Last Friday list of winners of this year’s Designer Bookbinders Annual Competition was announced. Most of the names are familiar to those following the competition through the years.
This year’s ‘Set Book’ was 1984 by George Orwell. Competition is open to any residents of the UK and Fellows of Designer Bookbinders.
2015 Winners
The Mansfield Medal for Best Book in the Competition
The Mansfield Medal for Best Book in the Competition and the Folio Society Prize for Best Set Book (1st) — Luke Hornus. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
The Mansfield Medal for Best Book in the Competition and the Folio Society Prize for Best Set Book (1st) — Luke Hornus. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
Folio Society Prize for the Set Book (2nd) — Clare Bryan. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
Folio Society Prize for the Set Book (2nd) — Clare Bryan. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
The Clothworkers’ Prize for Open Choice Book (1st) — Kaori Maki. The Texture of the Universe by Henry & Thomas Vaughan. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
The Clothworkers’ Prize for Open Choice Book (2nd) — Pamela Richmond. Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
The Sally Lou Smith Prize for Forwarding — Ben Elbel. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
Prize for Finishing given by St Bride Foundation — Kaori Maki. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
Arthur Johnson Prize (Judged by Bernard Middleton) — Ann Tout. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
The Ash Rare Books Lettering Award — Daniel Wray. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
The J. Hewit & Sons Prize — Kaori Maki. Princes and Castles – the Legacy of Thirteenth Century Wales by J. Beverley Smith. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
The Harmatan Leather Ltd. Prize — Patrick Gibbins. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
The Judge’s Award (donated by Maggs Bros.) — Sarah Ruddick. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
The Shepherds Prize for Book Arts — Miranda Kemp. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
Four Highly Commended Certificates (given by Antiquarian Booksellers Association)
Highly Commended Certificate (given by The Antiquarian Booksellers Association) — Bec Britain. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
Highly Commended Certificate (given by The Antiquarian Booksellers Association) — Andrew Brown. Herdwick: A Portrait of Lakeland by Ian Lawson. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
Highly Commended Certificate (given by The Antiquarian Booksellers Association) — Adelene Koh. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
Highly Commended Certificate (given by The Antiquarian Booksellers Association) — Glenn Malkin. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Photo by Designer Bookbinders
I’d like to congratulate all the winners and give my respect to all the participants of the competition. At the same time I want to particularly note three people: Clare Bryan, Patrick Gibbins and Sarah Ruddick have won the Designer Bookbinders prize for the first time (Sarah Ruddick have received a Highly Commended Certificate last year).
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