ABDA Blog
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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… Read more
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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…
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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…
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Alison Forbes: a book design pioneer
Alison Forbes photographed by Mark Strizic, 1972 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…