The Most Beautiful    Swiss Books Competition
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Helmhaus    private view  13.6.2025
Exhibition 1422.6. 2025
Jan Tschichold  Award
Twenty books are awarded
   at
the Most  Beautiful Swiss Books
competition  2025
Twenty books are awarded
   at
the Most  Beautiful Swiss Books
competition  2025
One book is awarded at
the Best Book Design From All Over
the World competition
Jan Tschichold  Award
The Jan Tschichold  Award 2025
   goes  to  Vela Arbutina
The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2024
Title
Simone  Keller.  Hidden Heartache

Designer(s)
  Samuel Bänziger , Rosario Florio,
 Larissa Kasper, St.Gallen

Publisher(s)
Jungle Books, St.Gallen

Printing
Ostschweiz   Druck AG, Wittenbach

 
     Bronze   medal
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The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2024
(1) (3)
Title
Parents Must  Unite + Fight
Author(s)
Camille Richert, Paris/Lyon (FR)
Designer(s)
Charles Mazé, Coline  Sunier  (CH/FR)
Paris/Marseille (FR)
Printing
Die Keure, Brugge (BE)
Publisher(s)
Tombolo  Presses, Nevers (FR)
ISBN
979-10-96155-56-9
(2) (16)
Title
Sophie  Calle. Overshare
Editor(s)
Henriette  Huldisch, Minneapolis (US)
Author
Various
Designer(s)
Julia  Born, Zürich (CH)
Printing
 Musumeci  S.p.A.,  Quart (IT)
Publisher(s)
Walker  Art Center, Minneapolis (US)
ISBN
978-1-935963-30-1
(3) (6)
Title
Sabor
Author(s)
David und Lilia  Glanzmann, Teufen (CH)
Designer(s)
Samuel  Bänziger (Bänziger Hug),  St.Gallen (CH)
Printing
Jelgavas Tipografija SIA, Jelgava, (LV)
Publisher(s)
Zeughaus  Teufen,  Teufen (CH)
ISBN
978-3-033-10860-8
(4) (13)
Title
Dutch Landscapes
Author(s)
José  Quintanar, Amsterdam (NL)
Designer(s)
Urs Lehni, Zürich (CH)
Printing
Printon AS, Tallinn (EE)
Publisher(s)
Rollo Press, Zürich (CH)
ISBN
978-3-906213-43-9
(5) (4)
Title
Au fil de la joie. Théâtre  des Marionnettes  de Genève
Editors(s)
Camille Bozonnet, Genève (CH)
Author(s)
Various
Designer
Franziska Burkhardt, Zürich (CH)
Printing
TBS, La Buona Stampa SA, Lugano-Pregassona (CH)
Publisher(s)
Éditions  La Baconnière,  Chêne-Bourg  (CH)
ISBN
978-2-88960-126-4
(6) (2)
Title
Park Seo-Bo. The  Newspaper  Ecritures 202223
Editor(s)
Honey Luard, London (UK)
Author(s)
Hans Ulrich Obrist, London (UK); Park Seo-Bo (19312023)
Mina Kim, New York (US)
Designer(s)
(Studio) Jonathan Hares , Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (CH)
Printing
Druckerei  Odermatt AG, Dallenwil (CH)
Publisher(s)
White  Cube, London (UK)
ISBN
978-1-910844-74-8
(7) (18)
Title
Editor(s)
Simone  Keller , Zürich (CH)
Author
Various
Designer
Samuel Bänziger, Rosario Florio,  Larissa Kasper, St.Gallen (CH)
Printing
Ostschweiz  Druck AG, Wittenbach (CH)
Publisher(s)
Jungle Books, St.Gallen (CH); Kulturstiftung  des Kantons
Thurgau, Frauenfeld (CH)
ISBN
978-3-033-10349-8
(8) (19)
Title
strecke records archives 1622
Editor(s)
Thibault Villard, Lausanne (CH)
Le Cric print + edition, Marly (CH)
Author(s)
Various
Designer(s)
Timo  Tiffert (dirtygraphik), Lausanne (CH)
Printing
Le Cric print + Edition, Marly (CH)
Publisher(s)
 Le Cric print + Edition, Marly (CH)
ISBN
978-2-940745-12-8
(9) (5)
Title
Pauline Julier. And So On, a Single Universe
Editor(s)
