9 September 2014

British Book Design and Production Awards 2014 Shortlist Announced

The British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF), Oxford Brookes University and The Publishers Association are proud to announce the shortlist for the British Book Design and Production Awards 2014.  With 15 categories, each full of high calibre applicants, the awards are set to be a great display of excellence and eye-catching book design and production.

A five-strong panel of industry experts from the areas of design, publishing and production gathered for two days at Oxford Brookes University, where they went through a tough selection process in order to reach the shortlist decision.  Due to the high quality of entrants this year the judges had an extremely difficult decision on their hands to select the shortlist.

The winners of each respective category will be announced at the awards evening on Thursday 20 November at the prestigious Grange St Paul's Hotel in London.  The awards evening is attended by the best in the Print, Design and Publishing sectors, making it the must attend event of the year.  Seats and tables are in hot demand, so to be sure of not missing out on any of the evening's glittering prize-giving, visit:

http://www.britishbookawards.org/2014/tickets.aspx to confirm your place.

BPIF would like to thank the sponsors for the 2014 Awards:  Canon, Fedrigoni, Friedheim International, Intelligent Finishing Systems, Kodak and Kolbus.

Shortlist 2014

Brand / Series Identity

Leon - Octopus Publishing Group
Phaidon Focus Series - Phaidon Press
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books - The Folio Society 
Vintage Classics Austen Series - Vintage Books

Limited Edition and Fine Binding

Ship of Theseus - Canongate Books
Sensuous Lines - The Fleece Press 
WA: The Essence of Japanese Design - Phaidon Press 
The Third Thing - The Old Stile Press

Digitally Printed Books

Simona Aru - Hurtwood Press
The Mischievous Mind - Hurtwood Press
Vision in China - Screaming Colour

Best Use of Cross Media 

The Legend of Jack O' Lantern - Ingram Lightning Source
Marketing - SAGE Publications

Exhibition Catalogues 

Germany Divided: Baselitz and His Generation - British Museum Press
Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs - Tate Publishing
The Sick Rose - Thames & Hudson

Photographic Books, Art / Architecture Monographs

The True Artist - Phaidon Press
Sarah Jones - Violette Editions
AALTO - Zak Group

Trade Illustrated

The New Sylva - Grade Design 
Typewriter Art: A Modern Anthology - Laurence King Publishing 
The Granny Alphabet - Thames & Hudson

Lifestyle Illustrated

 One: A Cook and Her Cupboard - Hodder & Stoughton
Smashing Plates - Kyle Books
Colour of Maroc- Murdock Books

Literature

The Encyclopaedia of Early Earth - Jonathan Cape (Random House)
Shooting Stars: Ten Historical Miniatures - Pushkin Press
The Day of the Jackal - The Folio Society

Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education 

What They Didn't Teach You in Design School - Ilex
Activate 1 - Oxford University Press
What's Inside?- Thames & Hudson

Scholarly, Academic and Reference Books 

Overleaf - Kew Publishing 
The Great War - Jonathan Cape (Random House) 
Dutch & Flemish Drawing s- V&A Publishing

Children's Trade

Chug Chug Tractor - DK Publishing
Thirteen - Macmillan Children's Books
The Alexander Trilogy - The Folio Society
Peck Peck Peck - Walker Books

Best Jacket / Cover Design 

Honey & Co - Hodder & Stoughton
Ceviche - Orion Publishing Group
On the Road to the Sea - Templar Poetry

Best Student Book

Man Made - Jasmine Kerry, Norwich University of the Arts
The Fox and the Bear - Sarah Strandoo, Norwich University of the Arts 
The Whistleblower Chronicles - Nick Hussain, University of the West of England

Best British Book 

The Perfect Capital - Acorn Independent Press
Sensuous Lines - The Fleece Press
The Princess and the Goblin - The Folio Society

For further details on the awards please log on to www.britishbookawards.org or contact Heena Bulsara on 020 7915 8338 or at [email protected]