ABDA Blog
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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… Read more
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…