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Last Friday, on November 3rd the monograph Jan van de Pavert. Collected Works, a richly illustrated body of work covering the artist's oeuvre of the past years launched in the garden room of the Centraal Museum in Utrecht. 

Stitch Your Brain is a long-term study into the intelligence of the hand by artist and former medical doctor Monika Auch. The book reflects the results of the empirical study Auh worked on for the past decade about the importance of creating with your hands in our digital age and the effects of slow creation on neuro cognitive learning, health, and well-being.

Fugitive Archives was launched first in Johannesburg at the end of last month, followed by a launch in London and now on October 19th at CCA bookstore in Montréal, QC, Canada.

The Best Dutch Book Designs 2022 exhibition will be on view at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, including including multiple Jap Sam Books publications! The exhibition will also be on view until December 31st at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

Role of Play: New Games, New Chances. A Future Perspective on Play in Society offers a refreshing take on modern game design and play. Author Ben Schouten will be present at the Frankfurter Buchmesse to launch his brand new publication on October 18th!

Diana Scherer's latest book will launch on September 30th during the exhibition opening of the large solo exhibition Farming Textiles in Museum Kranenburgh in Bergen that will run from October 1st to March 2024.

We recently asked The Book Photographer to photograph Blind Date with the Future by Stefanie Zoche / Haubitz + Zoche, below you can find the beautiful results! This book is an artistic reflection on climate crisis and scarce resources in the age of the Anthropocene, with a great design by COCCU Studio (Christian Lange).

As we speak, The Best Dutch Book Designs 2021 are on display in an exhibition at the Shanghai Art Book Fair 2023, and closer to home at GRID Groningen! Our publication Rollable Ramblings. Koen Taselaar is part of these special exhibitions. Published by Jap Sam Books, initiated by Block C Groningen, design by Team Thursday, and Printed by Zwaan Lenoir.