The Salvage Press (est. 2012) is the imprint of artist and designer Jamie Murphy. Graduating from The History of Art & Design and Visual Communication (NCAD, 2006), he spent several years working on his own and with the studios of others before completing his MA in Design (NCAD, 2012). Following this he moved to the UK where he worked with Justin Knopp at the newly established letterpress workshop, Typoretum. Returning to Ireland he worked as an understudy to master printer Seán Sills in Distillers Press at the National College of Art & Design. He began as Designer in Residence there in 2013 before being appointed in 2015 where his focus is on typographic research and experimentation. Jamie collaborates with artists from diverse disciplines producing book projects which give particular attention to concept, materials and fine printing. He has been invited to exhibit, lecture, and discuss his work broadly. These award winning books reside in private, public and institutional collections across the globe.
Awards and Commendations
International Society of Typographic Designers (2024)
Irish Creative Advertising and Design Awards (Dublin, 2019, 2021, 2024)
100 Archive of Irish Graphic Design (Dublin, 2012—2023)
Institute of Designers in Ireland (Dublin, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020)
The One Show (New York, 2020)
D&AD Awards (London, 2020)
Epica Awards (Paris, 2019)
Clio Awards (New York, 2019)
Cannes Lions (Cannes, 2019)
The Type Directors Club (New York, 2018)
The Fine Press Book Association (Oxford, 2015, 2018)
The British Book Design & Production Awards (London, 2017)
The Irish Print Awards (Dublin, 2013)
The Royal Dublin Society Print Award (Dublin, 2012)
The National University of Ireland Art & Design Prize (Dublin, 2012)
Collaborators
Bebe Ashley (author)
Daniel Ayiotis (author)
Aideen Barry (artist)
Elize de Beer (bookbinder)
Frances Breen (calligrapher)
Simon Brett (wood engraver)
Kimberly Campanello (author)
Andrew Carpenter (scholar)
Steve Cole (scholar)
Lucy Collins (scholar)
Scott Cameron (woodletter producer)
Ruairi Conaty (film-maker)
Guy Cresswell (assistant)
Dorothy Cross (artist)
Elize de Beer (bookbinder)
Tom Duffy (bookbinder)
James Earley (artist)
Elizabeth Ellis (printer)
Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi (author)
Martina Evans (author)
Brian Fitzgerald (printmaker)
John FitzGerald (author)
Anne Fogarty (scholar)
Conor Foran (assistant)
Louise Gaffney (suminagashi marbler)
Rainer Gerstenberg (type founder)
Mike Gibbs (paper-maker)
Nick Gill (type-founder)
Rich Gilligan (photographer)
Stanley Gontarski (scholar)
Roger Grech (bookbinder)
Lisa Griffith (scholar)
Seán Hewitt (author)
Kate Holland (bookbinder)
Jordan Huysmanns (assistant)
Craig Jensen (bookbinder)
Nithy Kasa (author)
Victoria Kennefick (author)
Justin Knopp (printer)
Pavels Lavrinovics (assistant)
Jemma Lewis (paper marbler)
Aifric Mac Aodha (author)
Brian Maguire (artist)
Alice Maher (artist)
David Marshall (printer)
Ellen Martin Friel (assistant)
Phelim McGovern (assistant)
Niamh McNally (assistant)
Jordan McQuaid (printer)
Paul Muldoon (author)
Laura Murphy (compositor)
Annemarie Ní Churreáin (author)
Doireann Ní Ghríofa (author)
Suzannah O’Reilly (printmaker)
David O'Kane (artist)
Sarah O'Neill (assistant)
Tim O'Neill (calligrapher)
Max Phillips (type designer)
Mary Plunkett (printer)
Robert Pratley (printer)
Padraig Regan (author)
David Rooney (illustrator)
Louis Scully (assistant)
Stephen Sexton (author)
Madison Shackel-York (illustrator)
Lauren Shannon O'Brien (assistant)
Sean Sills (printer)
Michael Simpson (assistant)
John Slade (artist)
Mikah Smillie (assistant)
Michael Smith (author)
Gerard Smyth (author)
Haein Song (bookbinder)
Eleanor Swan (ceramicist)
Bobby Tannam (type designer)
Colm Tóibín (author)
Donald Teskey (artist)
Jessica Traynor (author)
Velké Losiny Mill (paper-makers)
Rachel Ward-Sale (bookbinder)
Barbara Wilson (hand photo-printer)
Neil Winter (type-founder)
Dimitra Xidous (author)
Collections
Domestic:
Antrim Library
Áras an Uchtarán, Dublin
Armagh City Library
Bank Of Ireland, Dublin
Belfast Central Library
Carlow County Library
Cavan County Library
Clare County Library
Cork City Library
Cork County Library
Crawford Gallery of Art, Cork
Derry Central Library
Derry County Library
Donegal Library
Down County Library
Dublin City Library
Dublin City University
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Library
Edward Worth Library, Dublin
Fermanagh County Library
Fingal Library
Galway County Library
Glucksman, Cork
Health Service Executive, Dublin
Keough-Naughton Institute, Dublin
Kerry County Library
Kildare County Library
Kilkenny County Library
Laois County Library
Leitrim County Library
Limerick County Library
Linen Hall Library, Belfast
Longford County Library
Louth County Library
Marsh’s Library, Dublin
Maynooth University
Mayo County Library
Meath County Library
Monaghan County Library
National Irish Visual Arts Library, Dublin
National Print Museum, Dublin
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
National Library of Ireland, Dublin
National University of Ireland, Dublin
National University of Ireland, Galway
Offaly County Library
Office of An Taoiseach, Dublin
Office of The Minister of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Office of The Minister for Further & Higher Education
Roscommon County Library
Sligo County Library
South Dublin Library
Technical University of Dublin
Tipperary County Library
Trinity College, Dublin
Tyrone County Library
Ulster University, Belfast
University College, Dublin
University College, Cork
University of Limerick
Queens University, Belfast
Waterford County Library
Westmeath County Library
Wexford County Library
Wicklow County Library
Overseas:
Arizona State University, Temple
Auburn University, Alabama
BIMA, Washington
Boston Athenaeum
Boston College
Boston University
Cardiff University
Codex Foundation, California
Columbia University, NYC
Emory University, Atlanta
Florida State University, Tallahassee
Georgetown University, Washington
Grolier Club, New York
Harry Ransom Centre, Austin
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Indiana University, Bloomington
Letterform Archive, San Francisco
London Centre for Book Arts
Library of Congress, Washington
Linda Hall Library, Kansas City
Mills College, Oakland
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
New York University, NYC
Newberry Library, Chicago
Northwestern University, Chicago
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University, New Jersey
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
San Francisco Centre for the Book
San Francisco Public Library
Smith College, Massachusetts
Stanford University, California
Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania
Texas A&M University, College Station
The Bodleian Library, Oxford
The British Library, London
The Getty Research Institute, California
The Typographic Hub, Birmingham
Tufts University, Boston
University at Buffalo, New York
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Cambridge
University of Chicago
University of East Anglia, Norwich
University of Manchester
University of Miami
University of North Carolina
University of Notre Dame
University of Otago, Dunedin
Washington University in St. Louis
Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg
Yale University, Connecticut