Case studies

Book printing case studies

Illustrative studies built from the binding and finishing routes this site covers. Each card records the binding, the finishes and the detail that defined the finished book.

Titles shown are illustrative until delivered project photography and client approval are supplied.

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Cloth-bound art catalogue with a gold foil spine on a studio table

Hardcover / Case bound01

Cloth-bound gallery catalogue

A case bound catalogue with a linen-wrapped case, foil title on the spine and printed endpapers that carry the exhibition's key image.

Linen case / Gold foil spine / Printed endpapers

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Sewn paperback novel with a matte laminated cover on a desk

Paperback / Smyth sewn softcover02

Sewn-softcover reissue series

A fiction reissue series sewn and glued into a laminated cover, so each title opens flat without cracking the spine.

Matte lamination / Spine text / Coloured endpapers

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Open large-format photography book showing full-page printed images

Specialty / Case bound, lay-flat03

Photography title on uncoated stock

A large-format photography book printed on uncoated stock, with a debossed cover and a printed slipcase for retail display.

Debossed cover / Printed slipcase / Uncoated interior

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Children's hardcover picture books with illustrated covers stacked together

Hardcover / Board case, rounded corners04

Children's picture book series

A picture-book series built on a board case with rounded corners and matte lamination, specified for repeated handling in schools.

Matte lamination / Rounded corners / Illustrated endpapers

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Stack of perfect bound paperback exhibition catalogues with printed covers

Paperback / Perfect bound05

Perfect bound exhibition catalogue

A short-extent exhibition catalogue perfect bound with a soft-touch cover, fold-in flaps and spine text for the shop shelf.

Soft-touch cover / Fold-in flaps / Spine text

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Specialty / Quarter-bound case06

Limited edition poetry hardcover

A limited poetry edition with a quarter-bound case, foil-stamped spine, ribbon marker and a numbered insert in the slipcase.

Foil stamping / Ribbon marker / Numbered insert

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Stack of secondary school text books with laminated covers and colour-coded spines

Text books / Sewn sections, perfect bound07

Secondary school text book series

A four-title text book series with sewn sections and laminated covers, colour-coded by subject so the set reads as one shelf.

Matte lamination / Section sewing / Colour-coded spines

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Wire-o bound hardcover cookbook lying open on a kitchen counter

Wire-o / Wire-o block in a printed case08

Wire-o hardcover cookbook

A cookbook built to stay open on the counter: a wire-o block inside a printed hard case, with a wipe-clean laminated cover.

Concealed wire spine / Lay-flat pages / Wipe-clean cover

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Stack of thick board books for toddlers with rounded corners

Children's books / Board book, rounded corners09

Board book series for early years

A board book series for early years, built on thick board with rounded corners and matte lamination for repeated handling.

Thick board / Rounded corners / Matte lamination

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