Melbourne Art Book Fair 2018

Since its launch in 2015, the annual Melbourne Art Book Fair has attracted more than 50,000 visitors making it the most visited publishing event in the Asia-Pacific region.

From March 16-18 2018 the Melbourne Art Book Fair brings together the most creative emerging and established international and local publishers, artists and writers for a program of ideas, discussions and book launches.

Highlights include Amsterdam-based graphic design studio Experimental Jetset as Melbourne Art Book Fair symposium guests; The New Institute Rotterdam; e-flux, Berlin and Casco Art Institute: Working For The Commons, Utrecht; exploring new narratives for publishing in a special event; and a three-day festival of crosswords, spelling and grammar presented by writing school The Good Copy.

The Stallholder Fair takes over the NGV Great Hall for three-days.

Visitors will have the opportunity to purchase publications from a diverse range of art publishers, artists and designers. Stalls in the Great Hall include the NGV design store, independent art book makers, established publishing houses and art galleries will present books, magazines, zines, art prints and more.

The National Gallery of Victoria expands on the success of the Melbourne Art Book Fair with a prestigious international book prize, The Cornish Family Prize for Art and Design Publishing. The Cornish Family Prize is the first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region, and will award the winner with $15,000 AUD, with additional $1,000 AUD prizes for up to five finalists.

Announced on 16 March 2018, local Melbourne publishing imprint Perimeter Editions have been named the winners of the Cornish Family Prize for Art and Design Publishing for their book To Note: Notation Across Disciplines.

The finalists of the Cornish Family Prize for Art and Design Publishing, 2018, are

To Note: Notation Across Disciplines edited by Hannah Matthews, published by Stuart Geddes and Žiga Testen for Perimeter Editions and designed by Stuart Geddes and Žiga Testen (WINNER)

CELINE CONDORELLI: ‘BAU BAU’ by Nick Aikens, Céline Condorelli, Maria Lind, Andrea Lissoni and Marco Scotini, published by Mousse Publishing and designed by James Langdon

Open Spatial Workshop: Converging in Time by Bianca Hester, Terri Bird, Scott Mitchell, as Open Spatial Workshop, with contributions from Saskia Beudel, Kathryn Yusoff and Matt Poll, published by Monash University Museum of Art and Open Spatial Workshop and designed by Paul Mylecharane and Žiga Testen

Room edited by Laura Lord with texts by James Cahill, published by Fraser Muggeridge studio and Sadie Coles HQ and designed by Fraser Muggeridge studio

Erwin Polanc – Mariazell 8630 by Erwin Polanc, Christian Hoffelner and Ulrich Tragatschnig, published by Fotohof/Erwin Polanc and designed by CH Studio, Christian Hoffelner

Utopia/Dystopia. A Paradigm Shift in Art and Architecture by Pedro Gadanho, Joao Laia and Susana Ventura, published by EDP Foundation and designed by Mousse (Massimiliano Pace)

Melbourne Design Week is an annual program to present, explore and celebrate design, and promote Melbourne as one of the design capitals of the world. Events will occur in galleries, showrooms, studios, museums, markets, bars, warehouses, shops and pop-up venues across Melbourne.

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The symposium is presented by the RMIT Design Futures Lab with the support of the RMIT School of Design.
The NGV Department of Contemporary Design and Architecture is generously supported by The Hugh D. T. Williamson Foundation.