ABDA Blog
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Susan Le
Susan Le is a designer, illustrator and art director at Evi-O.studio. Books have always been her passion. She studied Visual Communications Design at UTS and has been designing and illustrating books since 2018. Susan believes nothing can replace the joy… Read more
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Ashley Tardy
Ashley has been working in the creative industry for the last 9 years. Her love of book cover design began whilst working with local playwrights and productions companies, within the Melbourne theatre scene. She has been working at Oxford University…
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George Saad
George is a freelance book designer and the recipient of the Emerging Designer’s Award, 2022. He loves type, and gets inspiration from film and other media. He is interested in blending the traditional world of books with more modern media.
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Mika Tabata
Mika is a book designer who has worked in-house at Walker Books Australia and is now part-time Production Designer at Allen & Unwin. She also freelances and works across a wide range of publishers.
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Trisha Garner
Trisha Garner has been a book designer for nearly two decades. She designs predominantly non-fiction and illustrated books, including cookbooks and memoirs, for a wide range of publishers from her studio in Collingwood, Melbourne. Trisha began her career as a…
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Mietta Yans
Mietta is a Melbourne based book designer, currently working within the Harper by Design imprint, in the HarperCollins Design Studio. With an array of print experience behind her – magazine, children’s publishing and even a stint in advertising – she…
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Megan Ellis
Megan is a typesetter and pre-press operator based in Collingwood, Melbourne. She’s an InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator pro and wears many hats along the publishing process, including image work and preparing and outputting files for print, and has an extensive…
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Klarissa Pfisterer
With a background in design and branding in Australia and the UK, Klarissa launched Pfisterer + Freeman in 2000, specialising in book projects for publishers big and small and for independent authors with an idea or story to share. She…
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Jenny Grigg
Jenny Grigg is an award winning Australian graphic designer who has worked in Sydney, London, Copenhagen and Melbourne. She has a PhD from RMIT University.
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Michelle Mackintosh
Michelle Mackintosh is an author, graphic designer and illustrator. She has worked on a number of illustrated books, including cookbooks and craft books. Michelle also designs stationery and logos. She is based in Melbourne, Australia.
