ABDA Blog
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Stuart Geddes
Stuart Geddes is a graphic designer and occasional publisher, mostly of books, and occasionally other kinds of projects (magazines and journals, exhibitions and websites). He also co-publishes/edits/designs/prints motorcycle magazine Head Full of Snakes, and is an industry fellow, researcher and… Read more
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Simon Rattray
After cutting his teeth with design studios in Auckland, London and Sydney, Simon struck out on his own under the name Squirt Creative in 2007. He has been designing the insides and outsides of books ever since for clients such…
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Marley Berger
Marley is a Melbourne based book designer. With nearly nine years experience she has worked across a wide range of genres from literary and commercial fiction to children’s and adult illustrated titles. When not wrangling her two young children she…
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Nicole Arnett Phillips
Nicole has 16 years’ experience in editorial/publication design, typesetting, data visualization and art direction, (both in-house and freelance) with publishing companies in Australia and New Zealand. Her working week is currently split between Nicoleap (where she designs documents for clients)…
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Olga Lavecchia
Olga has been been working in the educational publishing industry for 16 years. Beginning in marketing then moving into book design/production. Her role predominantly comprises of art direction, managing and mentoring. Olga works with a team of leading educational book…
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Kerry Cooke
Kerry has almost 25 years of experience in design and typesetting, having worked in print, advertising and publishing. She now combines this wealth of knowledge into the one business offering services to all businesses, be they big or small. Kerry…
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Imogen Stubbs
Imogen is the art director at Text Publishing, where she has worked as a book designer and production manager since 2011. She manages the book and marketing design program while also designing covers for literary fiction, non-fiction, young adult and…
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Tess McCabe
Graphic designer Tess McCabe founded Creative Minds Publishing, which aims to produce high-quality books and resources for creative professionals and their businesses. In addition to designing books for a range of publishing houses, Tess consults with small businesses and individuals…
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Luke Harris
Luke Harris grew up in outback NSW in a small mining town, and studied at Monash University. He has run his own print design practice for over 20 years and largely specialises in book design.
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Sharnai James-McGovern
Passionate about books, Sharnai first got started as a book designer by chance. With a graphic design background from the Queensland University of Technology Sharnai then took on a Masters of Arts (Writing, Editing, Publishing) at the University of Queensland.