MAZZOTTI BOOKS is an independent bookbinding and printing studio situated in East London, owned and run by Manuel Mazzotti.
He is a bookbinder, designer, artist and trained engineer who uses his diverse knowledge to create limited edition books, prints, book prototypes and presentation boxes.
His passion for bookbinding and printing has led him to collaborate with a wide variety of clients from independent artists to architectural firms and publishing companies.
During the past few years he has been awarded with the 1st prize at the International Bookbinding Competition 2019 organised by Society Of Bookbinders, the Maureen Duke Award in bookbinding and the prestigious QEST (Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust) scholarship in bookbinding and paper.
The studio’s primary aim is to be a platform for research into contemporary bookbinding, challenging preconceived ideas about what a book should look like and what materials should be used. Second to this the studio promotes the book as an object of art in its own right, facilitating discussions and developing tools to share bookbinding and printing knowledge in order to create an innovative, and more in-depth, approach to storytelling in a physical format.
Moreover MAZZOTTI BOOKS seeks to bridge the gap between a traditional bindery and a publishing company, highlighting the variety of possible solutions for limited editions books.
The studio’s work has been shown in multiple museums and exhibitions both nationally (UK) and internationally and it is also part of permanent museum and library collections like Stanford Libraries, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Tate Library, The British Library, London College of Fashion and National Poetry Library.
Selected Clients
Anya Hindmarch Joanna Piotrowska Saatchi & Saatchi Syplh Editions
Bookworks John Sandoe Books Sam Winston V&A
David Chipperfield Architects Jonny Briggs Santoni
Disney UK LCC Sézane
Faber Futures Liberty London Shezad Dawood
Hormazd Narielwalla Nancy Campbell Su Blackwell
Imperial College London Royal College of Art Suki Chan
