Design Manager, Hardie Grant Publishing
An exciting opportunity exists for a design manager to join the team at Hardie Grant Publishing, Australia’s largest independent publisher. Based in the Melbourne office, you will be responsible for ensuring the highest design standards are achieved and maintained in our adult books division, as that is an integral part of our reputation. You will […]
Q & A with Kim Lock
From the unique position of both an author and book designer, Kim Lock enjoys designing her own and other writer’s books. She’s been the lead designer for MidnightSun Publishing since 2013. Did you mean to end up as a book designer? What was your trajectory? I didn’t! I started in the art-room of a magazine […]
Q & A with Luke Harris
We’re delighted to bring you our first member Q&A of 2017. Luke Harris has been a graphic designer for over 20 years and is currently the director of WorkingType studio. He’s also a self proclaimed bibliophile, wannabe author and artist. Did you mean to end up as a book designer? What was your trajectory? I […]
In The Picture: Book Designers on, and in, their books.
A blog post by ABDA member Mark Campbell It’s common knowledge that designers are not usually drawn to the limelight; the lens of a camera, the sound of voices amplified or even the very sight of a lecturn produces pools of sweat in parts of our bodies we didn’t even know we could sweat. As […]
Studio Space for Rent in Richmond Victoria
Light and bright studio space available in Dover Street, Richmond, Victoria. We are looking for a creative (Designer or similar) to share with 6 others in a converted 1950s factory-warehouse space. It’s a stunning room with 8 metre high saw-tooth roof, lots of natural light, close to cafes, Swan Street and Richmond train station. There […]
Take Cover — Jon Gray on Book Design
The amazingly talented Jon Gray of Gray 318 visited our shores in September last year and we were fortunate enough to have him as a guest speaker for an ABDA partnership event with The Wheeler Centre. Here’s the video… Save Save Save Save Save Save
Seasons Greetings from ABDA
As the circus of 2016 draws to a close, the Australian Book Designers Association’s committee raises our tea cups and gin glasses to toast a safe and festive holiday season for you, your families and friends. May the new year bring you all exciting design briefs and lenient client feedback! Save Save Save Save Save […]
ABDA Members Favourite Covers of 2016
It’s the holiday season and with 2016 nearing its end we asked ABDA members what their favourite covers of year were and why. Here are their responses — Rob Klinkhamer Freelance Book Designer Spritz — Italy’s Most Iconic Aperitivo Cocktail, with Recipes By Talia Baiocchi and Leslie Pariseau, design by Margaux Keres and illustrated […]
Tips on photographing your book for awards submission
When photographing your book for awards submission there are are a number of things that should be taken into consideration to make sure you are not only making an accurate representation of the design, but also giving it the best chance of impressing the judges with any finishes/physical features that the flat files might overlook. […]
Images and Influence
A post by ABDA member Peter Long “But what kind of a cover should go on a book about flying saucers? At the outset, there was no consensus as to what the saucers even actually looked like: they were described as blinking lights, purple blobs, flying wings, boomerangs, shiny metal balls, floating kerosene lamps, pie […]
The lost paintings of graphic designer Keith Cunningham
— Reposted from It’s Nice That, words by Mike Dempsey Ahead of a new exhibition that opens at the Hoxton Gallery in London this month, Mike Dempsey tells us the story of graphic designer Keith Cunningham who created artwork that, until now, had remained unseen. Now, for the first time, It’s Nice That publishes some […]
The Mindless Colouring Book
A post by illustrator and cartoonist Oslo Davis Last year I devised and drew This Annoying Life – A Mindless Colouring Book for the Highly Stressed. Major part piss-take, minor part colouring book. It features 45 or so line drawings depicting scenes of everyday angst. Hitting your shin on a tow bar. Being accosted […]