Alcuin Book Design Awards 09
Friday, 24 April 2009
“Designers, illustrators, typographers, printers, writers and publishers have collaborated to bring together words, images, type, paper and binding, to express themselves in these works of art,” commented Leah Gordon, Alcuin Society Board member and Design Competition Committee Chair. “All the entries demonstrate that there’s nothing like the look and feel of a well-designed book.”
The fundamental principle of the judging process is that each book must be considered as a total entity. The judges ‘examine every aspect of each book, including the dust jacket, binding, endpapers, half-title page, copyright page, title page, page layout, typography, integration of illustrations, chapter openings, running heads, reproduction of illustrations, clarity of printing, choice of paper, footnotes, and bibliographical references.’ (Alcuin Society)
I must somehow get myself into the judging room next year, seeing as how amazing the entries were this year: