Our new Turquoise Chronicles design is inspired by an elaborately decorated book cover crafted during a key point in the evolution of European bookbinding. The original design hails from the Salel Binder in Paris, who created it for a work titled...
This year we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Paperblanks, but our story begins even earlier than that. Paperblanks is a part of the Hartley & Marks family, a publishing and design company whose origins lie in an old British...
Le Gascon Mystique Our cover design reproducing a binding attributed to Le Gascon Rather than a history lesson, think of this post as a wish list of future Paperblanks artwork. The ten bookbinders below have all made major contributions to their field...
The backbone of our journals and books is a Smyth sewn binding. Widely recognised as the highest-quality binding available in today’s market, Smyth sewn refers to a classic style of bookmaking in which the signatures (sheets of paper folded into groups...
If you have found your way here (a blog by a journal-producing publishing company), we can assume you like books. Whether for journalling, creative writing or reading the works of others, books are a fundamental part of our society and a...
Every Paperblanks® book is inspired by world art and culture, by traditional craft and practice, and by visionaries, rebels and artists across the ages. Behind the Cover is a blog series about the origins of our designs. The timeless beauty of...
You may not think that colourful, descriptive images that grace most books these days have much to do with the classic designs featured on our Paperblanks® journals. But, to separate the classic and antique binding styles we reproduce from the...
While an aspiring author may want to believe that good talent and quality writing will prevail, we are too often faced with the hard truth that we are not living in a true meritocracy. Yes, the hardworking single mum may...
We interviewed Wade Berridge (a member of the Paperblanks production team!) and Nadine Werner, a professional book binder based in Beseland, Germany -- two people we work with extensively. In order to shed some light on this rather arcane profession,...