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Bookbinder

Benjamin Elbel

Ben Elbel (French, 1983) is a bookbinder, boxmaker and bookbinding researcher based in Haarlem, Netherlands.

He has a background in illustration and trained as a bookbinder at the ‘Centro del bel libro’ in Ascona (Switzerland), and at the bench of various fine bookbinding firms in Germany and England.

Ben’s studio (started 2012) provides services to an international clientele and aims at creating contemporary looking work executed at the highest possible standards. 

Ben has a passion for the engineering side of bookbinding, and has developed many original structures and processes.

Around 2014 he launched the ‘Bookbinding out of the box’ project, with the goal of fostering innovation in bookbinding, by providing resources, education and challenges to fellow bookbinders world wide. 

Ben can be found on instagram at @bookbindingoutofthebox. His websites are elbel-libro.com and bookbindingoutofthebox.com