In London, especially around trendier areas such as Shoreditch, we often see a lot of amazing designers and marketing departments produce some gorgeous collateral. Everyone has access to design and print which has led to an explosion in the creative industry, and more and more people are searching for something unique, a new concept to help them stand out from the crowd. Part of our job here at London Bookbinders is to suggest materials to suit your project. Often these are papers, leathers, and foils. Occasionally though, we have free reign, and the creative license to use weird and wonderfu ..read more

Next to bookbinding, printing holds a special place in our heart. We couldn’t achieve some of the work we do without the outstanding print our partners MJCP and Repropoint   produce. Fedrigoni 365 has long been a source of inspiration for us here at London Bookbinders, and we are really excited to see the 2022 edition. For years Fedrigoni has brought designers, photographers, artists and creators together to produce Fedrigoni 365. This year, the 2022 edition shines a spotlight on the printers and binders that make make these beautiful calendars come alive.     Hampton Prin ..read more

“The Unburnable Book” was sewn and bound by hand and made from a variety of fireproof materials that were put to the test with a torch, even left in a burning BBQ for half an hour.Owner of Gas Company Doug Laxdal claimed, “We make a lot of unusual projects,” but added, “We’ve never done anything fireproof before.” The Gas company has produced books with covers made of thin slabs of concrete and pages that change colour when exposed to UV light. They are masterfully creative, and have carved a niche in the discipline of traditional bookbinding, so for them, this wasn’t as crazy as you might ima ..read more

In 1985 Margaret Atwood wrote a book that was so controversial it was banned by Portugal and Spain. It was banned by school boards for its graphic nature, and across libraries in the USA. Ever since release, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ has provoked controversy. Why is the book so ‘feared’? Atwood conceived the novel as ‘speculative fiction,’ a work that imagines a future that could conceivably happen without any advances in technology from the present. In other words, she said, “Science fiction has monsters and spaceships; speculative fiction could really happen.” Every aspect of the book was inspir ..read more

In the summer of 2020, Black Lives Matter protesters were marching in Central London, protesting police brutality in the US and across the world. One photographer, James Kemmenoe was on the ground for three days of the protests. He captured moments of anger, sadness and hope, highlighting the passion for the cause in those present. People who had travelled to the capital from far and wide to make their voices heard were captured in beautiful candid black and white shots that faithfully convey the atmosphere during the protests. The results of this endeavour are collected in this beautiful ..read more

  St Bride Library is the hub of typography, print and graphic design is planning, by the way of crowd funding, to digitise its collection to improve accessibility around the globe. Inspired by their 125th anniversary St Bride launched a fundraising campaign last year which they aim to “future-proof” its collection of typography, printing and graphic design. The fundraising was a massive success and by 14th December 2020 successfully raised £62,720 from 472 supporters in 43 days. Watch their fundraising info-film below. Lockdown has highlighted how important it is for the library to have ..read more

  UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has made an illustrated online book starring its Gherkin skyscraper as part of an initiative to entertain children during the coronavirus pandemic.Named The Flying Gherkin, the book gives the Foster + Partners-designed office human features, arms and a rocket-like body, and follows it on its journey as it takes off from London to visit other buildings designed by the studio around the world.     In the first chapter of the illustrated book, the Gherkin – which is officially called 30 St Mar ..read more

  Times New Arial is both a serif and sans-serif typeface. It’s whatever you need it to be for all kinds of displays. Created by Hamburg-based digital technology studio Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann and produced by graphic and type designer Elias Hanzer, the variable font concept combines the most notable qualities of conventions Times New Roman and Arial. The creators hope that the project will encourage designers to push the capabilities of variable fonts. The potential of variable typography “hasn’t been rudimentarily utilised,” Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann co-found ..read more

   Standards Manual is releasing this beautiful book to commemorate NASA’s worm logo. The book spec is as follows: 248 pages 7.65 × 11.75" 194 × 298 mm CMYK + NASA Red spot color Silkscreened cover + jacket Exposed binding with red thread Two paper stocks Red translucent PVC jacket Printed in Italy The Worm’s final chapter will cover the iconic logotype’s latest venture to the International Space Station, nearly 20 years after it was retired as the official emblem. The defining rivalry in the context of space travel is most widely considered to be the space race between the USA and ..read more

 Whether you are battling Covid-19 on the front line or self-isolating at home everyone could do with some time to get lost in a task and try to put aside what is happening in the world, if only for a few moments. With this in mind Adobe has launched an Adobe Colouring Book  project with fantastic illustrations by its favourite artists for anyone to download and colour in. Print them and use pens or paints or colour them using your tablet it’s entirely up to you, just have fun. Each week this spring, the company will unleash a new chapter of colouring pages following a different theme, such as ..read more