Australian Book Design Awards 2017 winners announced
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) announced the winners of the 2017 Australian Book Design Awards at an event in Sydney on 26 May.
The winning titles in each category are:
Best Designed Commercial Fiction Book
- Red Herring (Jonathan Cullinane, HarperCollins), designed by Darren Holt
Best Designed Literary Fiction Book
- The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose, A&U), designed by Sandy Cull
Best Designed Nonfiction Book
- The Art of Reading (Damon Young, MUP), designed by Mary Callahan
Best Designed Series (including Classics)
- ‘Wisdom Tree’ series (Nick Earls, Inkerman & Blunt), designed by Sandy Cull
Best Designed Children’s Illustrated Book
- Lots (Marc Martin, Viking), designed by Bruno Herfst and Marc Martin
Best Designed Children’s Fiction Book
- Magrit (Lee Battersby, Walker), designed by Amy Daoud
Best Designed Young Adult Book
- Girl in Pieces (Kathleen Glasgow, HarperCollins), designed by Allison Colpoys
Best Designed Children’s / Young Adult Series
- ‘Word by Word’ series (Little Hare), designed by Allison Colpoys
Best Designed Fully-illustrated Book Under RRP $50
- Grown & Gathered (Matt and Lentil Pubrick, Plum), designed by Daniel New
Best Designed Fully-illustrated Book Over RRP $50
- Some Posters from the NGV (NGV), designed by Stuart Geddes
Best Designed Cookbook
- Florentine (Emiko Davies, Hardie Grant), designed by Allison Colpoys and Kasia Gadecki
Best Designed Independent Book
- The Redacted History of the Institute of Contextualism (Studio Yeah), designed by Keith Walsh
Best Designed Scholarly and Reference Book
- The Australian National Dictionary (Bruce Moore et al, OUP), designed by Sue Dani
Best Designed Educational Primary / Secondary Book
- The Invisible War: A Tale on Two Scales (Scale Free Network), designed by Jaye Carcary
Best Designed Educational Tertiary Book (joint winners)
- Basic Plumbing Services Skills (Cengage), designed by Chris Starr
- Media & Society (Michael O’Shaughnessy, Jane Stadler & Sarah Casey, OUP), designed by Anthony Stephens
Young Designer of the Year
- Andy Warren for 100 Australian Poems You Need to Know, Eat Well Now: And Your Body Will Thank You Later, The Complete Asian Cookbook and A Handbook for my Lover (all Hardie Grant Books). Read an interview with Warren on the ABDA website here.
The judging panel comprised Reg Abos, Murray Batten, Melanie Feddersen, Stuart Geddes, Sarah Jane Jones, Foong Ling Kong, Michelle Mackintosh, Susan Wyndham and international judge Dan Wagstaff.
ABDA also presented three ‘designers’ choice’ awards, which were chosen by ABDA members at the awards presentation. The winners are:
Designers’ Choice Book of the Year
- Florentine (Emiko Davies, Hardie Grant), designed by Allison Colpoys and Kasia Gadecki
Designers’ Choice Best Cover of the Year
- The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose, A&U), designed by Sandy Cull
Designers’ Choice Best Young Adult / Children’s Cover
- Magrit (Lee Battersby, Walker), designed by Amy Daoud.
To see the shortlists, click here. To view images of the winning titles, click here.
For more information about the awards, visit the ABDA website here.
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