Further Reading (Journal)

Further Reading Print No.4: Learning Within, Learning Without (Modes of Design Enquiry) The fourth iteration looks into modes of learning not limited to pedagogical practices within formal design educational institutions, but also within communities and society at large. to spotlight self-organised, sporadic, spontaneous, and informal educational initiatives within the realm of creative practices. Though these initiatives are not limited to design as the sole discipline, they are crucial in informing design practice in general. These initiatives are often catalysed by communities outside of the design world, such as artists, writers, researchers, academia, and others. From these convergences and intersectionalities, we observed how those initiatives gave way to the emergence of communities, discourses, artworks, objects, or even strategies. Featuring contributions from Amanda Ariawan, Andriew Budiman, Carlos Romo-Melgar, Chabib Duto Hapsoro, Czar Kristoff J.P., Filippo Sciascia, Fiorent Fernisia, Gideon Kong, Jacob Lindgren, Jeremy Sharma, Keni K. Soeriaatmadja, Limestone Books, Livian Aurel V. Purwanto, Mac Andre Arboleda, Nishkra, Prananda L. Malasan, R.A. Dita Saraswati, Reza Afisina, Rouzel Waworuntu Saad, Savira Aristi, Trevor Embury, and Virliany Rizqia Putri. 130 × 190 mm, 288 pages, paperback English, 2024/25 Edited by Januar Rianto, Almer Mikhail, Shaquille Noorman Designed by Diandra Galih — 🔗 Secure your copy early through #FRKiosk on Tokopedia or TikTok Shop — link in bio. Alternatively, purchase via our distributors: Idea Books (@ideabooksnl ), Art Data (@artdata_london ), and Slow Burn Books (@slowburn_books ), or through our official #FRStockist. #FRPrint4

#MABF2026—We’re excited to be returning to Melbourne for the art book fair this weekend! 🪃🇦🇺 We’ll be bringing around 10 titles, including a number of new releases. Expect to find our most anticipated @serv.ingsuggestion issue 3 and the complete #FRDoubleTake series (three issues and one spin-off by @daryllwj ), alongside our first-ever psychic-inspired merchandise collection, Spiritual Further Reading, created in close collaboration with graphic designer Adi Marshal (@marshalnaut ). We’ll also have some of our classic titles available, including Further Reading Print (both No.3 and No.4 are making a comeback!) and our zine series. 🔮📚 At the stall, our publisher Januar will be joined by our collaborator Thy (we’re cooking something together for next year! 👀), as well as Tom, a student from the University of Melbourne, both of whom are enthusiastic about design and publications. If you’re in town, come say hi or hang out at our stall—we hope to see you around! 👋 — Further Reading at #MABF2026 🗓 Fri–Sun, 15–17 May 2026 🕙 10:00–17:00 📍 @ngvmelbourne , 180 St Kilda Rd 💵 Cash, PayPal, and PayID preferred — Special thanks to our friends Scott, Kai, Zenobia, Risang, and Egga for their generosity and support in helping make this happen once again.

#YKABF2026—We’re excited to participate in @ykartbookfair for the first time! We’re bringing a selection of our latest titles and series to Yogyakarta—Further Reading Print, Serving Suggestion, Double Take, and the Further Reading Zine Series. Alongside this, we’re also presenting #FRKiosk, featuring an assortment of publications we’ve specially curated for you, including Corners (KR), GRAPHIC/Propaganda Press (KR), Half Letter Press/Temporary Services (US), Inventory Press (US), Kayfa ta (EG), Limestone Books (NL), Mediabus (US), Mode and Mode (AU), Neutral Colors (JP), Nieves (CH), Printed Matter (US), Reliable Copy (IN), Science of the Secondary (SG), Set Margins’ (NL), Shukyu (JP), Wendy’s Subway (US), White Fungus (US), and a few others. If you’re in town, come say hi to our very own Nisa and Age! 👋 — KIOSK by Further Reading at YKABF2026 🗓 Fri–Sun, 8–10 May 2026 🕛 13:00–21:00 🏢 @langgengspace 📍 Jl. Suryodiningratan 37, Yogyakarta 💵 Cash + bank transfer preferred — KIOSK by Further Reading Press gathers a selective assortment of printed matter across architecture, art, theory, criticism, design, food, visual culture, and entertainment, and other exciting curios in a temporary physical experience—one place at a time. KIOSK dedicates itself to the dissemination and appreciation of independent publishing activities.

