The contest visual identity: Hanna Harnaha
In 2024, the Best Book Design Contest is held for the ninth time by the International Book Arsenal Festival in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Ukraine. Books that were published from December 2023 to November 2024 inclusive and were not previously submitted to the Contest are eligible. We are accepting your applications until November 28, participation in the Contest is free of charge.
Winners will be selected in the following categories: Word book, Art book, Utilitarian book, Visual storytelling, Experiment.
Jury:
• Valeriia Guievska, Art Director of the Mystetskyi Arsenal;
• Zakentiy Horobyov, graphic designer, typographer, illustrator;
• Anna Ivanenko, Studio Seri/graph;
• Dasha Podoltseva, graphic designer, visual artist;
• Anatoly Popel, founder and CEO of CASES and Creative Practice;
• Kuba Sowiński, graphic designer, lecturer (Poland);
• Olena Staranchuk, co-curator of Pictoric.
Before submitting an application to the Contest, please read Regulations.
The winners of this year’s contest will be announced in early December 2024 on the website and social media of the International Book Arsenal Festival.
Please, send physical copies of books by post or courier to the address of the Mystetsky Arsenal office:
Public Enterprise “National Art and Culture Museum Complex “Mystetskyi Arsenal”, 10-12 Lavrska St., Kyiv, 01010. Contact person for delivery—Maryna Askurava, +380667438737.
The project partners are the Frankfurter Buchmesse and the Buchkunst Foundation.
The media partners of the Best Book Design — 2024 Contest are CASES
and The Village Ukraine.
The address for questions and clarifications (indicate НКД/BBD in the subject line of the letter)—[email protected].