Category: Design
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Spotlight On: Senior Concept Designer, Sue Dani
We’re very proud of our books here at Oxford Australia, and we’re even more proud of the hard work that goes into creating the perfect textbook or digital product. There are a lot of different people involved in getting a book from conception to consumer; today in Spotlight On we introduce you to Sue Dani, a Senior Concept…
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Consumer Behaviour in Action: The story behind the cover
Consumer Behaviour in Action, published in January 2015, was nominated for Best Designed Educational Tertiary Book at the 63rd Australian Book Design Awards, and we are proud to announce the book won its category. Now Regine Abos, the designer, talks us through the cover and internal design process of Consumer Behaviour in Action: What was the brief you…
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Oxford wins at the 2015 Australian Book Design Awards
The 63rd Australian Book Design Awards were held in Sydney on Friday 22nd May. Three Oxford titles were nominated across two categories: We are proud to announce that Oxford won both categories with Total Food 2 and Consumer Behaviour in Action. Details of Oxford’s winning and shortlisted titles in each category can be found below: Best…
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The story behind the cover: Furphies and Whizz-bangs
One hundred years on, the slang of soldiers of the First World War continues to fascinate. In Furphies and Whizz-bangs: Anzac Slang from the Great War Dr Amanda Laugesen draws on primary source material taken from soldiers’ letters, diaries and trench publications, along with contemporary newspapers and books, to bring the language of the Australian soldier…
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Are pictures really worth a thousand words?
In this post Alex Mellas, Higher Education Sales & Marketing, talks about the book versus film debate – is one better than the other? The Box Trolls film was released in cinemas in September alongside the novelisation movie-tie in (OUP, 2014); this beautifully animated film produced by Laika Studios (Coraline and Paranorman) was inspired by the novel…
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Interview with: Ana Cosma, winner of the 2014 ABDA Best Tertiary Education Designed Book Award
Ana recently won the ABDA Best Tertiary Education Designed Book Award with her design for Oxford’s Second Opinion, fifth edition so we thought we would ask her to tell us about how she developed this winning design and what her inspirations were. About Ana Ana Cosma is a freelance graphic designer with a love for…