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English-language books · Fiction · Ideas
The Spui gives you plenty to look at. Save some attention for the shelves. American Book Center brings English-language reading into the middle of Amsterdam, from fiction to books for your working life. Start with a familiar subject; leave room for an unfamiliar voice.
A familiar subject first. Then an unfamiliar voice.
Spui 12, 1012 XA Amsterdam, Netherlands
Literature · Magazines · International reading
A magazine can change your mind about what a page can do. At Athenaeum, the bookshop and newsstand make neighboring cases for sustained reading and a quick visual discovery. Give the covers a look. Then get past them.
The newsstand and the bookshop share a wall. Give the covers a look. Then get past them.
Spui 14, 1012 XA Amsterdam, Netherlands
Artists’ books · Design · Theory
A small door, a useful change of scale. San Serriffe works with artists’ books, design, literature and theory. Our detour is for anyone who has stopped noticing the shape of a book: here, its form can be part of its argument.
Sint Annenstraat 30, 1012 HE Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Corporate Artist: The Art of Working Beautifully is Morgan Sage Norman’s book about bringing your creative self to everyday work. It explores how the roles we play, the conversations we have and the decisions we make can become creative practice.
Find your copy ↗Try Every Role Has a Medium (Your Craft) for a different way to look at what you do.
Or turn to Nothing Is Wasted and Rightsizing Importance. Begin with the title that catches you.