ABDA Blog
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Designers’ Choice 2020
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Meet Your Judges — The Australian Book Design Awards 2020
The ABDA committee is pleased to announce the judges of the 2020 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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Student Prizes announced for 2020 ABDA Awards
For the very first time at the 2020 Australian Book Design Awards, ABDA will have two prizes dedicated solely to work by student designers from around the country. It’s a chance for us to celebrate and encourage the…
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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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Meet Your Judges — The Australian Book Design Awards 2018
The ABDA committee is pleased to announce the judges of the 2018 awards. With experience across a wide range of publishing, design, academic and media platforms, we’re thrilled to have them on board to uncover the best and brightest, most…
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Important Changes to the 2018 ABDA Awards
Every year, the ABDA committee get a variety of queries/requests/suggestions surrounding the awards and what could be improved or changed, from both members and non-members. There’s a significant amount of thought and discussion that takes place with each proposal that’s…
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Hall of Fame – W.H. Chong
'To illustrate the cover of a book, especially a novel, is to pinpoint and construct a single image to convey an entire narrative.' Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013, Miriam Rosenbloom interviews W.H. Chong about his life in…
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Hall of Fame – Alec Bolton
Michael Richards shares insights into the life of Hall of Fame recipient, Alec Bolton (1926–1996).
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The Casual Optimist Judge
Each year ABDA invites a panel of nine designers and design lovers to judge the Book Design Awards, including one international judge. Previously, Jessica Hische, David Pearson and Jon Gray have lent us…