Penguin Student Design Awards

Palacio for the children s cover award.

Penguin student design awards. As ever entrants from across the uk s universities were tasked with experiencing real cover. Penguin random house uk last night revealed the winners of its 2018 student design award at a prize giving ceremony at its office on the strand in central london. At a ceremony held last night penguin random house revealed the trio of students who ve got their hands on the highly coveted and ever prestigious student design awards. The competition asked students to design a new front cover to the much loved and award winning children s book goodnight mister tom by michelle magorian about a.

We love working with talented new designers. A big thank you to everyone who entered the penguin random house student design award 2020. A total of 30 book cover designs have been selected from over 2 100 submissions with 10 shortlisted entrants for each category. The penguin random house student design award is an opportunity for students interested in pursuing a career in design to experience real cover design briefs first hand.

The winning work from this year s student design award penguin s annual competition invites student designers to re imagine iconic book covers. Launched in 2007 to stimulate interest in graphic design within the publishing sector the annual award is open to all students studying on a further or higher education course. As the leading children s publisher we have always promoted great design and supported new illustrators and the penguin random house student design award continues that tradition. Congratulations to falmouth illustration students adriena fong and isabelle walker for being shortlisted in the penguin student design awards in the children s cover award and to freya westall for the adult fiction cover award.

D ad new blood 2020 carmelite prize 2020 childrens book illustration. Penguin random house uk has revealed the shortlist for its 2017 student design award which sees students from all over the country recreate classic book covers. Excellent design and illustration are absolutely crucial to the success of children s books says francesca dow. We had 2 000 entries this year showcasing an impressive array of talent and imagination.

This year s titles are haruki murakami s norwegian wood for the adult fiction cover award the establishment by political commentator owen jones for the adult non fiction cover award and wonder by r j. It s that time again. Penguin random house has announced the shortlist for its 2020 student design award.