Holland Paper Biennial foundation / books about paper
 Every other year since 1996, an extraordinary bilingual book (English / Dutch) about paper has been published. This series contains the catalogues of the international Holland Paper Biennial exhibitions, as well as editorial parts about the history of paper.
Each book is a real collector’s item for those with a passion for paper; all the books contain articles about unusual kinds of paper, special binding methods and of course lots of samples of handmade and industrial paper, as used by the artists commissioned by the event. Both the exhibitions and the books are an initiative of the Holland Paper Biennial foundation.

Pure Paper 2008

Pure Paper (2008) is a special collection of nine booklets in a printed honeycomb cardboard sheath.The coloured paper dust jackets have been produced using special foils. Paper samples by artists have been glued into a small folder that can also be found in the sheath.

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Paper at Flight 2006
Nominated for the European Design Awards 2007

One of the many special features of this book is formed by its five dust jackets, in which envelopes containing real treasures of paper can be found.

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Spirit of Paper 2004
Best Verzorgde Boeken 2005
This publication features a signature consisting of handmade paper from Korea, Nepal and Japan, and including a few pages of edible paper. Part of the book has been printed on paper that was especially manufactured.

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Timeless Paper 2002
Nominated for the Dutch Design Awards 2003

This book’s cover contains a pop-up on the inside. The textblock is divided in tabs, so that each artist’s paper sample is instantly visible.
Enclosed in the book is a pair of 3D glasses, to view a number of special photographs.

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Water and Paper 2000
Best Verzorgde Boeken 2001
The cover of this book is made of industrial felt, which is used in paper factories to strain wet pulp. All the paper throughout the textblock has been especially designed and fabricated with its own ‘papermermaid’ watermark.

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Fire and Paper 1998

This book gets its rough character from unprocessed sulfate board, which normally sits invisibly within the cover of any hardback edition.
When opening the book you will find a minuscule sample booklet in a hole that has been punched through the catalogue part of the book.

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Tactile Paper 1996

As the very first Paper Biennial book, this publication has a Japanese binding method, whereby the (double) pages are folded inwards and the spine has been stitched on instead of glued. Several different shapes have been punched into the textblock, into which paper samples have been glued.

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