NEWS

Designer Bookbinders are very sad to hear of the passing of Dieter Räder. Dieter began his journey into bookbinding at the age of 16 in Germany. He was an acclaimed master bookbinder and conservator with over 40 years of [...]

Designer Bookbinders is sad to learn of the passing of legendary bookbinder Kerstin Tini Miura. Tini studied bookbinding and design in Germany, Switzerland and France. Her work has been exhibited across the globe and several books about Tini’s work [...]

Designer Bookbinders, supported by The Clothworkers’ Company, are delighted to showcase an exhibition of Contemporary British Bookbinding at London Craft Week 2026. We will be exhibiting books bound by the Fellows, Licentiates and students of our Transferring Design Programme. [...]

16–17 April: Bookbinding Design Workshop at The London Archives | £55 members / £75 non-members This is a special event, and a little different from our regular workshops. It is a two-day programme held at The London Archives in Clerkenwell, run [...]

We are delighted to announce the election of four new members: three Licentiates and one Fellow. _____ LICENTIATESHIP Designer Bookbinders is constantly seeking new talent and promising UK-based bookbinders are encouraged to apply for Licentiateship each February. Licentiates are [...]

We are delighted to announce that Jane Adams (for DB) and Wanda Robins (for SoB) have recently taken over from Nesta Davies and Joshua James as the coordinators of the new Designer Bookbinders/Society of Bookbinders Joint Workshop series for [...]

The New Bookbinder Volume 45 (2025) has landed! We are pleased to inform all our subscribers and members that the latest volume of our highly regarded journal is currently on its way via the postal service to all our [...]

Joseph Helm from Wallpaper Magazine has written an online article about what it is like to bind a Booker Prize shortlisted binding, titled: "Inside the process of creating the one-of-a-kind book edition gifted to the Booker Prize shortlisted authors". [...]

We are pleased to finally reveal this year’s hand-bound editions of the Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted books. After a tantalising few weeks of only being able to share work in progress images, today all six bindings are available to [...]

It is a busy time of year for Designer Bookbinders, with preparations also in full swing for the DBUK Bookbinding Competition Prize Giving and Exhibition coming up in mid-November. We are pleased to share advance information for the exhibition [...]

We are really pleased to announce a new limited edition concertina-style booklet that has been designed and produced by members of Designer Bookbinders! Over the weekend, a strong team of 6 expert binders worked at full speed at Wyvern [...]