The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada
Deliverable: Publication Design of Awards Catalogue, 121 pages, edition of 400
Tools: Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, Bond Reproductions Inc.
Project Type: Client, The Alcuin Society 
The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada, the longest-running national competition since 1981, recognizes and celebrates Canadian book design. The Society is named after the Alcuin of York (c. 735–804 AD) for his substantial library of books and his influence on the development of legible script of its day. Drawing on The Society’s rich history of book design, I designed a catalogue in print and digital formats to showcase the award-winning books that are exhibited both nationally and internationally, and nominated for the Best Book Design from all over the World competition in Leipzig, Germany. To echo the beginnings of book production and print culture together with contemporary design, I feature The Society’s signature red colour, Gutenberg-style margins, fleuron glyphs, drop caps, and small capitals. Visually, I use scale and pattern of design elements such as full-bleed images, collages, and an image-in-text typographic effect to celebrate The Society’s evolving publishing and design directions. Inspired by the intent to celebrate Canadian book design, I decided to use typefaces designed by Canadian type designers and/or foundries. I chose to use serif and sans-serif typefaces including Mauritius, Gibson, and Clarendon Pro Text released by Canada Type. 
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