99designs, the world’s largest online graphic design marketplace, today announced that a book cover created by a designer from its global design community was named a winner in the prestigious 31st Annual New York Book Show Awards.
“Havenwood,” a self-published novel by Eric Slade whose cover was created by 99designs designer Andrei Bat, received first place honors in the “Self-Published Cover” category in the “Young Adult” genre of the awards, which were presented at a ceremony in New York City last week.
According to Slade, who commissioned designer Andrei Bat to work on the cover design through the 99designs online graphic design platform, “Havenwood’s cover included 19th century decorative elements to convey a sense of history to prospective readers. Andrei Bat’s digital painting style is both luminous and moody."
Hosted by the
Book Industry Guild of New York (BIGNY), the New York Book Show is an annual event that offers publishing and printing professionals an opportunity to mingle while honoring the best examples of quality book design and production from the previous year. The show’s aim is to showcase the best books as judged by a panel of industry professionals who evaluate manufacturing, production, and design qualities of entries in six main and a myriad of subcategories. The winners (which are featured in an online gallery
here) are selected from hundreds of entries sent in by publishers and suppliers from around the country.
“This award is further validation of the creativity and high quality of our designer community,” said 99designs CEO Patrick Llewellyn. “99designs has from its earliest origins been a champion for great design from talented individuals around the world. In recent years, we’ve dedicated even greater resources in tools and processes to further help our community to produce their best work. We commend Andrei on this award and for his contributions to 99designs”
For more information on the winning design and winning designer, Andrei Bat, visit
here.
About 99designs
99designs is the world’s largest on-demand design marketplace, connecting a global community of freelance designers with businesses of all sizes to complete their design needs. Created by designers for designers, 99designs began with a group of designers who were competing together to create the best designs. In 2008, that friendly competition grew into a unique design marketplace that has now become the world leader in online graphic design. 99designs is changing the lives of designers around the world by providing them with an opportunity to access customers globally, to earn income, and to build their portfolios. 99designs has operations in the USA, Australia and Germany.