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Blind Debossing on Portfolios We’re so happy to be adding custom blind debossing to our list of services! We can now print your design or logo directly into our portfolio and book covers. We’ve added this service especially for our photographer, architect, and designer clients, who can now order portfolios through our online shop. The [...]
Clamshell Boxes
Clamshell boxes (sometimes known as Solander cases) are book-form cases traditionally used to store precious books, manuscripts, maps, and are often used by archivists and libraries. Our clamshell boxes provide a stunning display element for your albums and books, and also protect their contents from dirt, dust, and light. We make them in all of [...]
Design Portfolio for Creative Agency We love working with designers and other creative people: they often know what they want, and their finished products tend to come out even better than we first imagined. Take this post bound portfolio for Magmatic NW. They wanted a book they could take with them to show potential clients. [...]
architect portfolio
Custom Architecture Portfolio Needing a portfolio for an upcoming interview, a recent architecture grad asked us to build this book around his work. We’re planning to add custom portfolios to our product line in the coming months. See what you think! Want more? See other custom portfolios here.
Design Portfolio for Portland Designer We recently bound this incredible graphic design portfolio for local designer Kelly Kerwick. We bound archival printed pages {printed by our friends at Pushdot Studio} with a debossed cover {by Grossenbacher Bros.} into a coptic-bound book complete with clamshell box. The results of all that collaboration are magnificent. Kelly is [...]
Handmade Book Structures
Binding Styles for Handmade Books When clients ask us to create a book or portfolio, their book’s content usually dictates its binding style. Below are some of the binding styles that we build most often, along with a short explanation of how they function. Western Case Binding When you think of a traditional hardcover book, [...]
Handmade Portfolios
Portfolios for designers, architects, and photographers Our online store is currently centered around photo albums, but a lot of our work involves making hand-bound portfolios. We love any opportunity to make books and boxes with content. Here are photos of a few recent portfolio projects: An grad school applicant had us make these portfolios for him [...]