ABDA Blog
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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?… Read more
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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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One Year On with 2019 Emerging Designer, Jessica Horrocks
As we look forward to the 68th ABDA Awards later this year and celebrate our shortlisted designers, we thought it would be a good time to check in with the 2019 winner of the Emerging Designer Award –…
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Design Elements Showcase Series
The ABDA Committee are excited to announce submissions are now open for the next annual ABDA Showcase. This year our Showcase will be a four-part series focusing on the design elements of Colour, Pattern, Line and Shape. ABDA Showcases…
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How the Australian Book Community is Responding to the Pandemic with Creativity
The outbreak of COVID-19 and efforts to slow the spread of the virus has seen the rapid shutdown of workplaces, book launches and events across our creative community. ABDA itself has postponed our annual Book Design Awards until later…