Interview with Maria Ruzaikina
An interview with a Russian bookbinder Maria Ruzaikina
Interviews
Upholding the Traditions of Marbling in Russia. Interview with Ekaterina Hyyrynen (Savelyeva)
This interview is a part of a series produced by Anna Markova, book bindings' historian and rare book librarian at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow.) The series is dedicated to book artisans of different kinds.
Studuying to Design and Make Books from Scratch: Interview with Alexander Vasin
This January in the capital city of Estonia Alexander Vasin and Natalia Velchinskaya have produced a new course – Tallinn Laboratoria. Alexander and Natalia are creators of many typography and book design courses, both in Moscow and abroad. This time they’ve brought a group of students to study in a local print house Labora Tallinna Paber.
Interview with Bec Britain, Winner of the Harmatan Leather Ltd Prize (Designer Bookbinders)
This is the last of the interviews with winners of this year’s Designer Bookbinders awards. Bec Britain has already received Designer Bookbinders prizes a year ago and two years ago. This time she’s got the Harmatan Leather Ltd prize.
Interview with Piotr Jarosz, Winner of the Ash Rare Books Lettering Award (Designer Bookbinders)
Almost a month ago Designer Bookbinders award winners were announced. iBookBinding has already posted an interview with Glenn Malkin — he had received Folio Society prize for the Set Book. Today we invite you to read an interview with Piotr Jarosz. A Polish bookbinder now working in the UK. He graduated from the University of Arts and works now as a bookbinder in a workshop in Сentral London.
Interview with Glenn Malkin, Winner of the Folio Society Prize for the Set Book
Right after the Designer Bookbinders awards were announced last Friday we were able to ask winner of the 1st prize of the Folio Society Prize for the Set Book Glenn Malkin a few questions.
Spanish Best Artistic Binding Award Winners Announced
Winners of the Premio a las Mejores Encuadernaciones Artísticas (an award presented for the best artistic binding by the government of Spain) were announced recently. The book of choice this year was a Spanish edition of the Marks of Identity (Señas de identidad) by an award winning author Juan Goytisolo. The book depicts Spanish society in the quarter of a century that follows the Spanish Civil War. Structure of the book is not a standard one, with whole sections entirely without punctuation.
