Designer Bookbinders, supported by The Clothworkers’ Company, was delighted to showcase an exhibition of Contemporary British Bookbinding at London Craft Week 2026.

We exhibited books bound by the Fellows, Licentiates and students of our Transferring Design Programme. Alongside a selection of designer bindings from The Clothworkers’ Company collection.

Each afternoon a practical demonstration was held at the venue, with free admission.

We were located at The Art Academy, 185c Bankside, Park Street, London, SE1 9BL

Exhibition:
11 May 2026 – 16 May 2026, 10:00 – 16:30
17 May 2026, 10:00 – 14:00

Demonstrations (see below for the schedule):
11 May 2026 – 16 May 2026, 14:00 – 16:30
17 May 2026, 12:00 – 14:00

The binding featured in the post is The Halls of the Livery Companies of the City of London, based on an original manuscript by the late W.A.D. Englefield and rewritten and edited by Peter J.A. Lubbock, with illustrations by Howard Panton. Design binding by James Brockman, 2013. The binding is bound in Full black goat skin and transparent vellum onlays. Hand tooled in three shades of gold and palladium leaf. The design takes inspiration from the illustrations of the previous Clothworkers’ Hall. This binding will be exhibited at the London Craft Week event.

Above image courtesy of the Clothworkers’ Company

PROGRAMME OF DEMONSTRATIONS