Designer: National Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is seeking a Graphic Designer who will be responsible for design and production of projects including marketing collateral, small to medium scale publications, brand material, members, education and program collateral. ABOUT THE POSITION: Full Time, Fixed Term for 2 years VPS 3.1: $64,583 gross per annum + 9.5% superannuation […]
Designing The Museum of Modern Love
A post by ABDA member Sandy Cull Taking home both the Literary Fiction and Cover of the Year categories at the 2017 Australian Book Design Awards, designer Sandy Cull shares the story behind her design. In his review of the The Museum of Modern Love for The Australian, Dominic Smith says, ‘From its conception to its […]
Tales of the Handmade Book
When we think of a handmade book we often think of one-off artist editions, but Tara Books has found a way to produce beautiful, handmade books thousands of times over, in multiple languages and editions. ABDA members and friends in Sydney and Melbourne were recently treated to a presentation by visiting publisher Gita Wolf and her son, […]
Alison Forbes: a book design pioneer
Alison Forbes (1933–) was the first full-time independent book designer in Australia. In a pioneering career which paralleled the transformative period of Australian publishing, Forbes designed hundreds of titles. Her remarkable legacy can be seen today on the bookshelves of Australian homes, libraries and schools. In the third year of her illustration and design course at […]
Designer: Penguin Random House
As the world’s most global book publisher, Penguin Random House has a proud and successful record publishing a wide range of authors from Australia and around the world. It comprises nearly 250 editorially and creatively independent imprints and publishing houses that collectively publish more than 15,000 new titles annually. Our creative & innovative adult publishing […]
The Casual Optimist Judge
Each year ABDA invites a panel of nine designers and design lovers to judge the Book Design Awards, including one international judge. Previously, Jessica Hische, David Pearson and Jon Gray have lent us their expertise. This year we are honoured that popular design blogger Dan Wagstaff took up the challenge. Today we hear his thoughts […]
Q & A with Gayna Murphy
Gayna Murphy is a versatile and award-winning designer who has worked across many areas of publishing including magazines, large format illustrated books, cookbooks, literary fiction and children’s books. She is currently senior designer at Bauer Media Books. Did you mean to end up as a book designer? What was your trajectory? I started out designing and art directing […]
The 2017 PANZ Book Design Awards shortlist announced
The 2017 PANZ Book Design Awards shortlist has been announced with winners to be presented at the awards ceremony in Auckland on 20 July 2017. The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) established the PANZ Book Design Awards to promote excellence in, and provide recognition for, the best book design in New Zealand. The entries are judged in seven categories: […]
Mark Campbell Joins HarperCollins
The role of Head of Design at HarperCollins Publishers has been taken up by Mark Campbell, who joined the company in May. Mark previously worked as the Design Manager at Hardie Grant Books, where he lead a team of in-house and freelance designers to produce many award-winning books. Mark replaces Lisa White who is leaving […]
Re:collection and Sun Books
A guest post by Dominic Hofstede A look at the history and art of Sun Books, the iconic Australian paperback publisher launched in 1965. In 2016 Warren Taylor and I undertook a Creative Fellowship with the State Library of Victoria (SLV). The Fellowship provides artists, scholars and designers with a unique and supportive environment in which to […]
How I mucked up Ickypedia
A blog post by Bruno Herfst about the making of Ickypedia. Bruno won the Best Designed Children’s Fiction Book at the 2016 ABDA awards for this work. WARNING: THIS IS A ONE-SIDED VIEW OF THE CREATION OF A BOOK. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, CAN YOU ASSUME THIS IS THE COMPLETE STORY. THERE WERE MANY IMPORTANT PEOPLE […]
The 2017 ABDA Awards President’s Report
The ABDA catalogue celebrates the books shortlisted in the 65th annual Australian Book Design Awards. Selected from 341 entries submitted across 16 categories, these designs are the cream of the crop of books published between 1 January and 31 December 2016. Judged by our formidable panel of designers and design lovers: Reg Abos, Murray Batten, […]