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  • Talking Tents
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    Talking Tents

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    Namelok (Kaj van Boheemen, Wiegert Ambagts)

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    Architecture / Design / Theory / Upcoming / Urbanism

    ISBN 978-94-93329-88-1
    Price € 39.95
    Editor & compilation Namelok (Kaj van Boheemen, Wiegert Ambagts)
    Text, research and conversations Kaj van Boheemen
    Conversation partners Yussef Agbo-Ola, Hilde Heynen, Sandi Hilal, Anna-Maria Meister, Johannes Offerhaus, Alessandro Petti, Jane Rendell, Sumayya Vally
    Concept development Wiegert Ambagts, Léa Alapi
    Critical reader Imke van Hellemondt
    Proofreading Michael Meert, Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Design Tariq Heijboer
    Printer t.b.d.
    Number of pages  160
    Book size 17 x 24 cm
    Printer t.b.d.
    Binding softcover singer stitched
    Language English 
    Release date Winter 2026/Spring 2027
    Publisher Jap Sam Books

    Made possible by the Creative Industries Fund NL, Municipality of Rotterdam — Cultural Project Grant, J.E. Jurriaanse Stichting and the many supporters of the crowdfunding campaign on voordekunst.nl


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  • The Rise and Fall of the Tablecloth
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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

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    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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  • Looking forward to meeting you. Portraits of Unknown Women
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    Looking forward to meeting you. Portraits of Unknown Women

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    Looking forward to meeting you. Portraits of Unknown Women

    Curated by Anouk Stoffels

    Anouk Stoffels

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    Art / Design / Photography / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-86-7
    Price € 29.50
    Editor & compilation Anouk Stoffels
    Additional texts Carlien Lammers, Alies Pegtel, Anouk Stoffels, Daphne Voormolen, Joke de Wolf
    Final editor Eleonoor Jap Sam 
    Translation Michael Meert
    Design Anouk Stoffels
    Printing ORO Grafisch Projectmanagement
    Number of pages +544 
    Book size 14 x 18.5 cm 
    Binding hardcover
    Language English / Dutch
    Release date Autumn / Winter 2026
    Publisher Jap Sam Books

    Made possible with the support of the Jaap Harten Fonds, De Mastboom-Brosens Stichting, Gravin van Bylandt Stichting, De Gijselaar-Hintzenfonds, crowdfunding voordekunst (129 donors, het Cultuurfonds/Leve het Geven).

    Credit: The portraits reproduced here are details of complete portraits.
    Cover portraits: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Museum van Bommel van Dam Venlo, Frans Hals Museum Haarlem, Stedelijk Museum Breda, Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, Fries Museum Leeuwarden, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, Marlene Dumas.

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  • This Is Nooo Crème Brûlée. Preta Wolzak
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    This Is Nooo Crème Brûlée. Preta Wolzak

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    This Is Nooo Crème Brûlée. Preta Wolzak

    Eleonoor Jap Sam, Preta Wolzak [eds.]

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    Art / Monographs / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-84-3
    Price € 45.00
    Artist Preta Wolzak
    Editors & compilation Eleonoor Jap Sam, Preta Wolzak
    Texts Joke de Wolf, Preta Wolzak
    Final editor Eleonoor Jap Sam 
    Translation t.b.d.
    Design inedition (Eva van der Schans)
    Photography Thijs Wolzak
    Lithography t.b.d.
    Printing t.b.d.
    Binding  t.b.d.
    Number of pages  approx. 200+
    Book size 24 x 31 cm 
    Binding softcover 
    Language English 
    Release date Spring (March) 2027
    Publisher Jap Sam Books

    Made possible with the support of the Mondriaan Fund, Jaap Harten Fonds, crowdfunding via Voordekunst/matchfunding het Cultuurfonds


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  • Evening Drawings. Pero Puljiz
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    Evening Drawings. Pero Puljiz

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    Evening Drawings. Pero Puljiz

    Ernst van Raaphorst [ed.]

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    Architecture / Art / Artist books / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-83-6
    Price € 24.50
    Author & drawings Pero Puljiz
    Editor Ernst van Raaphorst
    Interview Theo Deutinger
    Final editor Eleonoor Jap Sam 
    Design Ernst van Raaphorst
    Printing & binding  Damen Drukkers
    Number of pages  256
    Book size 16.8 x 21 cm 
    Binding hardcover 
    Language English
    Release date Autumn 2026
    Publisher Jap Sam Books
    Partner de Architekten Cie.
    The publication is made possible by de Architekten Cie.

     

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  • Hidden Order. Maarten Greve
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    Hidden Order. Maarten Greve

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    Hidden Order. Maarten Greve

    Tato Greve [ed.]

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    Art / Artist books / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-82-9
    Price € 39.95
    Artist Maarten Greve
    Compilation & editor Tato Greve
    Texts Dominic van den Boogerd, Maarten Greve, Tato Greve
    Translation Laura Watkinson
    Proofreading Sarah de Bisschop, Helena de Bouver, Anniek Brattinga, Stella Greve
    Design Tato Greve
    Lithography Maud Ebbers, Abel Minee
    Printing & binding Wilco Art Books
    Number of pages 368 + 8 pages cover
    Book size  17 x 24 cm
    Binding softcover
    Language English / Dutch
    Release date Autumn 2026
    Publisher Jap Sam Books

    Made possible with the support of the Heij Konijn Fonds, Jaap Harten Fonds, Cultuurfonds Gelderland, and crowdfunding via voordekunst

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  • Playing Constant
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    Playing Constant

