{"title":"Mazzotti Books","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eMAZZOTTI BOOKS is an independent bookbinding and printing studio situated in East London, owned and run by Manuel Mazzotti.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eHe is a bookbinder, designer, artist and trained engineer who uses his diverse knowledge to create limited edition books, prints, book prototypes and presentation boxes.\u003cbr\u003eHis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eDuring 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eMoreover 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe 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 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Getty Museum, Smithsonian Institution, The Library of Congress, Stanford Libraries, Princeton University Library, Tate Library, The British Library and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalpoetrylibrary.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNational Poetry Library\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/collections\/mazzotti-books.oembed","provider":"Setanta Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}