The KABK Graphic Design department is proud to announce that several of its alumnx and tutors have received awards at the recent Best Dutch Book Designs awards. In addition, their work has been recognised in the affiliated international competition, Best Book Design from All Over the World.
Ourouboros Wings
Alumni Benaiah French (class of 2025) has won the Golden Letter at Best Book Design from all over the World for the book Ourouboros Wings. An international professional jury awarded the prize to this KABK graduation project. Ourouboros Wings explores the subject of the fatbike, offering a perspective on a phenomenon that is often portrayed negatively in the media. Through its light, tactile design and production, the book invites readers to engage with the topic in a completely different way.
The project had already been unanimously selected by both the Dutch professional jury and the student jury before going on to win internationally. Ourouboros Wings was originally presented as part of a larger installation during the Graduation Show (4–11 July 2025) at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague.
We congratulate Benaiah on this achievement!
Best Book Design from All Over the World
And there’s more to be proud of: Dayna Casey (class of 2013) won the bronze medal for the book Collapsed Mythologies: A Geofinancial Atlas for Best Book Design from all over the World and was also selected by the Dutch jury. The book is a collaboration with BA Photography alum Eline Benjaminsen (2017).
Dans Jirgensons (class of 2024) is selected with the design for Recuerditos de Cuba,
And Virginie Gauthier, tutor at the graphic design department, designed the book Interwoven Histories, which is selected by the Dutch jury as well.
Congratulations to all!
The books will be on show at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in the fall.
