Lukasz Wierzbowski

Lukasz Wierzbowski's beautiful portraits. 

His prints are available from here. He has a zine published through pogo books

An interview by Tourist Magazine can be found here

photographs by Lukasz Wierzbowski

Zines

A continued study of zine culture has influenced the design process of my art book. Below are videos from Fourteen-Nineteen, which are great as they allow you to view layouts of zines without having to purchase them. Other sites like Self Publish, Be Happy also provide insight into zine layouts by photographing the interior of the books they feature on their site. In addition I’ve also listed zine sites I regularly visit.


Emily Burtner - Untitled from Fourteen-Nineteen on Vimeo.


DSCF6540 from Fourteen-Nineteen on Vimeo.

Cafe Royal Books
Fourteen-Nineteen
JSBJ
kaugummi books
Pogo Books
Self Publish, Be Happy

experiments in book binding

 cover designs

 organising text and image sequence

 experiments in stitching

experiments in stitching

 experiments in stitching

 stitching refined

Above are pictures from my efforts to produce a self published book. The publication is almost complete. The process has been a long journey of scouting materials, observing paper weights and textures, developing book binding skills, finding threads whilst perfecting stitching methods, and continues with organising the innards of the book, placing the text and images in the correct sequence.

Shepherds Falkiners and Papier Design

I’ve found Shepherds to be an excellent source for book binding materials, from threads and papers, through to boning tools and other related hardware. Their "How to make Books" blog houses a very useful video, taken from their "Handmade Books" DVD, which is available from their online store. Alongside their online presence and London based store, Shepherds also runs short courses in book binding. It’s a definite must see for anyone interested in making their own publications.

Shepherds Falkiners store : http://store.falkiners.com/store/

Shepherds How to make Books blog : http://making-books.blogspot.com/

Ive also found these inspiring videos from Peter Baumgartner, a German book binder whose tutorials cover a multitude of binding techniques. The full English versions are available to buy through www.papierdesign.de



Found at: http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-a-book-part-two



Found at: http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-a-book-part-three

Here is an overview version of the tutorial in German



Found at: http://www.papierdesign.de/videos/videos-deutsch/buchbinden.html



Found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9WL3C9rItg

the society

I’ve discovered a local society whose members greet my study with great enthusiasm. Opportunities are presenting themselves allowing me the fortune of new specimens to study. I am keen for it. Below are notes detailing my first visit to the society, ideas for aesthetics, and thoughts on Nicolas Poillot's new zine Migration, which is published by kaugummi. The zine comes with a fold out poster, a design that I too will pursue as the brief requires me to create a poster.

Images below from Migration by Nicolas Poillot available from Kaugummi 

http://www.kaugummi.fr/

image from Migration by Nicolas Poillot

image from Migration by Nicolas Poillot

Poster design from Migration by Nicolas Poillot