17 July 2014
Media Release
High calibre
design from publishing houses of all types and sizes was showcased at the PANZ
Book Design Awards, hosted by the Publishers Association of New Zealand,
announced tonight.
Architectural
history book Modern, with design by Arch MacDonnell of InHouse Design,
was the dominant title of the night, winning the overall Gerard Reid Award for
Best Book sponsored by Nielsen Book Services. Modern also took both the
Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book and the Mary Egan
Publishing Award for Best Typography.
Convening judge
Gideon Keith described the book as ‘a complete design’ and example of ‘bold
decision-making’, while adding that ‘choices about the typography and colour
perfectly capture the period of the subject matter, while remaining utterly
contemporary.’
Book of New
Zealand Words was the winner of the PANZ Award for Best
Non-Illustrated Book. The judges highlighted many elements of Pieta Brenton’s
design, with specific mention of ‘spot on’ stock choice and typesetting, before
concluding that ‘the jacket, case cover and endpapers are brilliant, reminding
us that language can indeed be colourful’.
Designer Alan
Deare was doubly rewarded with two category wins. He took home the 1010
Printing Award for Best Cookbook for the second year running – this time for
Josh Emmett’s Cut – as well as the HarperCollins Publishers Award for
Best Cover for Peter McLeavey. The judges described Cut as having
‘an intelligent choice of typography’ as well as ‘great photography that lets
the food shots be the hero’, while Peter McLeavey’s cover had ‘just the
right balance between text and image’.
Dreamboat Books’ The
Boy and the Cherry Tree took away the Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best
Children’s Book. Previously winner of the overall Best Book prize for Two
Little Bugs, this is the third time that Rowan Sommerset of Dreamboat has
been a finalist in the PANZ Book Design Awards.
The winner of the
Edify Award for Best Educational Book was awarded to Living by the Moon,
designed by Sam Bunny, also a finalist in this year’s young designer award. The
judges thought ‘the interior of the book lives up to the cover by delivering
the bilingual text in a spacious and elegant manner’.
The winner of the
PANZ Young Designer of the Year Award was Kalee Jackson, whose work
demonstrates ‘a poetic lightness of touch’. Presented to a designer under
the age of 35, the award focuses on merit, innovation of form, quality of
production and appropriateness to the intended market. Jackson’s portfolio
fulfilled these criteria, said the judges, ‘showing a deft understanding of
typography and sensitivity to the imagery and context.’
2014 PANZ Book
Design Awards judges
The convening
judge of this year’s PANZ Book Design Awards was Gideon Keith, a graphic
designer and creative director with more than twenty-five years of industry
experience. Joining him on the judging panel were broadcaster Noelle McCarthy,
and designers Cameron Gibb and Alan Deare.
Our
congratulations to all of this year’s winners and finalists.
PANZ BOOK DESIGN AWARDS 2014 WINNERS
GERARD REID AWARD FOR BEST BOOK SPONSORED BY
NIELSEN BOOK SERVICES
NIELSEN BOOK SERVICES
WINNER
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Title
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Designer
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Modern: New Zealand Homes from 1938 to 1977 edited by Jeremy
Hansen (Random House New Zealand)
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Arch MacDonnell (InHouse Design)
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HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS AWARD FOR BEST
COVER
WINNER
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Title
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Designer
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Peter McLeavey: The Life and Times of a New Zealand Art Dealer by Jill
Trevelyan (Te Papa Press)
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Alan Deare (AREA Design)
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RANDOM HOUSE NEW ZEALAND AWARD FOR BEST
ILLUSTRATED BOOK
WINNER
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Title
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Designer
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Modern: New Zealand Homes from 1938 to 1977 edited by Jeremy
Hansen (Random House New Zealand)
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Arch MacDonnell (InHouse Design)
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PANZ AWARD FOR BEST NON-ILLUSTRATED BOOK
WINNER
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Title
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Designer
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Book of New Zealand Words by Dianne Bardsley (Te Papa Press)
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Pieta Brenton
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SCHOLASTIC NEW ZEALAND AWARD FOR BEST
CHILDREN’S BOOK
WINNER
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Title
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Designer
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The Boy and the Cherry Tree by Mark and Rowan Sommerset
(Dreamboat Books)
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Rowan Sommerset
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EDIFY AWARD FOR BEST EDUCATIONAL BOOK
WINNER
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Title
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Designer
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Living by the Moon – Te Maramataka o Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
by Wiremu Tāwhai (Huia Publishers)
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Sam Bunny
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1010 AWARD FOR BEST COOKBOOK
WINNER
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Title
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Designer
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Cut by Josh Emett
(Random House New Zealand)
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Alan Deare (AREA Design)
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MARY EGAN PUBLISHING AWARD FOR BEST
TYPOGRAPHY
WINNER
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Title
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Designer
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Modern: New Zealand Homes from 1938 to 1977 edited by Jeremy
Hansen (Random House New Zealand)
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Arch MacDonnell (InHouse Design)
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PANZ YOUNG DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 2014
Kalee Jackson
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