Looking through the design workshop yesterday I discovered a book I made nearly twenty years ago. It reminded me how grateful I am to one of my mentors, the bookbinder Michael O’Brien, a man of enormous talent, insight and good humour, and without a doubt the most eccentric person I’ve ever met. I met Michael in 1994, just before he moved his workshop from Auckland to the South Island. One of the books he was working on was for a European art collector, to mount his Picasso drawings. This was a revelatory experience for me. Do people like this exist? Do they pay thousands of dollars for books? To View More >>

2012 has been a busy year for us and we’ve been listening to your feedback along the way. We’ve made some big and exciting changes to our album categories that will simplify and streamline our products and make working with us as simple as possible. Visit our website to explore the updated product pages for yourself, and read on for an overview of our updated categories, some pretty tasty price reductions, and a few other goodies we think you’ll like. Changes to album categories: People have fallen in love with our “press albums” (the product and the price!) but we’ve wanted to add To View More >>

Nathalie & Emmanuel were married earlier this year at Dune du pyla in Arcachon, France. They were photographed by David Cardoso of Davidone Photography. Nathalie's dress was made by French couturier Laurent Kapelski. They also had a very cool 'day after' shoot where they could really relax and have fun with a little "trash the dress" style! Take a look at a few layouts from their Duo Pagemount 10x10 album. David also teamed up with Dolly Production to create a really beautiful film of this album. Take a look at the video below. To see more of David's work, click here. Enjoy! Anna To View More >>

Cathy and Nicolas were married in Saint-Genies-de-Fontedit, southern France on the 23th July 2011. They were photographed by Romain Negre. Here's what Romain had to say about their wedding day. "Today, thanks to Cathy and Nicolas, I discovered a new feeling… Shivering… You had me shivering several times while crying tears of joy and I can only be grateful for those magic moments spent with you! It is for these moments of sharing that I love wedding photography." Their day was romantic and full of love and happiness - take a look at a few layouts from their 18x10H Duo Pagemount album To View More >>

That's a question we've been asked a few times, and the answer is different for Press Books and Press Albums. Books are inherently more affordable than albums – although as the saying goes you can really pimp your ride with Queensberry’s Press Books: translucents, art papers, leather covers, Mayu cases, the works. In fact it’s surprised (and gratified) us a bit how many of you have gone for the upmarket options. On the other hand, with Press Albums the challenge was two-fold: to offer something you couldn’t get with our classic albums (art papers in particular) and to strike a dramatically To View More >>