Date and Time
- Saturday, Apr 4, 2026 11am - 12pm
Location
The American Bookbinders Museum
355 Clementina St, San Francisco, CA
Details
Do you wonder how fine presses design each book? Drawing from a selection of Suntup Editions publications as case studies, Paul Suntup and Art Director Rebecca Dornsife will discuss how a book design moves from early concepts to a finished edition. They’ll discuss how materials, binding structures, binding designs and illustrations are chosen, and how ideas evolve through testing and revision.
Gain a practical understanding of how a book moves from concept to finished edition and learn how key design and binding decisions are made along the way. See how Suntup Editions’ multiple states, or bindings for the same text, are developed with distinct design intentions. You’ll see examples of design concepts originating from the text and evolving through mock-ups, and prototypes, and understand the considerations for choosing materials and binding structures for each edition.
