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  • How To Make Sculpture Move
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    How To Make Sculpture Move

    Ruta Butkute (art) Emily Kocken (text)

    €30.00

    Art / Artist books

    ISBN 978-94-92852-58-8
    Price € 30.00
    Art Ruta Butkute
    Text Emily Kocken
    Graphic design Eva van der Schans
    Printer die Keure
    Number of pages 112
    Book size 21 x 27.5cm
    Binding Softcover
    Language English 
    Release date July 2022
    Publisher Jap Sam Books, and made possible with the support of the Mondriaan Fund, Jaap Harten Fonds, Tijl Fonds/Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst  

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  • As One.  Wanderings. Lex ter Braak
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    As One. Wanderings. Lex ter Braak

    Lex ter Braak

    €49.00

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    Art / Artist books / Landscape | Nature / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-63-8
    Price € 49.00
    Concept / artist Lex ter Braak
    Compilation & editors Lex ter Braak, Eleonoor Jap Sam, Roosje Klap
    Texts Lex ter Braak
    Translation Michael Meert
    Final editor Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Design ARK (Roosje Klap, Loes Claessens)
    Image editing Lex ter Braak, Eleonoor Jap Sam, Roosje Klap, Loes Claessens
    Audio book(NL)Huib Haye van der Werf
    Lithography Alex Feenstra
    Scannen photos Romy Finke
    Printing Damen Drukkers
    Number of pages 424
    Book size  21 x 27.5 cm
    Binding softcover
    Language English / Dutch
    Release date January/February 2026
    Publisher Jap Sam Books

    Made possible with the support of the Mondriaan Fund, Jaap Harten Fonds, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie

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  • Ground & Figure, Figure & Ground. Marien Schouten
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    Art / Artist books / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-62-1
    Price € 65.00
    Concept / artist Marien Schouten
    Texts Hans Janssen, Ulrich Loock, Ernst van Alphen, Marien Schouten
    Translation Beth O’ Brien, Ruth Koenig, Shaun Whiteside
    Text editing & proofreading Ruth Hodgings, Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Photography Hogers/ Versluys, Roland Aellig, GertJan van Rooij, Marien Schouten, Jannes Linders, Fotostudio Paul Mellaart VOF
    Design Marien Schouten, with helpful advise of Roos Theuws, Alix Chauvet, Robin Uleman, Esther Krop, Peter Foolen
    Dtp Edward de Nijs, Jacqueline Heijmerink, Alix Chauvet
    Image editing & lithography Edward de Nijs, Marieke van Delft 
    Digitalising analogue photos Hans Bol
    Computer Generated drawing JanDirk Schouten
    Printing robstolk ® Amsterdam
    Production coordination Marien Klaui
    Binding Van Mierlo, Nijmegen
    Number of pages 312
    Book size  24 x 31 cm
    Binding hardcover
    Language English 
    Release date October 2025
    Publisher Jap Sam Books

    Made possible with the support of the Mondriaan Fund, Jaap Harten Fonds, EKWC

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  • Temporary Terrain. Marie Reintjes
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    Temporary Terrain. Marie Reintjes

    Marie Reintjes

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    Art / Artist books / Awarded / Landscape | Nature / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-61-4
    Price € 20,00
    Concept / artist Marie Reintjes
    Texts Inge Pollet, Mirjam Westen
    Editor Mirjam Westen
    Copy editing Mirjam Westen, Eleonoor Jap Sam, Marie Reintjes
    Translation Jean Tee
    Design Arthur Roeloffzen
    Photography Robin Speijer, Peter Lipton
    Number of pages 128
    Book size 26 x 36 cm
    Binding Softcover
    Language English / Dutch
    Printer t.b.d.
    Release date January 2026
    Publisher Jap Sam Books 
    Partner Sieger White Stichting / het Cultuurfonds

    This publication is published on the occasion of the granting of the Sieger White Award to Marie Reintjes in 2024 and of her solo exhibition at Gallery Vriend van Bavink in Amsterdam.

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  • Digital Dust and Other Stories. Noor Nuyten
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    Art / Artist books / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-33-1
    Price € 29.50
    Concept / artist Noor Nuyten
    Text Marian Cousijn
    Compilation & editing Noor Nuyten, Marian Cousijn, Eleonoor Jap Sam, Chantal Hendriksen
    Translation Robert van de Walle
    Image editors Noor Nuyten, Marian Cousijn, Chantal Hendriksen
    Final editing Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Design Studio Hendriksen
    Lithography, printing robstolk ® Amsterdam
    Binding Boekbinderij Abbringh
    Number of pages 280
    Book size  11.8 x 18 cm
    Binding hardcover
    Language English 
    Release date Fall / Winter 2025
    Publisher Jap Sam Books

    Made possible with the support of Mondriaan Fund, Jaap Harten Fonds, het Cultuurfonds, Stichting Niemeijer Fonds, Upstream Gallery Amsterdam

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  • Among Houses and the Cosmos. Koštana Banović
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    Art / Artist books / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-38-6
    Price € 35.00
    Concept / artist Koštana Banović
    Editing & compilation Koštana Banović, Eleonoor Jap Sam, Temra Pavlović, Esther de Vries
    Texts Koštana Banović, Temra Pavlović, Ana Sladojević, Lisette Smits, Bart Rutten
    Translation Robert van de Walle 
    Design Esther de Vries
    Copy-editing & proofreading Jasmine Carder
    Final editor Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Image editing Koštana Banović, Esther de Vries
    Lithography Alex Feenstra
    Printing NPN Printing 
    Binding Boekbinderij IBW
    Number of pages 376
    Book size 17 x 23.3 cm
    Binding Softcover 
    Language English 
    Release date November 2025
    Publisher Jap Sam Books

