Podcast for those who create, shape, and believe in books as a powerful medium.

Recorded live at Huis van het Boek during a public event, this podcast is a love letter to the world of art books.

Each episode celebrates the people who bring books to life with their hands, hearts, and ideas.

❤️ Sponsored by Huis van het Boek, Van Heek Textiles, Marc Gijzen, Luminosity Lab, n.k.g. pubications, Susan Michlovitz, Jeremy Jansen ❤️

Founder and moderator:
Justina Nekrašaitė, The Book Photographer
Identity & graphic design: Thom Niessink 
Audio editing and music: Drexhage Media | Jasper Drexhage
Venue: Huis van het Boek, Den Haag
Supported: Mondriaan fonds


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Season 1

Events

Join our next recording session

with Jesse Presse

28th September,
14:00 - 15:00.

Admission free.


Huis van het Boek, Den Haag

  • Ep. 1 Nina Glockner. Beyond boundaries: publishing as art, collaboration, and transformation

    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."

    Press Play: Episode 1

  • Ep. 2 Reimagining the bookshop with Jhen Chen of Limestone Books.

    Limestone Books: from concept to community hub;
    Radical experimentation in art publishing: what does It really mean?
    The power of local: why Limestone Books prints locally;

    Press play: Episode 2

  • Ep. 3 Invisible hands, visible impact: the craft of lithography with Marc Gijzen

    How essential teamwork is in bookmaking;
    The story of printing full-color on black paper a dream project come true;

    Press play: Episode 3

  • Ep. 4 From Thursdays to churches: Team Thursday on space, typography, and togetherness

    How their friendship evolved into a 12-year-long design partnership;
    The joys and frictions of working as a duo - and why 'just keep going' became a guiding principle;
    Their views on lingering, and why sometimes it’s more efficient not to be efficient;

    Press play: Episode 4

  • Ep. 5 Holding space, building bridges: Bruno Devos on the art of publishing


    Why is a book a home;
    The invisible labour of bookmaking;
    The blurred lines between publishing, curating, and care;
    The fragility (and urgency) of the art book ecosystem;

    Press play: Episode 5

  • Ep. 6 with Jesse Presse recording 28th September

  • Ep. 7 with Jap Sam Books recording in October

  • Ep. 8 with Luminosity Lab recording in November

  • Ep. 9 with Michaël Snitker recording in December

Supported by

Supported by

Mondriaan Fonds

Mondriaan Fonds