ABDA Blog
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Behind Material Literacy with Jenny Grigg
We chat with ABDA founding member Jenny Grigg about her studies in design, process and history. Jenny’s research for her PhD culminated in a physical book titled Material Literacy: The Significance of Materials in Graphic Design Ideation, A Practice-based Enquiry. This… Read more
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Q&A With Illustrator Sophie Beer
Queensland based book illustrator Sophie Beer shares with ABDA some insights into the inspiration and processes behind her bright, buzzing illustrations. Did you mean to end up as an illustrator? What was your trajectory? A very circuitous one!…
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The Long and the Short of it
Heads up, folks…due to a few issues beyond our control we won’t be releasing an ABDA Awards Longlist this year, which we’re a little bummed about. Our sincere apologies if you were looking forward to it with…
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Q&A with Typesetter Megan Ellis
Megan Ellis is a typesetter based in Collingwood, Melbourne. Specialising in (but certainly not limited to) illustrated books, Megan is an Adobe InDesign pro and wears many hats along the publishing process. We chat with Megan about the role…
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2019 Awards – Save the Date!
The ABDA Committee is delighted to announce the 67th Australian Book Design Awards will be taking place in Sydney at the State Library of New South Wales on Friday 31 May 2019, with tickets on sale in April!…
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Meet Your Judges — The Australian Book Design Awards 2019
The ABDA committee is pleased to announce the judges of the 2019 awards. With experience across a wide range of publishing, design, academic and retail platforms, we’re thrilled to have them on board to uncover the best and brightest, most…
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Everyone on the same page: the ABDA survey results
In 2018, the ABDA community shared their experiences, difficulties and suggestions in a survey aimed to shed light on the collective and often unspoken trials of our profession. The main aims of the survey were to: Measure the health of…
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One Book, Two Covers
For this post, ABDA committee member and designer Hazel Lam has brought together local book covers and their international counterparts with insights on their design processes. I have always enjoyed going overseas and seeing how different the book covers are…
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Design and Production Assistant for Text Publishing
Text is looking for a Design and Production Assistant to join its busy, highly efficient design team. This is a two-day a week casual position, based in Melbourne. Duties include designing marketing and publicity materials, managing and processing reprints, assisting…
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2018 Covered : Favourite Covers of the Year
As we turn the page on 2018, the ABDA committee and wider publishing community reflect on their favourite covers of the year. Jessica Lowe • ABDA Committee Member, Design Manager at Hardie Grant Books My Year of Rest and…