A Bookshop’s Souvenir- Proudly to introduce: Further Reading from Jakarta @further.reading - The concept of ”World Book(shop)“ instantly resonated with all of us. This Golden Week, mini UNFOLD is once again bringing energy to Tokyo, teaming up with 10+ invited bookshops and over 20 creative teams and artists at this cultural pop-up space in PARCO Shibuya. @parco_shibuya_official On behalf of more than a dozen independent bookstores from around the world—each defined by their own physical space, community events, publishing projects, diverse merchandise, exhibitions, book fairs, curation, and the power to connect people. mini UNFOLD Tokyo II 書店小物たちの記憶 A Bookshop’s Souvenirs 10 + Worldwide Bookshops, 20+ Exhibitors 2026.4.29 (Wed.) - 2026.5.10 (Sun.) PARCO Shibuya 1F DAIROKKAN POP UP Space Open to public 11:00-21:00 Organized by @shanghaiartbookfair @bananafishbooks @sakumotto #unfoldartbookfair #bookshopsouvenior #worldbookshop #unfold #parcoshibuya

#FRKiosk—Following a pause between 2024–25, we felt it was time to reintroduce our KIOSK to all of you. As a pop-up bookshop concept, KIOSK by Further Reading gathers a selective assortment of printed matter and other interesting curiosities in a temporary physical setting—one place at a time. It is dedicated to the dissemination and appreciation of small, independent publishing activities. The idea began when, as an independent publisher, we found it challenging to identify an ideal bookshop to carry our titles. We started publishing in 2019, at a time when bookshops were closing and independent publications were not as widely appreciated as they are today. A year later, the pandemic further worsened the situation. Over time, through participating in numerous art book fairs and festivals, we gradually came to understand how art and independent publications circulate and are distributed. Since 2022, we have been buying wholesale and bringing back titles from fellow independent publishers that resonate with our practice. Based on this curation, we present them collectively through KIOSK at selected shops and spaces, occasionally alongside collaborative merchandise related to the publications. To date, we have introduced independent publishing to places where it might not typically “belong”: a book club inside an actual club, Zodiac; a sensory book showcase and pop-up during the pandemic inside the gift shop Grammars; a newsstand within the vintage and consignment store Footurama; and several “shop within a shop” iterations at Toko Hands by Black Hand Gang, Ruang Dini, and Morgy Coffee. KIOSK is also a term we use to identify a shop within our practice, extending to our online presence on marketplaces such as Tokopedia. This year, in anticipation of our new website and an expanded catalogue, we plan to host another off-site KIOSK, as well as open our studio by appointment. Stay tuned, and feel free to get in touch if you are interested—or know of a suitable space. 📚👀

Esmat’s Book Recommendation ترشيحات مكتبة عصمت 📚 بنبتدي سلسلة من ترشيحات لكُتب موجودة في المكتبة عندنا✨ تقدروا تطلعوا عليها و تشتروها بنبتدي ب Serving Suggestions للناشرين: Further Reading Press من اندونسيا @further.reading ✨ @further.reading.press We are starting a series of book recommendations from our bookshop’s catalogue! You can visit our shop and buy from our carefully curated art books collection! تقدروا تزوروا المكتبة خلال مواعيد العمل و اللي بتشاركها كل اول شهر. في رمضان المواعيد كل يوم من الاتنين الخميس الساعة ١١ص حتى ٣م ما عدا يوم الاتنين بنفتح من ٨م حتى ١١م ✨تحبوا نرشح لكم كُتب عن ايه؟ ✨ العنوان: ٢٩ شارع بغداد في الكوربة، هيليوبوليس // الدور الخامس

It’s been over a year since the release of Further Reading Print No.4, titled ‘Learning Within, Learning Without: Modes of Design Enquiry’. We are grateful for the warm enthusiasm and support we have received from our readers. After the first edition travelled to countless book fairs, discussions, and launch events, we are excited to share that the second edition is now in production. 📓 In this issue, we bring together creative practitioners from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds to reflect on learning, from structured pedagogical approaches to more personal and community-centred experiences, as well as industry-led forms of learning. While it began as a discourse on design education, the book has evolved to explore learning from a more all-encompassing perspective. At its core, #FRPrint4 is a book about creative learning. It celebrates multiplicity and interdisciplinary practices that extend beyond the field of design, opening up broader conversations about how knowledge is formed and shared within the creative sphere. With the second edition on the way, we look forward to bringing these voices and perspectives back into circulation. Stay tuned for updates on the reprint! — Further Reading Print No.4 is distributed internationally via Idea Books (@ideabooksnl ) for the rest of the world; Art Data (@artdata_london ) for the UK; Slow Burn Books (@slowburn_books ) for Australia and New Zealand; or directly from us for Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia—as well as through our official #FRStockists. — Images courtesy of Further Reading and Trim & Fold

Further Reading featured in The Jakarta Post! 🇮🇩 Back in 2022, we shared a bit of the story behind Further Reading with The Jakarta Post’s Anindito Ariwandono—from our early online days in 2017 to taking print into our own hands with risograph, and showing up at art book fairs around the world since 2019. What started as a simple design-related reading reference project on this platform has since grown into who we are today: a multi-format publishing initiative with a strong independent mindset, rooted in print and community. Grateful to everyone who has read, shared, believed in, and supported what we do along the way. 🔗 Link in bio to read the full feature.

