Contemporary book design 2017
Watch our panel of award-winning graphic designers discuss the challenges and rewards of contemporary book design.
State Library Victoria is open ANZAC Day, Thursday 25 April, from 10 am to 6 pm.
History & politics52Collection insights43Exhibitions36Australian history32Artists & writers30art26Family History Feast25Popular culture18art & design18world of the book17Culture17printmaking15literature14WWI14illustration13war13Family history13architecture13military13world of the book13State Library Victoria12performance12Big ideas under the dome12family history feast11children's books11Rome: Piranesi's vision11Giovanni Battista Piranesi11books11Australian history11rare books9History of the book8creative fellows8creative fellows7Victorian history7music7family history7Writing the war7human rights7literature6cultural history6digital technology6Library collections6Poetry Slam6library fellowships6fellowships6artists' books6Foxcroft Lecture6education6library6Exhibition talks & tours5Melbourne5WWII5Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture5social justice5poetry5culture4library fellowships4history4one object many stories4indigenous people4author in conversation4foxcroft lecture4Library collections4Redmond Barry lecture4Redmond Barry Lecture4artists and writers4author in conversation4journalism4Multicultural history4performance4poetry slam4Gusto!3Ned Kelly3Don Grant Lecture3Environment3gender issues3history of the book3Artists' books3food3storytelling3genealogy3victorian history3velvet iron ashes3literacy3Making Public Histories3exhibitions3persian manuscripts3culinary history3collections3Collection insights3White Night3youth literature3velvet iron ashes2pop culture2library fellows2national security2victoria gallery2books2Indigenous people2family history records2diaries and manuscripts2Journalism2India2graphic design2social justice2sport2world war one2popular culture2Exhibitions & tours2fellowship2australian literature2spoken word2Gallipoli2book printing2Ned Kelly2victoria gallery2Law2Fromelles2State Library of Victoria2Indigenous Australians2rare books2art2food2design2web2interior design2health2music2foreign policy2
Watch our panel of award-winning graphic designers discuss the challenges and rewards of contemporary book design.
Sasha Grishin describes the lithographic process used by ST Gill, the subject of our winter 2015 exhibition, Australian sketchbook.
Barbara Brend on two of the world’s great illuminated manuscripts known as the ‘Khamsas’ or ‘Five Poems’.
Danger, book alert! In the age of the iPad, eBook and Kindle, are books dead?
Watch Sue deGennaro at work in her studio, and see the book illustration process in action.
Did you know that the movie Mao's last dancer is also a picture book illustrated by Anne Spudvilas?
Watch as David Miller creates the 3D paper sculptures that feature in his books.
Make a cuppa and sip on the pictorial delights of Jane Tanner’s endearing children’s book Love from Grandma.
Ann James reveals the art to awakening emotions in young readers through illustration.
Showing 9 out of 13 results