ABDA Blog
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A night at the ABDA Awards with Holly Dunn
The 2019 ABDA Awards were held on Friday the 31st of May at the State Library of New South Wales. ABDA Member and special representative from New Zealand Holly Dunn recounts her ABDA Awards experience. Last week I travelled… Read more
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Q&A with Louisa Maggio
Louisa Maggio is one of two designers shortlisted in the Emerging Designer of the Year category for the Australian Book Design Awards 2019. Before the winner is announced on Friday 31st May at The State Library of NSW in…
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Q&A with Jessica Horrocks
Jessica Horrocks is one of two designers shortlisted in the Emerging Designer of the Year category for the Australian Book Design Awards 2019. Before the winner is announced on Friday 31st May at The State Library of NSW in Sydney,…
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One year on with 2018 Emerging Designer, Hazel Lam
In the lead up to the 67th ABDA Awards, we check in with Hazel Lam, recipient of the Emerging Designer award from 2018. Hazel shares how the award has changed her career progression and creative direction, as well as her…
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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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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…