    Made possible with the support of Boellaard Fonds, Mondriaan Fund, Jaap Harten Fonds, Centraal Museum, Cultuurfonds Provincie Utrecht 

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  • Good Over Evil | Eveline Visser
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    Good Over Evil | Eveline Visser

    Or the Desire to Create Heaven on Earth

    Eveline Visser

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    Art / Artist books / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-59-1
    Price € 49.00
    Concept / artist Eveline Visser
    Texts Sandra Smets, Fransje Hooimeijer, Diana Weis, Geurt Franzen, Piet de Jonge, Michel van Adrichem
    Translation Sonia Anaya
    Design Steffen Maas
    Final editor Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Lithography t.b.d. 
    Printing NPN Printing 
    Number of pages 320
    Book size  22 x 31 cm
    Binding Hardcover 
    Language English 
    Release date December 2025
    Publisher Jap Sam Books
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    Made possible with the support of Mondriaan Fund, Jaap Harten Fonds, and with the cooperation of Chabot Museum Rotterdam, Brutus

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  • Doppelgänger. Esper Postma
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    Doppelgänger. Esper Postma

    Esper Postma

    €38.00

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    Architecture / Art / Artist books / Theory / Upcoming / Urbanism

    ISBN 978-94-93329-45-4
    Price € 38.00
    Editor & compilation Esper Postma 
    Texts Philipp Oswalt, Jasmijn Visser, Esper Postma 
    Translation Mitch Cohen, Esper Postma
    Copy editing Aaron Bogart
    Proofreading Aaron Bogart, Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Design Mainstudio (Edwin van Gelder)
    Lithography Alex Feenstra
    Printing & binding ORO Grafisch Projectmanagement
    Number of pages 2 x 128 
    Book size 17 x 24 cm
    Binding Hardcover - two volumes bound together in one cover
    Language English 
    Release date Winter 2025 / Spring 2026
    Publisher Jap Sam Books

    Made possible with the support of Mondriaan Fund, Jaap Harten Fonds

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  • Dreaming of Dreams. Maurice Bogaert
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    Dreaming of Dreams. Maurice Bogaert

    Maurice Bogaert

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    Architecture / Art / Artist books / Film / video / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-57-7
    Price € 35.-
    Concept / artist Maurice Bogaert
    Text Maurice Bogaert
    Translation t.b.d
    Final editing Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Design Mainstudio (Edwin van Gelder)
    Lithography, printing & binding t.b.d
    Number of pages t.b.d  
    Book size  16 x 23.2 cm
    Binding Softcover 
    Language English 
    Release date January 2026
    Publisher Jap Sam Books

    Made possible with the support of Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam Fonds voor de  Kunst, Jaap Harten Fonds, and crowdfunding via Voordekunst. 

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  • A Shift of Identity
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    A Shift of Identity

    Visuals of Migrant Women. Situating the Archive Through a Contemporary Lens

    Sarojini Lewis

    €35.00

    Art / Artist books / New titles / Photography / Theory

    ISBN 978-94-93329-55-3
    Price € 35,-
    Artist/Author Sarojini Lewis
    Final editing Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Proofreading Jasmine Carder
    Image editing Sarojini Lewis, Edwin van Gelder
    Design Mainstudio (Edwin van Gelder, Ludwig Galla, Moritz Eggman)
    Lithography Alex Feenstra
    Printing & binding ORO Grafisch Projectmanagement
    Number of pages 532
    Book size  17.x 23 cm
    Binding Softcover, open spine
    Language English 
    Release date September 2025
    Publisher Jap Sam Books

    Made possible with the support of Mondriaan Fonds, Jaap Harten Fonds, het Cultuurfonds

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  • Terrestrials Belts / Aardgordels - Karin van Dam
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    Art / Artist books / New titles

    ISBN 978-94-93329-40-9
    Price € 39.95
    Concept / artist Karin van Dam
    Text Lucette ter Borg
    Translation Marie Louise Schoondergang
    Final editing Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Proofreading Jasmine Carder
    Design -Syb-
    Photography Adriaan van Dam, Tom Haartsen, Anne Breel, Peter Cox, Hans Wilschut, Ernst Moritz, Catherine Brossais, Anke Teunisen, Gerlinde Schrijver
    Lithography, printing & binding NPN Printing
    Number of pages 208   
    Book size  21 x 27 cm
    Binding Softcover 
    Language English | Dutch
    Release date September 2025
    Publisher Jap Sam Books

    Made possible with the support of Mondriaan Fund, Jaap Harten Fonds 

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  • CON ANIMA. Hans van der Ham
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    CON ANIMA. Hans van der Ham

    Hans van der Ham, Eleonoor Jap Sam, Monique Tolk [Eds.]

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    Art / Artist books / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-48-5
    Price € 35.-
    Artist Hans van der Ham
    Editing & compilation Hans van der Ham, Eleonoor Jap Sam, Monique Tolk
    Texts Lucette ter Borg, Hans van der Ham, Monique Tolk
    Translation Kate Eaton
    Final editing Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Image editing Hans van der Ham, Monique Tolk, PutGootink
    Design PutGootink
    Photography Studio Goedewaagen Fotografie
    Lithography BFC, Bert F.C. van der Horst
    Printing & binding ORO Grafisch Projectmanagement
    Number of pages 200
    Book size 21 x 29.7 cm
    Binding Softcover 
    Language English | Dutch
    Release date Fall 2025
    Publisher Jap Sam Books

    Made possible with the support of the Mondriaan Fund, Jaap Harten Fonds, Denise van de Velde, Robert Knoester

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