A total of 142 books were submitted to the Contest. Books that were published from June 2021 to December 2022 by Ukrainian publishers were accepted to participate in the Contest.
In view of the difficult circumstances of the Russia’s war in Ukraine as well as the unequal work conditions that some of the Ukrainian publishers and designers/illustrators have experienced due to the full-scale war, this year’s Contest was held in the format of professional review by the jury members, aiming at supporting the sustainability of the Ukrainian book industry creative community. It was decided not to award the Grand Prix of the Contest, but to reward 14 winning books. In addition to the winners of the Contest, 7 books received special awards.
Illustrators: Mariia Havrysh and Volodymyr Havrysh
Design and layout: Volodymyr Havrysh
Publication concept and afterword: Mariia Havrysh and Volodymyr Havrysh
Art director: Roman Malynovskyi
Conversations on Architecture
Authors: Bohdan Volynskyi, Oleh Drozdov
Published by ist publishing
Visual design: Uliana Bychenkova
KIDS BOOK
The Yellow Butterfly
Author: Oleksandr Shatokhin
Published by the Old Lion Publishing House
Visual design: Oleksandr Shatokhin
A Tale of the Black Square
Author: Mariia Bilinska
Published by Parasolia Publishing
Visual design: Mariia Bilinska
It’s a Quiet Night, My Astronaut
Author: Oksana Lushchevska
Published by #knigolove
Illustrator: Kateryna Stepanishcheva
Layout: Kateryna Voievska
UTILITY BOOK
Illustration in Ukraine
Published by CP Publishing
Publication concept: Lucia Bondar and Pictoric Сlub
Cover design and layout: Roman Kuryliak
Illustrations: Pictoric Сlub
The Barrier-Free Handbook
Published by ist publishing
Visual design: Volodymyr Havrysh
Illustrations: Olha Dehtiariova
EXPERIMENT
аlЬmanaХ, self-published
Visual design: Uliana Sukach-Kochetkova (layout, poems); Nadiia Oleksiivna Rohozhyna (illustrations, design, font design, character design, selection of poets). Together: publication concept, book architectonics, design
NA4JOPM8
Author: Igor Chekachkov
Published by ist publishing
Visual design: Ania Nałęcka-Milach, Igor Chekachkov
PlusMinusInfinity, a local magazine about the global
Visual design:Kateryna Drozd
Cover design: BananaShampoo, Kateryna Drozd
In addition to acknowldeging the winners, the jury decided to give several special awards.
The jury’s special award for congruence of form, content, and printing solution:
La Boussole. Childhood, published by punkt publishing. Publication concept: Tetiana Kostina, layout and design: Daria Stetsenko.
Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life (For Brilka), published by Komora Publishing House. Visual design: Mariia Kinovych, Andrii Repenko.
POTOP magazine. Visual design: Lera Guievska.
Bon appetit!, published by Kalamar publishing house. Idea: Olia Popovych, cover design, illustrations, layout and font design: Ira Rutylo, text: Kateryna Perkonos.
The jury’s special award for a design that reveals the value of young art:
MYPH, published by RODOVID / MYPH. Visual design:Kateryna Lesiv.
MUHi 2009-2021, published by Osnovy Publishing. Author of the idea and curator of the project: Maryna Shcherbenko, compilers of the book: Yevheniia Butsykina and Milena Khomchenko, work with the archive of the MUHi Сompetition: Milena Khomchenko, designer: Nika Kudinova, colour correction: Yana Staryk, production support: Sviatoslav Mykhailov, printing support: Nadiia Chervinska.
The jury’s special award for elevating the heritage of Ukrainian children’s illustration:
Abu Karakambada. Lullaby for Michelle, Hryhorii Falkovych, published by Crocus Publishing. Visual design: Sofiia Tomilenko (illustrations), Tetiana Kaliuzhna (design, layout).
The winning books, and the books with the special award for a design that reveals the value of young art as well as the special award for elevating the heritage of Ukrainian children’s illustration, will represent Ukraine in the Best Book Design from All over the World competition organized by the German Buchkunst Foundation; they will also be exhibited at international book fairs in Vilnius, Leipzig, and Frankfurt in 2023.
With the support of the Ukrainian PEN, the books that were not included in the list of winners will be transferred to libraries affected by the war.
PARTNERS
The International Book Arsenal Festival team and Goethe-Institut Ukraine would like to thank the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Buchkunst Foundation for their support and cooperation in organising and holding the Contest. The organizers would also like to thank the Kolo Publishing House and Printing House and the Depositphotos photo bank for gifts to the winners in the categories and the winners of special awards.
The organizers are grateful to the information partners of the Contest — Chytomo, Telegraf.Design, and Projector.
