ABDA Blog
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Design and Production Assistant for Text Publishing
Text is looking for a Design and Production Assistant to join its busy, highly efficient design team. This is a two-day a week casual position, based in Melbourne. Duties include designing marketing and publicity materials, managing and processing reprints, assisting… Read more
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2018 Covered : Favourite Covers of the Year
As we turn the page on 2018, the ABDA committee and wider publishing community reflect on their favourite covers of the year. Jessica Lowe • ABDA Committee Member, Design Manager at Hardie Grant Books My Year of Rest and…
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Seasons Greetings
As 2018 draws to a close, the Australian Book Designers Association’s committee wishes a safe and festive holiday season to you, your families and friends. Thank you all for your wonderful support in 2018 and may the new year…
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The Hot Desk #5: morning routines of book designers
In our final instalment of The Hot Desk for the year, we check in with Nada, a freelance designer based in Sydney and Adam, an in-house designer in Melbourne about their morning routines. Nada Backovic Freelance…
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Designing ‘The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club’
Christa Moffitt (Christabella Designs) shares the journey behind the cover of ‘The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club’. Joint winner of the Best Designed Commercial Fiction Cover category at the 2018 ABDA Awards, Christa details the trials of designing…
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Original Typography Showcase
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Designing ‘NGV Triennial 2017’
Featuring the work of over 100 artists and designers from 32 countries, the NGV Triennial exhibit surveyed the world of art and design, across cultures, scales, geographies and perspectives. The accompanying publication, ‘NGV Triennial 2017’, designed by…
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Designing ‘Basecamp’
An educational activity book to help manage anxiety won the Best Designed Educational Primary / Secondary Book award at the 2018 ABDA Awards. A collaborative effort, Leonardo Rocker and Lisa Diebold take us through this three year project.
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Designing ‘In the Dark Spaces’
Connecting to a manuscript and channeling that emotion into a cover design, Astred Hicks of Design Cherry shares how the dazzling and dark cover for ‘In the Dark Spaces’ came to be. It went on to win…
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Designing ‘The Gulf’
A winning combination of collage, paint and hand lettering resulted in this year’s design for Best Literary Fiction Cover at the 2018 ABDA Awards. Designer Emily O’Neill talks us through her process and shares some designs that didn’t make…