About DB

Officers

President: Stephen Conway
Having served a five-year apprenticeship, Stephen worked at the Scolar Press fine bindery, Ilkley and Smith Settle, Otley, before establishing his own business in 1985.

He currently runs a small bindery in Halifax, West Yorkshire, working mainly on private press editions, presentation work, commissions and design binding. Recently, he has been involved with a major collaboration to bind the Highgrove Florigelium for HRH Prince Charles.

In 1998 Stephen won the Designer Bookbinders Silver medal, was elected Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2000 and President in 2011.

His design bindings are housed in private collections and institutions worldwide, including The British Library and The National Library of Scotland.

Secretary: Wendy Hood
Wendy studied Fashion and Textiles at Bristol Polytechnic and worked in London for several years as a clothes designer for a leading High Street store. On moving to Bath she established a small business designing and making a range of nursery and home products which she sells through shops and online.

Treasurer: Jack London
Details coming soon.

Executive Committee 2011-2013

Stephen Conway (President and Chair)
Eri Funazaki (Fellow)
Flora Ginn (Fellow)
Peter Jones (Fellow)
Julia Dummett (Associate)
Annette Friedrich (Licentiate)
Jeanette Koch (Licentiate)
Clare Prince (Associate)