28 August 2014

The British Book Design and Production Awards 2014 Shortlist

Brought to you by BPIF, Oxford Brookes University and The Publishers Association, the British Book Design and Production Awards remain the premier recognition event for British book design and production.

The shortlist below represents the selection of this year’s illustrious panel of judges: Aaron Archer, Business Development Director (Digital) at Pureprint Group; Paul Bailey, Graphic Designer at London College of Communications; Sarah Boris, Design Manager at Phaidon Press; Andrew Bromley, Senior International Marketing Manager at Ingram Content Group; and Marysa de Veer, Managing Director at Offer Bookbinding Ltd.

The judges were looking for good design, free of typographical errors. In the final rounds, particular emphasis will be given to excellent layout and standards of typography.

The Awards will be presented at a glittering event on Thursday 20 November 2014 at the prestigious Grange St Paul's Hotel.

The Awards 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 be assured of a table, you should book soon.

Congratulations to everyone who made it onto the shortlist, and the best of luck for the next round.

 

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