12 September 2013

British Book Design and Production Awards to be held on the 4th of November: Shortlist announced

The shortlist for the British Book Design and Production Awards has been released and is featured below. There were a record number of entries of an exceptionally high standard - so our congratulations go to the shortlisted.

Brought to you by BPIF, Oxford Brookes University and The Publishers Association, and sponsored by Canon, Intelligent Finishing Systems, KBA, Kodak, Kolbus and Paper Management Services, the Awards represent the premier recognition event for British book design and production. Categories include Brand/Series Identity, Best use of Cross Media, Best Jacket/Cover Design and the overall Best British Book. Judges looked for best in class standards of design, layout and typography.

The British Book Design and Production Awards will be presented at a glittering event on 4 November 2013 at the prestigious Grange St Paul's Hotel. It will be the event of the year for all those involved in the industry, bringing printers, designers and their clients together to celebrate the best of British book design and production work.

To book tickets, please visit http://www.britishbookawards.org/ further info can be found at http://www.britishbookawards.org/

British Book Design and Production Awards 2013

Shortlist 

Brand / Series Identity

Small Epic/Turning Point Series - Peirene Press
Penguin Underground Lines - Penguin Books
Hello Baby Play and Learn Playtime - Priddy Books
Vogue On Designers - Quadrille
Top Ten Worst Series - The Salariya Book Company  

Limited Edition and Fine Binding

Abbey Road - Bloomsbury Publishing
The Illuminated Fightbook - Royal Armouries Manuscript 1.33 - Extraordinary editions  

David Bowie Is Inside - V&A Publishing
Birds Drawn for John Gould by Edward Lear - The Folio Society

Digitally Printed Books

Jeffrey Pratt - Connekt Colour
An Eye for an Ear - F S Moore
St.Saviours House, Knightsbridge - F S Moore

Best Use of Cross Media

iSolar System - Carlton Publishing Group
Guinness World Records 2013 - Guinness World Records
21 Days to Glory - HarperCollins
The Plant Hunters - Kew Publishing
Next Move Level 1 - Macmillan Education
Plays to Read - Pearson

Exhibition Catalogues

Imperfect Perfection: Early Islamic Glass - Bloomsbury
The Old Rectory Gardens - Connekt Colour
From Death to Death and Other Small Tales - National Galleries of Scotland
Franz West Man with a Ball - Pureprint Group
William Klein ABC - Tate Publishing
David Bowie Is - Deluxe HB - V&A Publishing

Photographic Books, Art / Architecture Monographs

Great Houses of London - Frances Lincoln
Yallow Fine Art - Connekt Colour
Katonda Wenge East Africa Photographs - Healeys Print Group
Architectural Inventions - Laurence King Publishing
New Fashion Photography - Paul Sloman Design
Charming Baker - Pureprint Group

Trade Illustrated

The Tradescants' Orchard - Bodleian Library
Stencil Republic - Laurence King Publishing
The Purple Book - Laurence King Publishing
Mark Hearld's Work Book - Merrell Publishers
Rococo: Mastering the Art of Chocolate - Weidenfeld & Nicholson

Lifestyle Illustrated

Lily Vanilli's Sweet Tooth - Canongate Books
Paris Sketchbook - Laurence King Publishing
Vintage Menswear - Laurence King Publishing
From India - Murdoch Books

Literature

The Great Gatsby:Random House - Jonathan Cape
26 Treasures - Unbound
The Odyssey - Walker Books

Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education

A Time to Speak and a Time to Listen - Charlesworth Press
Charlie's War - Franklin Watts
AQA GCSE English and English Language - Oxford University Press
Oxford I Can Spell - Oxford University Press
You2Uni: Decide. Prepare. Apply - Palgrave Macmillan
Plays to Read - Pearson

Scholarly, Academic and Reference Books

The Photographer of Penllergare - Impress
The Philosophy Shop - Independent Thinking Press/Crownhouse Publishing
The Plant Hunters - Kew Publishing
Branding Terror - Merrell Publishers

Children's Trade

Alienography 2: Tips for Tiny Tyrants - Pan Macmillan
Get into Art: Animals - Pan Macmillan
London For Children - Pan Macmillan
Hello Baby Play and Learn Playtime - Priddy Books
Where My WelliesTake Me - Templar Publishing
Look Inside Space - Usborne Publishing

Best Jacket / Cover Design

Light Show - Hayward Publishing
Le Tour 100 - Octopus Publishing
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal - Oneworld Publications
Confronting the Classics - Profile Books
Skinny Weeks & Weekend Feasts - Quadrille

Best Student Book

Bug Grub - Lisa Tonroe, Norwich University College of the Arts
What is the Use of a Book Without Pictures? - Alice Chambers, Norwich University College of the Arts
Jane Eyre - Sherony Lock, University of the West of England
Life on Mute/Life in the Dark - Sherony Lock, University of the West of England
A Man with Many Hats & We Need Both - Fanny Wacklin Nilsson, University of the West of England
Seven Samurai - Jake Gunn, University of the West of England

Best British Book

From the Land Comes the Cloth - Berforts Butler Tanner & Dennis
Old to New - Grade Design
The Book of Barely Imagined Beings - Granta Books
Royal Mail Special Stamps Great Britain Yearbook - Royal Mail

The British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF)

The BPIF is the principal business support organisation representing the UK print, printed packaging and graphic communication industry. It is one of the country's leading trade associations. The federation strives to ensure their members' requirements come first.

Through listening to their needs they have developed an unrivalled range of products and services that go well beyond those provided by a traditional trade association.

They provide the highest standard of support for printers to grow and develop healthy, sustainable and profitable businesses, aiming to provide an environment geared towards their businesses success.  The BPIF offer practical, value-adding solutions for all areas of a print organisation, ranging from Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality issues; with the implementation of HR requirements; provide resolutions of technical or legal issues; as well as advice and support on marketing, sales and finance. This is all delivered by individuals and teams of highly skilled and experienced print industry specialists.

They also offer a wide range of opportunities for networking both regionally and nationally, including prestigious events, special interest groups and popular short courses on a wide range of topics.

For more information on the BPIF, visit: www.britishprint.com