About Jap Sam Books
About Jap Sam Books
Jap Sam Books is an independent Dutch publishing house specializing in architecture, art, philosophy, design and theory.
Jap Sam Books has been established to reflect, connect and respond to developments in these fields, by bringing out a range of critical and reflective books for an international audience.
The books that we publish are not only educational and inspirational, but also very beautifully designed, and all produced in close collaboration with our contributors.
Eleonoor Jap Sam (1968) studied Design & Communications at INHOLLAND in Rotterdam, and Art History at the University of Leiden. From 1998 until 2002 she was the director of DOCOMOMO International, an international network in 45 countries for the documentation and preservation of the architecture and urbanism of the Modern Movement and the co-editor of the DOCOMOMO Journal. In 2002 she was one of the co-founders of episode publishers vof, independent publishers of books on art, culture, architecture and science in Rotterdam. Since 2009 she also works as an advisor for the Mondriaan Foundation in the Netherlands.
New books
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iA#3 - Interactive ArchitectureKas Oosterhuis, Xin Xia, Owen Slootweg [eds]
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How to tell a story of my fatherKeiko Sato
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Power?... To Which People?!Jonas Staal, and trans. and ed. Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei
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Macht?... Aan welk volk?!Jonas Staal, and trans. and ed. Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei
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OpTrek in Transvaal. Over de rol van publieke kunst in de stedelijke ontwikkeling. Interventies en onderzoekVeronica Hekking, Sabrina Lindemann, Annechien Meier [eds]
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De Wereld op Zuid. Bouwen aan een brede schoolTheo Kupers, Eleonoor Jap Sam, Jannes Linders [eds]
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Woorden als dadenHenk Oosterling
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Architectuur bedrijven | Enterprising ArchitectureJohanna Gunther [ed.]
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The Red SnowballIneke Gudmundsson, Annelie Musters, Tineke Reijnders, Els Nieuwenhuis [eds.]
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Hier | Here - Frank HalmansRobbert Roos, Nils van Beek, Philip Peters, Tom van den Berge
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Moderniteit in een behoudende omgeving / Modernity in a conservative environmentJan Molema, SuzyLeemans
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Post-PropagandaJonas Staal
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Here | Hier. Frank HalmansRobbert Roos, Nils van Beek, Philip Peters, Tom van den Berge
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HUISBOOMFEESTWapke Feenstra
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In passingMark Pimlott
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Maria HeesLotte Menkman, Joep Sterman, Threes Moolhuysen-Coenders and Maria Hees
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The Panda People and Other Works | Henrik VibskovHannah Heilmann, Pernil Taagaard Dinesen
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SOURCE 05 - Designing Global ChoicesLouise Schouwenberg [ed.]