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  • The Living Surface - Second edition
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    The Living Surface - Second edition

    An alternative biology book on stains by Lizan Freijsen

    Lizan Freijsen, Ed van Hinte, Hanneke Gelderblom

    €32.00

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    Art / Awarded / Design

    ISBN

    978-94-90322-77-9

    Graphic design

    Studio Renate Boere

    Number of pages

    248

    Book size 

    23.2 x 30 cm

    Binding

    Softcover

    English / Dutch / French

    First edition (2017) published with support of the Creative Industries Fund NL & crowdfunding voordekunst.nl. Revised second edition released 2019.

    BEST DUTCH BOOK DESIGN 2017, EUROPEAN DESIGN AWARD 2018 (BRONS), INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARD 2018 (SHORTLIST), GERMAN DESIGN AWARD 2019 GOLD
    For more information about the artist: www.lizanfreijsen.com
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  • The Panda People and Other Works | Henrik Vibskov
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    The Panda People and Other Works | Henrik Vibskov

    Hannah Heilmann, Pernil Taagaard Dinesen

    €27.00

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    Art / Design / Fashion

    ISBN

    978-94-90322-15-1

    Graphic designer

    Alastair Wiper & Henrik Vibskov

    Number of pages

    50

    Book size

    21 x 29,7 cm

    Binding

    Hardcover

    Date of release: March 2010

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  • The Rise and Fall of the Tablecloth
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    The Rise and Fall of the Tablecloth

    Musing on a Textile

    Thomas A P Van Leeuwen

    €28.00

    This product is not yet available for order. Contact us to pre-order: info@japsambooks.nl

    Architecture / Art / Design / Theory / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-87-4
    Price € 28.00
    Author Thomas A P Van Leeuwen 
    Editor Helen Ibbitson Jessup
    Final editing Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Design Joseph Plateau Grafisch Ontwerpers / Eliane Beyer
    Printing t.b.d.
    Number of pages 120 
    Book size 17 x 23.5 cm
    Binding hardcover
    Language English
    Printer t.b.d
    Release date Autumn / Winter 206
    Imprint publisher Les Éditions du Malentendu, www.malentendueditions.nl

    Les Éditions du Malentendu is an imprint of Jap Sam Books. The Foundation 'Les Éditions du Malentendu' publishes studies in the field of art and culture that are of an outspoken artistic and scholarly inspiration, but for which no immediate commercial interest is offered. Yet the work should be of such global urgency that the world is thrilled with expectation.

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  • The World as Project
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    The World as Project

    A Political Theory of Design

    Friedrich von Borries

    €15.00

    Awarded / Design / Theory

    ISBN

    978-94-92852-23-6

    Graphic designer

    Ingo Offermanns

    Number of pages

    48

    Book size

    210 x 303 mm

    Binding

    Softcover - Stitch binding (Singer)

    English

    Translation: Ian Pepper. Proofreading: Aaron Bogart, Eleonoor Jap Sam. Printed by Graphius, Belgium.

    This publication has been made possible with the support of HFBK Hamburg. www.hfbk-hamburg.de/en/

    Date of release: May 2020. First edition in English. Previously published in German as Weltenwerfen: Eine politische Designtheorie, Suhrkamp, Berlin 2016.

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  • Tju|ho
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    Tju|ho

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    Tju|ho

    Thoughtful ways of making and walking / ǂ’Ang Jansin sa o tci Du kota Nǂhaoh

    Catherine Willems, Festus Soroab, Anca Ușurelu [eds.]

    €29.95

    Art / Design / Fashion / New titles / Theory

    ISBN 978-94-93329-42-3
    Price € 29,95
    Editors Catherine Willems, Festus Soroab, Anca Ușurelu
    Text contributions Flora Blommaert, Andreas Muronga, Fransina Ghauz, Cguni Rebecca Komtsa, Catherine Willems, Dori Tunstall, ǂOma ǀKunta, ǀKunta Boo, Festus Soroab, Megan Biesele, Nina Maritz, Bob Hitchcock, Kileni Fernando, Erasmus !Nani, |Koce Ghau
    Photography Komsta Kashe, N!haokxa Tsamkxao, |Kun Kunta, David Willems, Kristiaan D’Août, Willem Vrey, Chadia Guerti, Marcel Lennartz, 400 seats
    Drawings Phillemon Ngeni, Andreas Muronga Nina Maritz Daqm Debe, Fillipus Shikomba
    Translation |Ai!ae Fridrick |Kunta, Cwi Charlie Nqeisji
    Design Marcel Lennartz
    Printing & binding Graphius
    Numbers of pages 252
    Book size 17 x 24 cm
    Language English / Ju|'hoan
    Release date October 2025 (preview  in Africa April 2025)
    Publisher Jap Sam Books
    Publishing partner KASK & Conservatorium (HOGENT-Howest) and Future Footwear Foundation

    Made possible with the support of KASK & Conservatorium (HOGENT - Howest) Affiliated with the research cluster 'the body plural'. 

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  • WIJ ZIJN NATUUR
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    WIJ ZIJN NATUUR

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    WIJ ZIJN NATUUR

    Singer Laren

    €39.95

    Art / Design / Landscape | Nature / New titles / Photography

    ISBN 978-94-93329-39-3
    Price € 39,95
    Authors Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld, Jan Rudolph de Lorm, Bram Steenhuisen, Matthijs Schouten, Edo Dijksterhuis
    Image editing Nanine van Smoorenburg
    Art director & curator Maarten Spruijt + technical partner Felipe Gonzales Cabezas
    Final editing Fusien Bijl de Vroe, Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Design Loes Claessens
    Lithography Alex Feenstra
    Number of pages 164
    Book size 22.5 x 30.5 cm 
    Printer Tuijtel 
    Binding softcover
    Language Dutch
    Release date May 2025
    Publisher Jap Sam Books
    Partner Singer Laren

    PUBLISHED IN A DUTCH EDITION ONLY

    This publication was published on the occasion of the exhibition WIJ ZIJN NATUUR at Singer Laren, Laren, (22 May 31 August 2025)

    Made possible by Singer Laren, Gifted Art

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