Tom McEwan: Bookbinding in Scotland [Bookish Talk #28]
We return to Tom McEwan to discuss the state of bookbinding in Scotland!
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Design Bindings of the Booker Prize 2021 – Tom McEwan [Bookish Talk #27]
This time we return to our Booker Prize bindings series to discuss the binding of A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam which was created by Tom McEwan. Tom is an award-winning bookbinder and the first Scottish guest on our podcast.
Experimenting With Book Structures: Ben Elbel [Bookish Talk #26]
We return to Ben Elbel to talk about experimental bookbinding and unusual book structures. While this episode was recorded a while ago, it stays absolutely actual. Especially as Ben was named one of the most inspiring bookish people of 2021 by the guests of our podcast!
Fine Bindings of Louise Bescond – Personal Exhibition [Bookish Talk #25]
In December 2021, there was a retrospective exhibition of fine bindings made by a French/Belgian bookbinder Louise Bescond. Stepan Had a chance to visit the exhibition on the opening night and here is our recap of it.
Design Bindings of the Booker Prize 2021 – Kate Holland [Bookish Talk #24]
For the second part of the series dedicated to the bindings of the 2021 Booker Prize, we invited Kate Holland, to talk about her binding of “The Promise” by Damon Galgut -- this year's winner.
Design Bindings of the Booker Prize 2021 – Mark Cockram [Bookish Talk #24]
Every year, six Designer Bookbinders' fellows are chosen to create six unique bindings for the books shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Our first guest is Mark Cockram with his binding for "No One Is Talking About This" by Patricia Lockwood.
Respecting Local Traditions & Telling a Personal Story with Bookinding – Angaea Cuna [Bookish Talk #20.2]
This is the second part of our talk with Angaea Cuna, a sculptor, designer, educator, and bookmaker who currently resides in Hawaii. In this episode, we talked more about respecting the local traditions, environment, and nature in book art and bookbinding.
Street Typography of Belgium / Signs & Numbers – Armina Ghazaryan [Bookish Talk #23]
Today our bookish guest is Armina Ghazaryan, a freelance graphic designer interested in typography and branding. Currently, Armina lives in Ghent, and that's where most of the examples of the street typography discussed in this video come from
Bookbindings and Other Bookish Things of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Movie [Bookish Talk #22]
This time we found all the bookish objects and themes from the new Dune movie directed by Denis Villeneuve. In this video, we talk about bookbinding, languages, libraries, and handwriting of the cinematic universe of Dune.
Bookbinding in Hawaii by Angaea Cuna – From Sculpture to Artist’s Books [Bookish Talk #20]
With this episode of our Bookish Talk, it was the first time for us when we mixed up not only the time difference with the guest but even the date. That happened because Angaea Cuna is a book artist living in Hawaii.
Miniature Artist’s Books and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder – Rebecca Padgham [Bookish Talk #19]
Rebecca Padgham is an artist and bookmaker from the UK. Initially, we invited Rebecca after she posted in a bookish Facebook community a request for some advice concerning trimming books for a person with Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder.
iBookBinding: Moscow Dispatch
An update on our current plans and schedule. And finally, after recording our podcast via Zoom for more than a year, Stepan and Pavel had a chance to meet again in real life.
Award-Winning Binding, Gold Tooling, and Graphite Edges – Andreas Maroulis [iBB Podcast #22]
We invited Andreas Maroulis, a Greek bookbinder currently living in the UK. Andreas won an award at the Designer Bookbinders Competition recently with his binding "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck.
Award-Winning Bindings of Richard Beadsmoore [Bookish Talk #18]
Designer Bookbinders has a competition for their UK-based members. This year, Richard Beadsmoore was among the competition winners, taking three prizes with his two bindings. In this video, we discuss these bindings.
BASE – An Exhibition Space for a Single Book – Mark Cockram [Bookish Talk #17]
Earlier this year, Mark Cockram created an unusual exhibition space for books at his studio that is only 76x34x18.5 cm in size. Since that moment he has had several exhibitions there. And that's exactly what we are going to discuss during this Bookish Talk!
