Devangana is a visual communication designer and educator from India, with a focus on bookmaking, illustration and narrative form. She provides design expertise in areas spanning publishing, graphic art-design and education. As an award-winning book cover designer, she collaborates with some of the world's leading publishing houses, quietly assembling her dream library—one beloved book at a time.
She is also an award-winning illustrator and children's author
of her critically-acclaimed picture book 'The Jungle Radio: Birdsongs of India’ (Penguin Random House India, 2019)
that won her the prestigious South Asia Book Award honour.
Devangana has worked as a Senior Designer and Art Director
at Penguin Random House India, and mentored young designers as a faculty of Visual Communication Design at Srishti-Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology. She is an independent art director and design leader, working as a design consultant for organisations worldwide, from her studio in New Delhi.
For collaborations & inquiries: work@devanganadash.com
SELECT CLIENTS
Penguin Random House, Harper Collins Publishers, Hachette Book Group, Bloomsbury, Simon & Schuster, Pan Macmillan, Westland Books, Amazon Audible, Chicago Review Press, Pratham Books, WWF, and more
Awards
& Press
Interviews
2025
2023
2022
2020
2019
2018
SHORTLIST, Best Book Cover, Atta Galatta Bookstore Prize, for 'The Living Mountain'
LONGLIST, Best Book Cover, Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize, for 'The Living Mountain'
BEST PICTURE BOOK, Neev Book Award (Emerging Reader's Category), for 'Jamlo Walks' (Art Direction & Design by Devangana Dash)
HONOR BOOK, South Asia Book Award for 'The Jungle Radio'
BEST CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED BOOK (BRONZE),
Comic Con India Awards for 'The Jungle Radio' and
SHORTLIST, for Best Cover
BOOK COVER OF THE YEAR (RUNNER UP), Publishing Next Industry Awards for 'The Jungle Radio' and
SHORTLIST, 'Best Cover Design' for 'Twice Upon a Time'
FIRST PRIZE, Excellence in Book Production Awards, Federation of Indian Publishers, for 'The Jungle Radio' and
SECOND PRIZE, for 'Amir Khusrau: The Man in Riddles'
LONGLIST, Best Book Cover, Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize, for 'Masters on Masters'
SHORTLIST, Best Book Cover, Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize, for 'The House That Spoke'
2017
2016
2015
* Currently open for design and writing commissions
** Currently open for guest speaking engagements and facilitating workshops. I love conversations with a roomful of like-minded, kindred humans.
Email to book a meeting.
‘Restraint, clarity, respect for the story’:
Devangana Dash’s philosophy for designing book covers
The covers of Devangana Dash: A delightful blend of graphic design and deeply human illustration
Keeping the spirit of Aurangzeb alive: Designer Devangana Dash opens up on her award-winning cover
In conversation with Sunandini Banerjee, Seagull Books
Talks, Workshops & Outreach
First Impressions: The Art of Book Cover Design, Bangalore International Centre | Guest Speaker
The Art of Books | Seagull School of Publishing, Calcutta | Guest Faculty
Art of Picture Books | Neev Literature Festival, Bangalore | Masterclass
Let's Go Birding: Interaction Storytelling Session at Bookaroo Lit fest (Delhi), Peekaboo Literature Festival (Mumbai), Ukiyo Bookstore Festival (Imphal), Quorum (Gurgaon)
The Child Within: Children's Literature in India. Jaipur Literature Festival | Speaker
Covering Creativity, Jaipur Book Mark at JLF | Speaker
Jury Member, Publishing Next Industry Awards, 2021-23
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