ABDA Blog
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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. Read more
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…