The ABDA ‘Baseline’ Book Design Internship program
The Australian Book Designers Association is proud to announce the establishment of the ABDA ‘Baseline’ Book Design Internship. The Baseline program is a new paid opportunity aimed at fostering cultural diversity in the Australian book design community and training the next generation of Australian book designers. The placement will provide a well-rounded introduction to the industry […]
The 71st Australian Book Design Awards 2023
Join the Australian Book Designers Association on Friday 26 May to celebrate the most original and beautiful book designs of the year. This year, the awards party returns to Sydney at Rose of Australia, 1 Swanson Street, Erskineville, NSW. Doors will open at 7pm with formal proceedings commencing at 8pm sharp. Our MC for the evening will be […]
2023 Australian Book Design Awards Shortlist Announced!
Congratulations to all of this year’s shortlisted designers. Our hard working judges whittled down an impressive longlist, to arrive at a shortlist of original, creative and beautiful books. The full shortlist is available for download here. Awards branded assets are available for download here for promotional purposes. The winners of the Australian Book Design Awards will be […]
The 71st Australian Book Design Awards Longlist
ABDA is thrilled to present the Longlist for the 71st Australian Book Design Awards. Please join us in celebrating the bravest and brightest, the most original and beautiful books published in Australia in 2022. Save Friday May 26th in your diaries for this year’s awards night in Sydney at Rose of Australia, Erskineville! For the […]
Meet the judges! 2023
We’re excited to have a panel of judges who have experience across a range of disciplines in addition to book design, including graphic design, art direction, design education, publishing and academia. Paul McNally is the Managing Director and Publisher of Smith Street Books, a leading independent publishing company – and one of Australia’s fastest growing – that […]
Entries are now open for the 71st Australian Book Design Awards!
ABDA is pleased to announce the 71st Australian Book Design Awards are open for submissions. We can’t wait to see what you’ve all been up to! This year we are proud to announce our support for the Independent category with free entry and we’re keeping Student entries open for the duration. Entries close Friday 23 […]
Entries are now open for the student categories for the 71st Australian Book Design Awards.
Abda is opening entries early this year for the 3 student categories. The competition is open to books designed by students for the first time in Australia between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022. Entry is free for students. Entries are open in three categories; all entry details are available in this year’s Student […]
2022 ABDA Award winners
Oh what a night… The 70th Anniversary Book Design Awards were held last Friday at The Craft & Co. Download the list of award winners here.
Meet Your Judges — The Australian Book Design Awards 2022
The ABDA committee is pleased to announce the judges for the 2022 awards. We’re excited to have a panel of judges this year who have experience across a range of disciplines in addition to book design, including graphic design, art direction, fine art, publishing and academia. ALLISON COLPOYS is a multi award-winning designer and illustrator […]
The Lost Dog Poster – book covers in 2021
Books+Publishing recently ran a fascinating article by three ABDA members on the book cover in 2021, looking at current trends and future predictions. Click on the graphic below for some very interesting reading. This article was first published by Books+Publishing. It is reproduced here with permission.
Entries are now open for the 70th Australian Book Design Awards!
ABDA is delighted to announce the 70th Australian Book Design Awards are now open for submissions! The Australian Book Design Awards celebrate the bravest and brightest, the most original and beautiful books published in Australia each year. The competition is open to books designed and published for the first time in Australia between 1 January […]
Hardie Grant Books in conversation with Tristan Schultz
Tristan Schultz, a Gamilaraay man of Aboriginal and European Australian descent, is the founder and co-director of Relative Creative, a Gold Coast based communication and strategic design agency. He has a Bachelor of Design majoring in product design, a Masters of Design Futures with Honours and a PhD in Design. He is also currently Honorary Adjunct Fellow […]