50 Books/50 Covers Competition
Call for Entries: “50 Books/50 Covers of 2012”
The call for nominations is now closed.
Design Observer is hosting this year’s
“50 Books/50 Covers Competition,” to identify the best work published in 2012.
In addition to 35 internationally recognized designers who will
serve as nominators, any AIGA member is welcome to nominate books worthy
of consideration in either the cover category or the book category.
Books are broadly defined to include trade, special editions,
letterpress and digital productions, and they may come from any country
as long as they are in English (or bilingual with English text). Final
selections will be made by Design Observer editors, and will be
published in the AIGA Design Archives, as well as on Design Observer and Designers & Books.
View the list of nominated books.
Selections will be announced in June.
Questions?
Contact: designobserver [at] winterhouse.com or betsy [at] designobserver.com
Past selections
2011
One hundred books—50 books and 50 book covers—were selected as the best-designed in 2011 through a partnership with Design Observer and Designers & Books. See the 2011 book selections, the 2011 book cover selections and read the press announcement.
2010
The 50 Books/50 Covers of 2010 Exhibition debuted at the AIGA National Design Center in New York in December 2011. The selections from prior years” “50 Books/50 Covers” competition are featured in the AIGA Design Archives online.
About this competition
AIGA’s competitions are widely recognized as the most discerning statement on design excellence today, extending a legacy that began more than 90 years ago. The selections from the “50 Books/50 Covers” competition exemplified the best current work in book and book cover design as chosen by a distinguished jury of design peers. Through this competition, AIGA created an authoritative chronicle of outstanding design solutions, each demonstrated the process of designing, the role of the designer and the value of design. The selections have been part of the AIGA Design Archives, in the physical archives at the Denver Art Museum and in Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Collection at the Butler Library.
“Justified” represents the next generation of AIGA’s competitions and seeks stories that reveal the value design created for the client. For book design, AIGA encourages entry in both competitions.