Next Sunday, March 8th, from 2:30pm–8pm, join @further.reading.press (Bandung, Indonesia) for a zine-making workshop and community dinner at Ulises, co-organized with @gesyada and in collaboration with @gapuraphilly . This program activates @serv.ingsuggestion , one of Further Reading’s publication series, featured in Ulises: Reassembly—a magazine that reads culture through food, serving up stories and perspectives on how we connect with what we consume. Part 1 (2.30–4.30pm): A zine-making workshop with Pemuda Gapura to map stories from our favorite Indonesian food spots in Philly and archive “auntie-approved” recipes adapted with local ingredients. Part 2 (6–8pm): A conversation over food and break-fasting (iftar) in the style of liwetan—an Indonesian-style communal feast of rice and shared sides served on long banana leaves. The dinner is opened by a cultural performance by @moderocompany . The meal is prepared and assembled by @pecelndeso.usa and co-hosted by Philadelphia Cultural Treasures Fellow @sintastorms , sharing stories about Indonesian food culture in Philly. **Capacity is limited. Please only RSVP if you are committed to attending. Links for both programs in our bio. Images courtesy of Further Reading and Gapura Philly

Part 1 of our long-overdue 2025 recap, before February ends. ✌️😌 Last year turned out to be a busy one for us. We counted over 40 programmes and events, alongside our regular art book fair participations. Here are a few highlights—images are chronological; the text is not. 📚 Our editor–publisher Januar served as a jury member for #LAABF2025 (shared in an earlier post) and Keuken Sunday Funday 2025. We were also invited as the inaugural host exhibitor of TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR, where we shared a table with Betweenia Project, and brought our regular #FRRisoRoom travelling exhibition to Jakarta and Bali. 🥷 We launched and presented our first co-publishing, translation, and adaptation project with Edition Taube—Cari Cara Curi Buku/How to Shoplift Books by David Horvitz—alongside Ibrahim Soetomo, hosted by Zarani Risjad. 💬 Along the way, #FRKiosk popped up at Blue Doors Melbourne, and Reading at RAD programme in Bali, followed by talks and discussions at National Gallery of Victoria, Ubud Open Studios, Ruang Arta Derau, Bunga Zine Fest, and Tos! Yogyakarta, alongside Scott, Nikki, Thy, Zeny, Agugn, Puti, Gilang, Wicitra, Juli, Andra, Ika, Trotter Tales, Zine Zan Zun, Nia, and Pras. 👨🏻‍🎨 We also supported our long-time collaborator, artist Krishnamurti Suparka on his solo exhibition Menempa Udara di Jeda Lembaga—developing the exhibition identity (with Each Other Company), sharing our Riso facility to produce parts of his artworks, and printing the exhibition newsprint—plus a few lovely studio visits to Dennis and Zenobia’s, and Glom Press in the Melbourne suburbs. More recap in Part 2. — Grateful for the opportunities and generous collaborations. We are excited for the projects, programmes, and partnerships ahead this year—and to open our Bandung studio and KIOSK by appointment during regular studio hours. — Images courtesy of Further Reading, Studio 22nya, Keuken, Ubud Open Studios, RAD, Bunga Zine Fest, and Tos!

#IABF2026—Day three at @indexartbookfair 🇲🇽 We’re bringing an almost complete selection of our titles and series to CDMX—Further Reading Print, Serving Suggestion, Double Take, and the Further Reading Zine Series—including back issues (some in very limited quantities). We’re also carrying #GRAPHIC51: Art Book Fair Now, a magazine we recently had the pleasure of contributing to. Presenting these series together allows us to trace how each publication has evolved over time, and to share our editorial approach and the subjects we continue to care deeply about: design, food culture, creative writing, and contemporary art, read through broader critical discourses from Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and the Global South. — Further Reading at #IABF2026 🗓 Thu–Sun, 15–18 January 2026 🕛 Thu, 16:00–22:00 🕚 Fri–Sat, 11:00–20:00 🕚 Sun, 11:00–18:00 🏢 @kurimanzutto 📍 Gob. Rafael Rebollar 94, San Miguel Chapultepec 💵 Cash + PayPal preferred If you’re in town, come say hi—or tag along for some impromptu taco plans 👋🌮

#IABF2026—We’ve arrived in Mexico City after over 40 hours of travel, marking our first time at @indexartbookfair ! 🇲🇽 We’re bringing an almost complete selection of our titles and series to CDMX—Further Reading Print, Serving Suggestion, Double Take, and the Further Reading Zine Series—including back issues (some in very limited quantities). We’re also carrying #GRAPHIC51: Art Book Fair Now, a magazine we recently had the pleasure of contributing to. Presenting these series together allows us to trace how each publication has evolved over time, and to share our editorial approach and the subjects we continue to care deeply about: design, food culture, creative writing, and contemporary art, read through broader critical discourses from Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and the Global South. — Further Reading at #IABF2026 🗓 Thu–Sun, 15–18 January 2026 🕛 Thu, 16:00–22:00 🕚 Fri–Sat, 11:00–20:00 🕚 Sun, 11:00–18:00 🏢 @kurimanzutto 📍 Gob. Rafael Rebollar 94, San Miguel Chapultepec 💵 Cash + PayPal preferred If you’re in town, come say hi—or tag along for some impromptu taco plans 👋🌮 — Special thanks to our friends at @craterinvertido , especially Joz and Juan, for the generosity and support while we’re here.