The winners of the 2012 Australian Publishers Association Book Design Awards were announced during the recent Sydney Writers' Festival.
Best Designed Book of the Year
Love Lace: Powerhouse Museum International Lace Award (Powerhouse Publishing), designed by Toko
Best Designed Cover of the Year
The Art of Pasta (Lucio Galletto & David Dale, Penguin), designed by Daniel New
Young Designer of the Year
Hannah Robinson for And Red Galoshes (Glenda Millard & Jonathan Bentley, Hardie Grant), The Elegant Art of Falling Apart (Jessica Jones, Hachette), Wide Open Road (Tony Davis, ABC Books), and Chasing Odysseus (S D Gentill, Pantera Press).
Best Designed Children's Cover of the Year
August (Bernard Beckett, Text), designed by W H Chong and Susan Miller
Best Designed Fiction Book
Love in the Years of Lunacy (Mandy Sayer, A&U), designed by Emily O'Neill
Best Designed Nonfiction Book
Hiroshima Nagasaki (Paul Ham, HarperCollins), designed by Matt Stanton and HarperCollins Design Studio
Best Designed Literary Fiction
Foal's Bread (Gillian Mears, A&U), designed by Sandy Cull, gogoGinko, and Yolande Gray
Best Designed General Illustrated Book
The Flight Attendant's Shoe (Prudence Black, NewSouth), designed by Di Quick
Best Designed Specialist Illustrated Book
Love Lace: Powerhouse Museum International Lace Award (Powerhouse Publishing), designed by Toko
Best Designed Cookbook
The Art of Pasta (Lucio Galletto &David Dale, Penguin), designed by Daniel New
Best Designed Children's Fiction Book
Alaska (Sue Saliba, Penguin), designed by Allison Colpoys
Best Designed Children's Nonfiction Book
Drawing Life for Kids: My Art Journal (Queensland Art Gallery), designed by Amy Moore and Sally Nall
Best Designed Children's Picture Book
Ben & Duck (Sara Acton, Scholastic), designed by Nicole Stofberg
Best Designed Children's Series
Star League 1: Lights, Camera, Action Hero! (H J Harper, Random House), designed by Nahum Ziersch and Astred Hicks, Design Cherry
Best Designed Young Adult Book
August (Bernard Beckett, Text), designed by WH Chong and Susan Miller
Best Designed Reference and Scholarly Book
Swainston's Fishes of Australia (Roger Swainston, Penguin), designed by Clare Tice
Best Designed Primary Education Book
Life Cycles of Australian Animals: Echidna (Greg Pyers, Pearson), designed by Glen McClay and Nikola Kyle
Best Designed Secondary Education Book
Oxford Big Ideas Australian Curriculum, Mathematics 8 (Nolan et al, OUP), designed by Sandi Dani and Trampoline, and Santiago Villamizar
Best Designed Higher Education and Tertiary Book (tied)
Graphic Design Australian Style Manual (Barnum et al, McGraw-Hill), designed by Astred Hicks and Emily and John Gregory
Principles of Microeconomics, 5th edition (Gans et al, Cengage), designed by Leigh Ashforth and Olga Lavecchia
I'm grateful to "Readings" and "booknerd" for the details. The "Readings" site has reproductions of all the bookcovers, bar the academic ones, and is definitely worthwhile checking out.
Best Designed Book of the Year
Love Lace: Powerhouse Museum International Lace Award (Powerhouse Publishing), designed by Toko
Best Designed Cover of the Year
The Art of Pasta (Lucio Galletto & David Dale, Penguin), designed by Daniel New
Young Designer of the Year
Hannah Robinson for And Red Galoshes (Glenda Millard & Jonathan Bentley, Hardie Grant), The Elegant Art of Falling Apart (Jessica Jones, Hachette), Wide Open Road (Tony Davis, ABC Books), and Chasing Odysseus (S D Gentill, Pantera Press).
Best Designed Children's Cover of the Year
August (Bernard Beckett, Text), designed by W H Chong and Susan Miller
Best Designed Fiction Book
Love in the Years of Lunacy (Mandy Sayer, A&U), designed by Emily O'Neill
Best Designed Nonfiction Book
Hiroshima Nagasaki (Paul Ham, HarperCollins), designed by Matt Stanton and HarperCollins Design Studio
Best Designed Literary Fiction
Foal's Bread (Gillian Mears, A&U), designed by Sandy Cull, gogoGinko, and Yolande Gray
Best Designed General Illustrated Book
The Flight Attendant's Shoe (Prudence Black, NewSouth), designed by Di Quick
Best Designed Specialist Illustrated Book
Love Lace: Powerhouse Museum International Lace Award (Powerhouse Publishing), designed by Toko
Best Designed Cookbook
The Art of Pasta (Lucio Galletto &David Dale, Penguin), designed by Daniel New
Best Designed Children's Fiction Book
Alaska (Sue Saliba, Penguin), designed by Allison Colpoys
Best Designed Children's Nonfiction Book
Drawing Life for Kids: My Art Journal (Queensland Art Gallery), designed by Amy Moore and Sally Nall
Best Designed Children's Picture Book
Ben & Duck (Sara Acton, Scholastic), designed by Nicole Stofberg
Best Designed Children's Series
Star League 1: Lights, Camera, Action Hero! (H J Harper, Random House), designed by Nahum Ziersch and Astred Hicks, Design Cherry
Best Designed Young Adult Book
August (Bernard Beckett, Text), designed by WH Chong and Susan Miller
Best Designed Reference and Scholarly Book
Swainston's Fishes of Australia (Roger Swainston, Penguin), designed by Clare Tice
Best Designed Primary Education Book
Life Cycles of Australian Animals: Echidna (Greg Pyers, Pearson), designed by Glen McClay and Nikola Kyle
Best Designed Secondary Education Book
Oxford Big Ideas Australian Curriculum, Mathematics 8 (Nolan et al, OUP), designed by Sandi Dani and Trampoline, and Santiago Villamizar
Best Designed Higher Education and Tertiary Book (tied)
Graphic Design Australian Style Manual (Barnum et al, McGraw-Hill), designed by Astred Hicks and Emily and John Gregory
Principles of Microeconomics, 5th edition (Gans et al, Cengage), designed by Leigh Ashforth and Olga Lavecchia
I'm grateful to "Readings" and "booknerd" for the details. The "Readings" site has reproductions of all the bookcovers, bar the academic ones, and is definitely worthwhile checking out.
