ABDA Blog
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Designing ‘Lento & Fox’
Creating a bright and engaging package with a sense of mischievous fun, Ben Sanders takes us through the design of his award winning cover for ‘Lento & Fox’, winner of the Best Designed Children’s/Young Adult Series at the 2020 ABDA… Read more
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Q&A with Hannah Naughton
ABDA Member Hannah Naughton is a Book Designer with over 5 years experience in the publishing industry, working both in-house and freelance. Originally from London, she made the move to Australia late last year – a unique time to embark…
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Meet Your Judges — The Australian Book Design Awards 2021
The ABDA committee is pleased to announce the judges for the 2021 awards. With experiences across publishing, design, academic and retail platforms, we’re thrilled to have them on board to uncover the best and brightest, most original and beautiful…
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2020 Covered: Favourite Covers of the Year
As we near the end of the year, and the season of ‘best-of’ lists, ABDA asked its members and those-in-the-know in publishing to reflect on their favourite covers of 2020. Which designs stood out online among the multitude of #coverreveals?…
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2021 Australian Book Design Awards
The ABDA Committee is delighted to announce the 69th Australian Book Design Awards are now open for submissions! The Australian Book Design Awards celebrate the best of the best of Australian book design each year. The competition is…
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Booktopia’s September Cover Round-up
We’ve reached a huge week in the Australian publishing calendar, with books from some of the country’s biggest authors hitting shelves everywhere. Booktopia’s Brand and Content Manager, Mark Harding, took ABDA through his reasons for loving the cover…
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Printing the 2020 ABDA Book Design Awards Catalogue
This year’s ABDA Book Design Awards catalogue is truly a thing of beauty, inside and out. Designed by the 2019 Emerging Designer of the Year Jessica Horrocks, ABDA recently visited the wonderful Ligare Book Printers in Sydney to watch…
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Q&A with Emerging Designer nominee Akiko Chan
The Penguin Random House Australia Emerging Designer of the Year Award at this years ABDA Awards features two incredibly talented shortlisted entrants. ABDA spoke with the finalists – Vanessa Masci and Akiko Chan – on their journey into Book…
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Q&A with Emerging Designer nominee Vanessa Masci
The Penguin Random House Australia Emerging Designer of the Year Award at this years ABDA Awards features two incredibly talented shortlisted entrants. ABDA spoke with the finalists – Vanessa Masci and Akiko Chan – on their journey into Book…
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Designers’ Choice 2020
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