Book making as an art form: exploring the boundaries
Book making as an art form: exploring the boundaries
Podcast Description
Book making as an art form is 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 - where creativity, craft, and dedication meet. Hosted by The Book Photographer and curator Justina Nekrašaitė, each episode celebrates the people who bring books to life with their hands, hearts, and ideas.
Supported by the Mondriaan Fund.
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Content Themes
The podcast delves into the intersection of art and publishing, exploring themes such as collaborative processes in art books and the transformative power of bookmaking. For example, the first episode focuses on Nina Glockner's innovative approach to publications that act as 'space-time-containers,' expanding the experience of art beyond traditional pages.
Book making as an art form is for those who create, shape, and believe in books as a powerful medium.
Recorded live with a public event, this podcast is a love letter to the world of art books – where creativity, craft, and dedication meet.
Hosted by The Book Photographer and curator Justina Nekrašaitė, each episode celebrates the people who bring books to life with their hands, hearts, and ideas.
Season 2 supported by Pictoright, Het Cultuurfonds, and many big-hearted individuals via Voordekunst.
Season 1 supported by The Mondriaan Fonds.
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 editing, building new narratives from archives, fragments, and existing imagery. In 2023, he also co-founded Blind Finch Books, a publishing house dedicated to photography-related projects.
In our conversation, Jeremy reflects on finding his own way into books without growing up surrounded by them, how film editing continues to shape his design process, and why intuition often plays a central role in making books.
Together, we spoke about:
- Building concepts from found materials and existing archives
- How rhythm, sequencing, and editing influence book design
- Teaching image authorship and storytelling at ArtEZ
- Google-scanned library books and unexpected beginnings in publishing
- Why books do not need to feel perfect to feel alive
Tune in now for a conversation on intuition, image-making, teaching, and constructing books through rhythm, fragments, and storytelling.
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Produced and hosted by Justina Nekrašaitė | The Book Photographer
Audio productions: Drexhage Media | Jasper Drexhage
Design: Thom Niessink
Recorded at Stedelijk Museum Library
Communication & promotion: Chana Levy
❤️ Season 2 is supported by Pictoright, Het Cultuurfonds and many big-hearted individuals via Voordekunst.
With particular appreciation to our principal supporters:
Ruth Higgins, Luminosity Lab, Eleonoor Jap Sam / Jap Sam Books, Silvia Robertelli, Wilco Art Books Amersfoort, and Marc Gijzen.
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