2024 Australian Book Design Awards Shortlist!
Australian Book Designers Association
by mary@marycallahandesign.com
1d ago
Congratulations to all of this year’s shortlisted designers. Our hard-working judges whittled down an impressive longlist, to arrive at a shortlist of original, creative and beautiful books. The full shortlist is available for download here. Awards branded assets are available for download here for promotional purposes. The winners of the Australian Book Design Awards, including The Opus Group ABDA Book of the Year and The Opus Group ABDA Cover of the Year, will be announced at the Awards ceremony on Friday, May 24 at Craft & Co in Melbourne. Early bird tickets will be on sale in early Ap ..read more
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Get yourselves organised for your trip to Melbs…
Australian Book Designers Association
by mary@marycallahandesign.com
1w ago
Get yourself to Melbourne for the 2024 Australian Book Design Awards on May 24th and make a weekend of it! ABDA members get a discounted rate at Lyf Accommodation in Collingwood (minutes from Smith St and 10 mins to the CBD) or Citadines on Bourke. Eat, drink and shop in Collingwood, check out Melbourne Design Week events including Melbourne Art Book Fair! Tickets on sale for the Design Awards early April. Stay tuned… The post Get yourselves organised for your trip to Melbs… appeared first on Australian Book Designers Association ..read more
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The 72nd Australian Book Design Awards Longlist
Australian Book Designers Association
by mary@marycallahandesign.com
3w ago
ABDA is thrilled to present the Longlist for the 72nd Australian Book Design Awards. Please join us in celebrating the bravest and brightest, the most original and beautiful books published in Australia in 2023. Save Friday May 24th in your diaries for this year’s awards night in Melbourne at The Craft & Co, Collingwood! For the complete longlist please visit abdaawards.com/longlist The post The 72nd Australian Book Design Awards Longlist appeared first on Australian Book Designers Association ..read more
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Meet the judges for 2024!
Australian Book Designers Association
by mary@marycallahandesign.com
1M ago
Meet our esteemed judging panel for 2024! Jenna Lee (Designer and maker), Evi O. (Designer, publisher and artist), Zeno Sworder (Writer, illustrator and picture book maker), Ziga Testen (Designer and educator), Darren Holt (Designer and illustrator), Imogen Stubbs (Designer and Art Director), Julie Pinkham (Group Managing Director, Hardie Grant Publishing), Robert Watkins (Publishing Director, Ultimo Press) and Rosalind McClintock (Head of Marketing, Readings). Our nine judges are hard at work looking through each and every one of the more than 450 books. Look out for the longlist coming soon ..read more
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Entries are now open for the 72nd Australian Book Design Awards!
Australian Book Designers Association
by Susan
4M ago
ABDA is pleased to announce the 72nd Australian Book Design Awards are open for submissions and we’re champing at the bit to see all your beautiful books. Entries close Friday 22 December 2023. The awards will be presented at an event in Melbourne May 2024. More details will be announced in early 2024 – keep an eye on social media and subscribe to ABDA’s email newsletter for updates. Entries are open to Australian designers for books published for the first time in any country between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023. Updates to awards categories: To keep ..read more
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Entries are now open for the student categories for the 72nd Australian Book Design Awards.
Australian Book Designers Association
by Susan
5M ago
Abda is opening entries early this year for the 3 student categories. The competition is open to books designed by students for the first time in Australia between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023. Entry is free for students. Entries are open in three categories; all entry details are available in this year’s Student categories, Call for Entries (PDF). Subscribe to ABDA’s email newsletter for updates. Hurry – entries for the Student categories for the 72nd Annual Book Design Awards close on Friday, 22 December 2023. Enter Now! The post Entries are now open for the student categories for t ..read more
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The ABDA ‘Baseline’ Book Design Internship program
Australian Book Designers Association
by Susan
6M ago
The Australian Book Designers Association is proud to announce the establishment of the ABDA ‘Baseline’ Book Design Internship. The Baseline program is a new paid opportunity aimed at fostering cultural diversity in the Australian book design community and training the next generation of Australian book designers. The placement will provide a well-rounded introduction to the industry and create practical and sustainable pathways towards long-term careers for aspiring professionals. It is intended that each year, ABDA will partner with a different publisher or design studio to provide an ..read more
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Entries are now open for the student categories for the 71st Australian Book Design Awards.
Australian Book Designers Association
by Susan
1y ago
Abda is opening entries early this year for the 3 student categories. The competition is open to books designed by students for the first time in Australia between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022. Entry is free for students. Entries are open in three categories; all entry details are available in this year’s Student categories, Call for Entries (PDF). Subscribe to ABDA’s email newsletter for updates. Hurry – entries for the Student categories for the 71st Annual Book Design Awards close on Tuesday, 8 November 2022. The post Entries are now open for the student categories for the 71st Aus ..read more
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2022 ABDA Award winners
Australian Book Designers Association
by mary@marycallahandesign.com
1y ago
Oh what a night… The 70th Anniversary Book Design Awards were held last Friday at The Craft & Co. Download the list of award winners here. The post 2022 ABDA Award winners appeared first on Australian Book Designers Association ..read more
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Meet Your Judges — The Australian Book Design Awards 2022
Australian Book Designers Association
by Hamish Palmer
2y ago
The ABDA committee is pleased to announce the judges for the 2022 awards. We’re excited to have a panel of judges this year who have experience across a range of disciplines in addition to book design, including graphic design, art direction, fine art, publishing and academia. ALLISON COLPOYS is a multi award-winning designer and illustrator based in Naarm/Melbourne. She has previously worked at Scribe Publications as a designer and art director, and Penguin Books Australia as a senior designer. Allison is represented by the Jacky Winter Group for illustration. ADAM CRUICKSHANK is an art ..read more
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