This book, containing Folkert de Jong’s oeuvre, was designed in just two weeks. Two weeks! There are around 1500 images in the book, selected from an archive of 150,000 images. Where other books are “verzorgd” in the spirit of meticulously design, Ministry of Fear/Foam is chaotic. Instead of loading images into a selected few grids it seems image placement was done randomly, and the effect is very charming. You never know what to expect when you turn a page in this book.
Ministry of Fear/Foam
Edition: 2023
Date of publication: January 2023
Language: Dutch, English
Translator: Jonathan Beaton, Anne Elshof, DEEPL translator
Image editor: 75B
Photographer: Aatjan Renders, Jannes Linders, Tineke Boer, Delphine Courtillot, Robbert Roos, Gert Jan van Rooij, Benoit Cattiaux, Maxime Dufour, Sander Foederer, Ben Nienhuis
Artist: Folkert de Jong
Publisher: Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort
Graphic designer: 75B (Rotterdam)
Printer: Drukkerij Tripiti, Rotterdam
Binder: Hoogendijk, Gouda
Size book block (w x h x d in mm): 240 x 325, x 19 mm
Number of pages: 240
Price: € 35
ISBN: 9789490153373
Font and foundry: Goudy Old Style, 1915 & Minion Pro
Binding style: Sewn softcover with flaps
Paper for interior (grammage): 100gsm Munken Polar Rough, Arctic Paper
Material cover (grammage): 290gsm Crescendo, Papyrus
Special features: Iris fluorescent printing (interior and cover); inks were mixed by 75B during the printing process so every book is unique in its colors.