback about events, blog posts or anything else you’d like to see more or less of.
Committee Members
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Mark Campbell
PresidentHead of Design at HarperCollins ANZ and ABC Books
Mark is Head of Design at HarperCollins ANZ and ABC Books. Over the past decade he has worked in design and project management across theatre, film, television, events, advertising and animation, and been a regular guest speaker for the Small…
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Alissa Dinallo
Vice PresidentFreelance Book Designer
Alissa is a Sydney-based book designer who has worked in-house at Allen & Unwin and Penguin Random House. When not designing for commercial publishing houses, Alissa also works closely with writers to create artist’s books and typographic works. She is…
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Regine Abos
SecretaryDesigner and Lecturer
Reg is an award-winning designer and lecturer who runs the design consultancy Studio Regina. Her passion and expertise lie in book design, having worked extensively with publishers such as Oxford University Press, Black Dog Books (an imprint of Walker Books)…
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Hazel Lam
TreasurerSenior Book Designer, HarperCollins ANZ
Hazel is a senior book designer at HarperCollins ANZ, where she entered the publishing industry in 2013. Her experience spreads across fiction, non-fiction, illustrated books, children’s illustrated books and YA. In her previous life she has worked in motion graphics,…
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Amy Daoud
Committee MemberFreelance Book Designer
Amy Daoud is a freelance book designer based in Sydney. Her publishing career began in 2011 when she joined Walker Books Australia where she spent six and a half years creating covers and internal design for children’s illustrated books, junior…
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Hannah Janzen
Committee MemberHannah Janzen Design
Hannah is a Sydney-based graphic designer with an eye for detail and a passion for great design and typography. She is a ‘one stop shop’ for printed creative design with eight years experience working in the book publishing industry. She…
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Peter Long
Committee MemberBook Designer
Peter has been designing books for more than fifteen years, and until recently was Senior Designer at Black Inc.Books and the Art Director of The Monthly magazine. Before books he designed mostly for stage and film. He is also a…
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Jessica Lowe
Committee MemberDesign Manager, Hardie Grant Books
Jessica is an award-winning Art Director and Graphic Designer — specialising in book and magazine design. With over 14 years of industry experience, she has worked in both studio and client-side environments, most recently as Designer at The Australian Ballet…
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Andy Warren
Committee MemberFreelance Book Designer
Andy is an award winning Melbourne based designer. After graduating from RMIT in 2013, Andy interned then eventually worked as a designer at Hardie Grant Books. Working across a range of non-fiction titles, the work produced here led Andy to…
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