Design

Take Three: Craft bookbinders who are bringing a special kind of magic to the written word

There’s something truly exceptional about a handmade book. These traditional bookbinders champion the process

Thomas Duffy, a fourth generation bookbinder and proprietor of Duffy Bookbinders on Seville Place, Dublin 1

Duffy Bookbinders, Seville Place, Dublin 1

“Even in this digital age people still want the feel of a book in their hands,” says Thomas Duffy, a fourth generation bookbinder and proprietor of Duffy Bookbinders on Seville Place, Dublin 1. It was founded over a century ago by Paddy Duffy, a participant in the 1916 Rising, and Thomas says that little about the Duffy bookbinding process has changed in the interim. “We have always been ...