New Surface Research focuses on the artworks, giving them space and significance, while the design adapts. The designer applies the weaving technique used by the artist to the object itself, by weaving black and white pages together, which creates an additional surface on the side of the book, emphasized by a fish mouth binding. The sequence of pages also indicates the front and back of the artworks, bringing an additional dimension to the design. The index is smartly hidden in the cover, allowing works to speak for themselves, while also covering the binding. The weight of the book, the quality of the lithography, and the thoughtful design decisions come together to create a beautiful object.
New Surface Research
Edition: 2024
Date of publication: November 2024
Language: English
Translator: Nina Woodson, Kasper Andreasen
Final editor: Nina Woodson
Image editor: Henri Jacobs, Yuri Sato
Artist: Henri Jacobs
Publisher: Roma Publications, Amsterdam
Graphic designer: Yuri (Sato), Roger (Willems)
Lithographer: Wilco Art Books, Amersfoort
Printer: Wilco Art Books, Amersfoort
Binder: Agia, Amsterdam
Size book block (w x h x d in mm): 210 × 297 x 22
Number of pages: 328
Print run: 800
Price: € 45
ISBN: 9789464460698
Font and foundry: Akzidenz Grotesk BQ (Berthold Type Foundry)
Binding style: Centre stitching using black thread
Paper for interior (grammage): 80gsm BIO TOP 3®, Igepa
Material cover (grammage): 300gsm BIO TOP 3®, Igepa
Special features: Cover and interior printed in CMYK; not trimmed evenly on the cut (concave block, ‘fish mouth’); 8 pages (leporello) cover (plano 840 x 297 mm) folded around the spine, centre stitching is not visible; highly regular distribution of bled-off and non-bled-off printed pages, creating a striped ‘spekkoek’ effect on the edges
Awards: Honorary Appreciation, Die Schönste Bücher aus aller Welt, 2025