ABDA Blog
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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… Read more
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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…
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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…
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ABDA Committee Elected for 2021/2022
On September 27 ABDA held its Annual General Meeting and elected a new committee to lead the organization through the next year when, amongst other things, we will celebrate our 70th birthday! The meeting began by thanking and paying…
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Great Stories Covered by HarperCollins Australia
Recently, HarperCollins Australia has been talking a lot about what we do as publishers … discovering, or uncovering, great stories for everyone. It’s more than just a theme, it’s our purpose. But covering these stories…
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Q&A with Mary Callahan, the 2021 Hall of Fame Recipient
Last night’s 69th Australian Book Design Awards saw us welcome the very talented Mary Callahan into the ABDA Hall of Fame. Mary’s work as a book designer has contributed in a large part to the ongoing excellence of Australian…
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Printing the 2021 ABDA Catalogue with Opus Group
This year’s ABDA Book Design Awards catalogue, designed by the 2020 Emerging Designer of the Year Akiko Chan, is a visual masterpiece. ABDA recently visited the wonderful Ligare Book Printers in Sydney to take a sneak peek behind the scenes…
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One Year On with 2020 Emerging Designer, Akiko Chan
As we look forward to the 69th ABDA Awards next week and celebrate our shortlisted designers, we thought it would be a good time to check in with the 2020 winner of the Emerging Designer Award – Akiko…
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Q&A with Emerging Designer nominee Mika Tabata
The Penguin Random House Australia Deb Brash Emerging Designer of the Year Award at this years ABDA Awards features two incredibly talented shortlisted entrants. ABDA spoke with the finalists – George Saad and Mika Tabata – on their journey into…
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Q&A with Best Designed Student Series Nominees and Tiliqua Press
Tiliqua Press have once again put their support behind the Australian Book Design Awards this year by sponsoring the Best Designed Student Series award. With the finalists to be announced in late June, they’ve had a chat with each of…