Book making as an art form: exploring the boundaries

For the last episode of Season 2, of Book Making as an Art Form , before the summer break, I speak with Jordi de Vetten, co-founder of Bring Your Own Book, a collective behind one of Amsterdam's independent book fairs. Since 2021, together with Susu Lee, Augustinas Milkus, and Lies Kelder, the collective has organised book fairs and publishing projects that create space for collaboration, expe...

In this episode of Book Making as an Art Form, I speak with Jeremy Jansen , a graphic designer based in Haarlem working across book design, exhibition design, and visual identities for cultural institutions. Alongside his design practice, Jeremy has taught at ArtEZ for over a decade, focusing on image authorship and storytelling through found materials. His work often moves between designing and e...

In this episode of Book Making as an Art Form , I speak with Jochem Öfner, Director of Printing at Drukkerij Raddraaier , an Amsterdam-based printing house with roots in activist print culture. Founded in the late 1970s during the Dutch squatting movement, Drukkerij Raddraaier emerged from a network of independent print shops producing books, posters, pamphlets, and political materials when mainst...

“ The first moment you actually hold it in your hands… the smell of the printer ink comes out, and that’s a unique moment in the history of an object coming to life. When it’s first being opened, it reveals itself. ” In this episode of Book Making as an Art Form , I speak with Minke Vos , publisher of ArtEZ Press at ArtEZ University of the Arts. For over 20 years, Minke has been working within the...

Welcome back to the podcast! In this episode, opening season 2 of Book Making as an Art Form, I speak with graphic designer and publisher Remco van Bladel about books, systems, and cultural memory. From growing up around a record shop and punk music, to co-founding Onomatopee and Archival Consciousness, Remco reflects on collaboration, the relationship between music and typography, and how publish...

In this last episode of Season 1 of Book Making as an Art Form: exploring the boundaries, I sit down with Michaël Snitker , Amsterdam-based graphic designer working across books, visual identities, and exhibitions for cultural institutions. Michaël’s practice blends clarity and complexity, modernist traditions and experimentation. Besides commissioned work, he initiates research projects and desig...

In this episode of Book making as an art form: exploring the boundaries , I sit down with Caleb Cain Marcus , creative director of Luminosity Lab , a Brooklyn-based design studio. He is known for making books that are not just objects but experiences . Shaped by a childhood in the mountains of Colorado and a background in poetry, photography, and printing, Caleb shares his reflections on: Looking...

In this episode of Book Making as an Art Form: Exploring the Boundaries , I sit down with Eleonoor Jap Sam , founder of Jap Sam Books a publishing house where books are treated as slow, living objects. With over two decades of experience, Eleonoor shares her reflections on: • Curiosity as the heart of being • The invisible care behind every book • Sustainability, budgets, and creative freedom • Ba...

In this new chapter of Book Making as an Art Form: exploring the boundaries , we sit down with Jesse Muller, founder of Jesse Presse , to explore the invisible care that keeps the art book world alive. Jesse is a distributor, editor, and writer who connects independent publishers with readers, bookshops, and museums across the Netherlands and Belgium. With nearly 20 years of experience, she reflec...

In this season finale, before the summer break of Book Making as an Art Form , we sit down with Bruno Devos . Bruno is publisher, cultural diplomat, and founder of Hopper & Fuchs to explore the poetic and practical realities of independent publishing. With over 30 years of experience, Bruno shares his journey from working in a print shop to traveling the world with a suitcase full of artist bo...

In this warm and generous conversation, we meet the duo behind Team Thursday: Loes van Esch and Simone Trum. Their collaborative studio in Rotterdam has shaped many precise typographic identities and books in the cultural field. From shared kitchen table experiments to moving into a church with fellow creatives, Loes and Simone reflect on: How their friendship evolved into a 12-year-long design pa...

In this rich and intimate conversation, we sit down with lithographer Marc Gijzen, whose invisible hand has shaped many beautiful photography and art books in the Netherlands and worldwide. From the smell of ink to the subtle art of collaboration, Marc shares: How exposure to visual culture in his childhood opened the way for his lifetime profession; He explains how essential teamwork is in bookma...

In this episode of Book Making as an Art Form , I sit down with Jhen Chen, director of Limestone Books - a small but visionary art bookshop in Maastricht that’s redefining what publishing spaces can be. We explore how Limestone began as an idea among friends and grew into a community-led hub that resists traditional publishing norms. Jhen shares: Limestone Books: from concept to community hub Radi...

We are kicking things off with the amazing Nina Glockner - an artist, educator, publisher, and somatic practitioner based in Amsterdam. Nina’s work is all about performative and collaborative processes, and in 2015, she founded n.k.g. publications, a platform that treats books as "space-time-containers." Instead of just documenting art, her publications unfold hidden and ephemeral aspects of creat...