Stitching and Binding

AS Product Design: Graphics

Stitching and Binding

• Saddle-wire stitching• Side-wire stitching• Perfect binding• Hard-bound or case-bound• Spiral or comb binding

Saddle-wire stitching

• A means of binding pages together by driving staples though the centerfold

• Many magazines and newsletters are bound by saddle-stitching

Side-wire stitching

• Similar to saddle-wire stitching• A means of joining pages together by driving

staples through the cover of a publication along the binding edge.

Perfect binding• A means of binding utilising an adhesive to

hold pages together.• Also known as adhesive binding• Publications bound by perfect binding include

paperback books, telephone books, catalogs, and magazines.

Hard-bound or case-bound

• A means of binding pages together involving sewing

• Used for hardcover books

Spiral or comb binding• A metal coil is fed through the edges of pre-

holed paper/board• For creating documents, reports,

presentations and proposals• can open flat on a desk or table and offer 360

degree rotation for easy note taking

Task

• Produce a revision sheet for a process.• It must include:– A description of the process– Application / uses– Advantages– Disadvantages

– Relate it to paper and board

1. Saddle-wire stitching2. Side-wire stitching3. Perfect binding4. Hard-bound or case-

bound5. Spiral or comb

binding