NEWS

Next weekend Designer Bookbinders will have a stand at the Oxford Fine Press Book Fair with some bindings by our members along with a large variety of publications, and of course information about our society and how to join. [...]

The Architectural Association School of Architecture is running an exhibition called: 'Portraits of a Practice: The Life and Work of MJ Long'. The exhibition explores the work of the architect MJ Long as revealed through a doll’s house she [...]

Following the prize giving and announcement of this year's winners in the DBUK Bookbinding Competition, you can go and see all of the bindings in person at Maggs Bros. Ltd (48 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DR) until the 8th [...]

We are really excited to share news of the Booker Prize bindings of 2023! "One of the highlights of the annual Booker Prize season comes when each of the shortlisted authors is presented with a unique, hand-bound edition of [...]

We would like to congratulate Fellow Tom McEwan for being awarded The Heritage Crafts/Marsh Trainer of the Year by the Heritage Crafts, the UK charity for traditional craft skills. Tom graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a degree [...]

There is currently just ONE place left available on Dominic Riley's 'Millimetre Binding' workhsop taking place on the 25-26 November 2023. The 2023-24 season of DB & SoB Joint Workshops offers a range of topics suitable for different levels [...]

Last week saw the judging of the Designer Bookbinders UK Bookbinding Competition which had a huge range of entries this year. The judging took place at The Art Workers Guild, huge thanks to them for all their help and [...]

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the printing of William Shakespeare’s First Folio, Durham University is launching a major new blind juried bookbinding competition inspired by the Durham First Folio. Cash prizes will be awarded to the most outstanding submissions, [...]

The print, paper, packaging, publishing and graphics sectors gathered together last week on Thursday 6th July to celebrate this year’s Rising Star Award winners at a ceremony at the House of Lords, hosted by The Printing Charity President Emeritus [...]

We are thrilled to announce that James Brockman, Fellow of Designer Bookbinders, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2023! "I was asked “what does receiving an MBE mean to you”. It was a wonderful [...]

We are really pleased to share news of the "Satires Against Mankind – A Collection of Designer Bindings" exhibition of contemporary bindings that is currently on at Maggs Bros. Ltd in London through until Friday June 16th (Monday - [...]

We would like to publicly welcome our new Designer Bookbinders President, Stuart Brockman. He was welcomed into the role at the AGM at the Artworkers' Guild on Saturday and his tenure will run from 2023 through to 2025. "It’s [...]