Limited edition hand-bound book by Colin Michael Simmons

By photographer, Colin Michael Simmons – The Black Lights of Unconsciousness
4.25″ x 5.5″, 20 pages, full color, 235GSM paper, handbound edition of 20.

Limited edition, hand-bound piece…most were sent to various target clients and 5 were reserved for purchase at a local bookstore.

http://cadillacgypsy.com/

Design Assignment: Create Your Own Manifesto Book

man·i·fes·to : a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer

This past spring, I challenged my junior design students to create their own unique design “manifesto” books. There were some intriguing results. One of which was the following, by Endicott College graphic design student Meredith Lindsay.

Book Construction: Accordion Book

Book Construction Series
This is the second in a series of video tutorials on book construction. The demonstrations are conducted by book artist and binder, Amanda Nelsen and were shot during a recent workshop. To view the first video tutorial on “How to Create a Printed Slip Cover”, Go Here.

Amanda Nelsen
Amanda’s work has been shown in numerous exhibits, most recently including: “A Dedication to Craft” at the Concord Museum, Concord MA; “Bound for Success” a Designer Bookbinders Int’l Competition exhibited in Oxford, Boston, San Francisco and New York; The Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Recipients in New York, NY; “20th Anniversary Celebration” at the Springfield Materials Reclaimation Center, Springfield, MA; “June.” Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge, MA; “Dirty Dozen 12 Artists and a Ton of Trash” at the Boston Children’s Museum, Boston, MA. Amanda is also the recipient of a 2010 Artist-in-Residence at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Her website can be found at http://www.amandanelsen.com/.

About this Tutorial
This video demonstrates how to fold a strip of paper to create an accordion fold book. It also demonstrates how to add pages to that book with adhesive.

Book Construction: Accordion Book from Danielle Currier on Vimeo.

Hand Made Self-Promotional Book by Loz Ives

Because Studio. / http://www.becausestudio.co.uk/index.html

Because Studio. is the independent design practice of Loz Ives, a young chap from the north of England who has a keen eye for detail, simplicity and relevance within the work he produces.

Working across a varied range of disciplines, from branding and print to website design, every project is approached with a fresh mindset, from initial research and concepts to final production, with the one constant being the aim to create engaging, well crafted solutions.

Folio 1
Limited run of 50 hand made self promotional books showing a selection of projects from the last 6 months. Singer sewn on the spine with a perforated wrap around and packaged in black bubble packs.

Portfolio of Michael Winokur

When it comes to designing and constructing your portfolio it’s tough to do it all yourself.
There’s just so much that goes into the creation of a successful portfolio book, not to mention a website and other materials. Often you’ll need to solicit some help from experts in a particular area. However, you still need to be as informed as possible about the process and the components that will shape the “look and feel” and direction of your portfolio. That way, when you do ask for help, you’ll be able to not only find the right people to suit your needs, but also to participate in a dialogue about just what you want.

And that’s exactly what photographer, Michael Winokur did when it came time to create his own portfolio book.

In his own words,
I don’t remember how I heard about Nicole Andersen Book Arts but I remember being very impressed with Nicole’s craftsmanship, style and attention to detail. This was quite a few years ago when she still had her business in Oakland. (Sometime later she moved and turned her business over to her associate, Eriko Yahiro.)

• The shipping case was custom made by Tenba based on one of their other case designs.
• The Sage green and black that Nicole suggested for me have been my “corporate” colors ever since and find their way into all my collateral.
• When Nicole originally made the post-bound book for me there weren’t very good choices in double-sided printing papers. My first book was bound by mounting front and back sides together with spray glue and using linen tape for the hinges. Now I print double sided, leave a margin for the hinge and make holes for the posts with a hand hole punch – much easier.
• The 5×7 mini portfolios represent recent projects, so they provide for a different kind of editing than the main portfolio which shows a variety of work.
• The mini-portfolios are very simple, and affordable to make, they are photo prints, spray-glued together and then cut and wire-o bound by my local print shop.”

http://www.nabookarts.com/
Eriko Yahiro















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Book Construction: Printed Slip Cover

Book Construction Series
This is the first in a series of video tutorials on book construction. The demonstrations are conducted by book artist and binder, Amanda Nelsen. I shot the video during a recent workshop for a group of my students. Additional videos will become available as I edit and convert segments for the web. All video tutorials can be found here on the video tutorials page.

Amanda Nelsen
Amanda’s work has been shown in numerous exhibits, most recently including: “A Dedication to Craft” at the Concord Museum, Concord MA; “Bound for Success” a Designer Bookbinders Int’l Competition exhibited in Oxford, Boston, San Francisco and New York; The Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Recipients in New York, NY; “20th Anniversary Celebration” at the Springfield Materials Reclaimation Center, Springfield, MA; “June.” Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge, MA; “Dirty Dozen 12 Artists and a Ton of Trash” at the Boston Children’s Museum, Boston, MA. Amanda is also the recipient of a 2010 Artist-in-Residence at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Her website can be found at http://www.amandanelsen.com/.

About this Tutorial
This video tutorial demonstrates the construction of a printed slip cover – no glue or adhesive used. Works great as a cover for an accordion or back-to-back book. The cover literally slips on and off – working well for books that need to be easily updatable and customized for specific audiences.

Book Construction: Slip Cover from Danielle Currier on Vimeo.

Interview with Expert Bookbinder, Scott Mullenberg

Scott Mullenberg is the owner of Mullenberg Designs and Portfolio Design Studio. He is an expert book builder who specializes in custom portfolio structures, receiving high praise from the numerous photographers who have worked with him to create their custom portfolio books and cases.“The beauty of having a custom portfolio created is you have the opportunity to choose materials that reflect you and your work.”

About:
Mullenberg Design is a hand bookbinding studio specializing in custom portfolio fabrications for the visual artist. “The goal at Mullenberg Designs is to exceed your expectations for design and craftsmanship, and to provide you with the highest level of personal service.” In addition, the Portfolio Design Studio, an arm of Mullenberg Designs, offers the “D.T.K., Dressed To Kill” line of portfolios and slipcases in 5 sizes and 8 fabric styles with optional name/logo debossing on both the portfolio and slipcase.

Interview
I recently had the opportunity to ask Scott a few questions about his process and thoughts on portfolios.

Scott, please tell us a little bit about you and your business? How did you get into this type of work?

I completed a bookbinding apprenticeship with William Streeter in Northampton, Massachusetts in the early’90’s and returned to Portland, Maine to open up shop with friend and colleague, Susan Holland. The bulk of our work at that time was restoring leather and cloth-bound books, along with a spattering of what I would call new work; a portfolio here and there, working with book artists to assist in actualizing their vision from content to fabrication, photo albums for wedding photographers. When Susan moved to Washington a few years later I opened up shop under the moniker, Mullenberg Designs. The direction of my work began to change at this time, as I became less interested in restoring books and more interested in working one-on-one with a variety of different book artists, visual designers and photographers. Something clicked! Now, in 2010, the majority of my clients are photographers who are looking for a custom portfolio structure to house their work for presentation. It’s a collaborative process that I find dynamic and stimulating and I’m continually grateful to be able to work with such talented, driven entrepreneurs.

As the title of our book indicates, my co-author and I believe a unique portfolio book represents a photographer or designer far better than a generic portfolio case. Since you’re in the business of making these books, what do you think the benefits are to a hand crafted custom book?
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