Bookbinding, book arts, and other bookish things
iBookBinding Podcast
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Bookbinding, book arts, and other bookish things
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4/26/2020
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October 20, 2022
Visiting Schmedt in Hamburg - The Producers of Many Amazing Bookbinding Tools! [iBB Podcast #29.1]
Aspects of running a bookbinder's supplies company as a family business Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynUZozrlMbc 🔴 Support iBookBinding! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Pledges start at only $1 / €1 / £1 per month. This summer, we had a chance to visit the headquarters of @Schmedt - The World of Bookbinding -- a well-known German producer and distributor of all things related to book craft! One of the reasons for our visit was to kickstart a partnership between iBookBinding and Schmedt. From now on, you can buy a selected line of iBookBinding tools in Schmedt's webshop. Specifically printed in the colors the customers of this German company are quite used to! =) In this video, we discuss the company's history, aspects of running a family business for several generations, finding a balance between selling to artisans and larger companies, and much more! In the second part of our talk, we continue this discussion and are invited for a tour of Schmedt's showroom and warehouse. Listen to this episode on: - Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ibookbinding - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/ibookbinding-podcast/id1510257102 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjgxNTMwMzAwNS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Schmedt: https://schmedt.com/ iBookBinding's tools in Schmedt's webshop: https://schmedt.com/brands/ibookbinding-tools/ 00:00 – Beginning 01:22 – How is it all begin - the history of the Schmedt family business 04:06 – Developing of The PräGnant machine - manual blocking press for one-off titles and name embossings 06:03 – Machine building’s part of the Schmedt’s business that started from a little workshop in the former stable 07:59 – Focus on the small bookbinders 09:35 – About trade binderies in Germany and other countries 11:37 – The International side of Schmedt’s business, participation in the printing equipment exhibition in Dusseldorf (The Drupa) 15:18 – The material part of business, starting webshop in 1997 17:20 – Modernization of the web shop nowadays 20:00 – Importance and advantage of personal presence in your own business processes 21:04 – The opportunities offered by the market in united Europe and worldwide 26:10 – Selling in small quantities of materials, the “hobby side” of the bookbinding market 27:34 – Business processes during the pandemic, the start of presenting machines via video calls 34:23 – Changes in perception and expectations from communication between sellers and clients nowadays 40:38 – Schmedt’s Machine’s display space in Hamburg 42:18 – Examples of digitally printed book edges
March 23, 2022
Bookish Talk - SoB - Soundcloud
There's still time to send your binding! 🔴 Support iBookBinding! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Pledges start with only $1 / €1 / £1 per month. We discuss the upcoming International Competition with two people in charge of it: Amy Kitcherside and Talitha Wachtelborn, book professionals from the UK. You still have time to make a book and join the competition until the beginning of May. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/yKbN0iwaOdM Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ More info: https://www.facebook.com/SoBcompetition https://twitter.com/sobcompetition https://www.societyofbookbinders.com/ 00:00 – Beginning 00:16 – The International Bookbinding Competition of The Society of Bookbinders 02:24 – What are the Competition categories, and who are the Judges? 06:40 – Delivery of books, catalog 08:01 – Will the public be able to see books from the Competition? 09:02 – The periodicity of The Society of Bookbinders Competition and desynchronization with the Designer Bookbinders Competition, the difference between two competitions 10:55 – More about book categories: what is the book or the book arts? 14:49 – Is there a size criteria of the book for the Competition, few words about the cases 17:19 – If Talitha and Amy wanted to enter the Competition, which category did they choose? 18:16 – More about the Restoration category 19:42 – Will be in the Competition something that fits with the Tomorrow's Past concept (modern conservation bindings for antiquarian books)? 21:45 – How many books are expected? 22:41 – The Geography of participants 26:06 – More about Historic Binding category
March 9, 2022
April 2022: Bookbinding Fair in Belgium - Talking to Tanja Rakic [Bookish Talk #30]
Come over to Sint-Niklaas on the 10th of April! 🔴 Support iBookBinding! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Pledges start with only $1 / €1 / £1 per month. This time on Bookish Talk, we discuss the upcoming Boekbindbeurs België with Tanja Rakic from the Dutch seller of all sorts of bookish stuff Boektotaal. They have picked up the bookbinding fair in Sint-Niklaas from the previous organizer late in 2019 but haven't had a chance to run it since. So that's the first time for them and the 24th time for the Belgian fair! Please come over to Sint-Niklaas on the 10th of April if you are anywhere near. And even if not, while most of the visitors come from Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and the UK, there always are people coming from even further away! Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In3bjdZxWec Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Fair's website: https://www.boekbindbeurs.nl/en/content/sint-niklaas Boektotaal: https://www.boektotaal.nl/en/ 00:00 – Beginning 00:38 – How Boektotaal (store for bookbinders in Steenwijk, The Netherlands) become the organizer of the Bookbinders' Fair in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium 02:35 – Stepan's tour around Fair (April 2019) 06:06 – What is planned at the Fair this year? 07:25 – How many sellers would normally participate, and how many participants are expected this year? 08:26 – How long is the Fair, and how many people usually come? 10:03 – Boektotaal's representation at the Fair 10:40 – Who else will participate? Some names 13:03 – What was it like – organizing a Fair like this? 16:16 – The future plans for Boektotaal, a workshop for students in The Netherlands
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