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    Playing Constant

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    Architecture / Art / Design / Fashion / Photography / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-70-6
    Price €35.00
    Compilation & editors Zippora Elders, Kim van der Horst, Eleonoor Jap Sam, Our Polite Society
    Contributors Zippora Elders, Kim van der Horst, Hanne Hagenaars, Selma Selman, Constant Nieuwenhuys, Floris Alkemade, Jonas Staal, Christophe van Gerrewey, Jan Postma, Thomas Hogeling, Simone Zeefuik, Fiep Bodegem, Mia Lodder, Krien Clevis, Our Polite Society, Sam Samiee, Puck Verkade, Antonis Pittas, Arna Ma čkić, Jaya Pelupessy, Trudy van der Horst
    Translation Robert van de Walle
    Copy editing & proofreading Jasmine Carder, Zippora Elders, Kim van der Horst, Eleonoor Jap Sam, Mia Lodder, Robert van de Walle
    Design Our Polite Society
    Printer t.b.d.
    Number of pages 208
    Book size  17 x 24 cm
    Binding softcover
    Language English 
    Release date Spring 2026
    Publisher Jap Sam Books
    Partner Fondation Constant

    Made possible by Jaap Harten Fonds, Mondriaan Fonds, Fondation Constant

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  • Bernard Bijvoet (1889-1979) into the Spotlights
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    Bernard Bijvoet (1889-1979) into the Spotlights

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    Architecture / Theory / Upcoming / Urbanism

    ISBN 978-94-93329-69-0
    Price € 39.95
    Authors Jan Molema, Suzy Leemans
    Foreword Kenneth Frampton
    Translation Jan Molema, team ehjs
    Copy editors Jasmine Carder,  Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Design Studio Maud van Rossum
    Printer t.b.d
    Number of pages  416
    Book size 17 x 24 cm
    Binding hardcover
    Language English
    Release date Spring 2026
    Publisher Jap Sam Books


    Made possible with the support of the Jaap Harten Fonds, Jan Molema, Vantilt, private sponsors, and various architectural firms.

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  • Mothers of Matter
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    Mothers of Matter

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    Mothers of Matter

     

    Shonali Shetty

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    Architecture / Art / Theory / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-64-5
    Price € 27.50
    Author & compilation Shonali Shetty
    Design Leonora Bakker
    Number of pages  approx. 200
    Book size 14.8 x 21 cm
    Printer t.b.d.
    Binding softcover
    Language English 
    Release date Autumn / Winter 2026
    Publisher Jap Sam Books



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  • Means to a beginning
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    Means to a beginning

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    Means to a beginning

    Mark Pimlott

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    Architecture / Theory / Upcoming / Urbanism

    ISBN 978-94-93329-58-4
    Price € 37.50
    Author & compilation Mark Pimlott
    Final editor Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Design SJG / Joost Grootens, Julie da Silva Lenoir
    Number of pages  328
    Book size 17 x 24 cm
    Printer t.b.d.
    Binding softcover
    Language English 
    Release date Winter 2026/Spring 2027
    Publisher Jap Sam Books

    Made possible by the Creative Industries Fund NL.


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  • Offset print Amanda Gorman Astraal 2024
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    Offset print Amanda Gorman Astraal 2024

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    Offset print Amanda Gorman Astraal 2024

    Kees de Goede

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    Art / Special editions & prints / Upcoming

    Price €285,-
    Title Amanda Gorman Astraal 2024, 41,5 x 56,5 cm, de Volkskrant, 22 januari 2021
    Special Signed, numbered and dated edition of 100
    Shipping Can only be collected in the Netherlands
    Size 41,5 x 56,5 cm
    Artist Kees de Goede
    Print Two-sided print, offset at drukkerij robstolk®
    Frame with museum glass, L' Encadreur, Amsterdam 
    Release date May 22, 2024


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  • Vistas of Modernity [Revised new edition]
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    Vistas of Modernity [Revised new edition]

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    decolonial aesthesis and the end of the contemporary

    Rolando Vázquez

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    Art / Bookazines / Series / Theory / Upcoming

    ISBN 978-94-93329-30-0 
    Price €19.50
    Author Rolando Vázquez
    Editor Rosa te Velde
    Foreword Gloria Wekker
    Epilogue Walter Mignolo
    Translation foreword Irene de Craen
    Final editing Carmen Muskee, Mirjam Beerman (original texts), Eleonoor Jap Sam (revised edition)
    Proofreading Irene de Craen, Angela Jerardi, Eleonoor Jap Sam
    Graphic designer Stout/Kramer (overall design), revised ed. i.c.w. Montse Hernández i Sala
    Printer ORO Grafisch Projectmanagement
    Number of pages approx. 208
    Book size 12.4 x 18.6 cm
    Binding Hardcover
    Publisher Jap Sam Books
    Release date Fall 2026

    You are viewing the new revised edition of Vistas of Modernity, published by Jap Sam Books. This edition includes a new foreword (by Gloria Wekker) and epilogue (by Walter Mignolo).

    The first (2020) and second (2021) prints of Vistas of Modernity were commissioned and published by Mondriaan Fund with Jap Sam Books as publishing partner. Edited by Rosa te Velde, with a foreword by Eelco van der Lingen (Director Mondriaan Fund). Translation of the foreword by Mari Shields. Final editing by Mirjam Beerman and Carmen Muskee. Printed by Zwaan Printmedia.

    This previous edition with ISBN 978-90-76936-53-6 is not available anymore. For more information: Mondriaan Fonds

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