 Céline Eidenbenz, Sarah Mühlebach, Aarau (CH)
Author(s)
Various
Designer(s)
Julia  Born, Zürich (CH)
Printing
DZA Druckerei   zu Altenburg GmbH , Altenburg (DE)
Publisher(s)
 Scheidegger & Spiess, Zürich (CH)
ISBN
978-3-03942-217-3
(10) (7)
Title
The Anemone, the Clownfish and Dr. Song
Author(s)
Nico Krebs , Athens (GR)/Zürich (CH)
Song He,  Beijing (CN)/Jeddah  (SA)
Sarah Infanger, Zürich (CH)
Designer(s)
Sarah Infanger, Zürich (CH)
Printing
DZA Druckerei   zu Altenburg GmbH, Altenburg (DE)
Publisher(s)
Skinnerboox, Jesi (IT)
ISBN
978-88-94895-72-8
(11) (9)
Title
Cornbread the Legend. Graffiti in Philadelphia 19651971
Editor(s)
Maxitype, Genève (CH)
Author(s)
Darryl Cornbread  McCray, Philadelphia (US)
Designer(s)
 Maximage David Keshavjee, Paris (FR)
Julien Tavelli,  Genève (CH)
Daniel Haettenschwiller, Zürich (CH)
Printing
Printon AS, Tallinn (EE)
 Publisher
Maxitype, Genève (CH)
ISBN
978-2-9701730-4-5
(12) (10)
Title
Who  Are Godwin and Hopwood?
Exploring Tropical Architecture  in the Age of Climate Crisis
Author(s)
Ben Tosland,  London (UK)
Designer(s)
Floyd E. Schulze, Berlin (DE)
Printing
Gutenberg Beuys Feindruckerei GmbH, Langenhagen (DE)
Publisher(s)
Birkhäuser  Verlag GmbH, Basel (CH)
ISBN
978-3-0356-2668-1
(13) (12)
Title
Aisha
Author(s)
Yumna Al-Arashi Zürich (CH)
Designer(s)
 Naima Schalcher  Zürich (CH)
Printing
Mega Basim, Avcilar / Istanbul (TR)
Publisher(s)
Edition  Patrick Frey  Zürich (CH)
ISBN
978-3-907236-68-0
(14) (20)
Title
Constructive Clarity. Max Bill and His Time, 19401952
Author
Angela Thomas, Zumikon (CH)
translated from the German by Fiona Elliott, Edinburgh (UK)
Designer(s)
Sonja Zagermann, Zürich (CH)
Printing
DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg, Altenburg (DE)
Publisher(s)
Hauser & Wirth Publisher(s), Zürich (CH)
ISBN
978-3-906915-69-2
(15) (1)
Title
Colonial  Toxicity.
Rehearsing French Radioactive Architecture
 and Landscape in the Sahara
Author(s)
 Samia Henni , Zürich (CH)
Designer(s)
François Girard-Meunier, Amsterdam (NL)
Printing
Wilco  BV, Amsterdam (NL)
Publisher(s)
If I Cant Dance, I Dont Want To Be Part Of Your
Revolution, Amsterdam (NL)
edition fink, Verlag für zeitgenössische Kunst, Zürich (CH)
Framer Framed, Amsterdam (NL)
ISBN
978-94-92130-24-5
(16) (15)
Title
Freinet Techniques, Freinetechnieken, Techniques Freinet
Editor(s)
Paul Gangloff, Amsterdam (NL)
Author(s)
 Paul Gangloff,  Amsterdam (NL)
Marie Preston, Paris (FR)
César Rogers, Amsterdam (NL)
Designer(s)
Paul Gangloff, Amsterdam (NL)
Printing
Drukkerij  Raddraaier SSP , Amsterdam (NL)
Publisher(s)
Rollo Press, Zürich (CH)
ISBN
978-3-906213-44-6
(17) (11)
Title
Savoir-faire sans panique
Editor(s)
Sabina Lang/Daniel Baumann, Burgdorf (CH)
Designer(s)
NORM,  Zürich (CH)
Printing
DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg GmbH , Altenburg (DE)
Publisher(s)
 Musée d’art du Valais/Kunstmuseum  Wallis, Sion (CH)
(18) (14)
Title
La valise égyptienne
Author(s)
 Noha  Mokhtar, Zürich (CH);
Lucas Uhlmann, Lausanne (CH)
Designer(s)
Huber/Sterzinger, Zürich (CH)
Printing
Institut français darchéologie orientale, Le Caire (EG)
Offsetdruckerei Karl Grammlich GmbH, Pliezhausen (DE)
Tricolor, Adliswil (CH)
Publisher(s)
 Edition Hors-Sujet, Zürich (CH)
ISBN
978-3-033-10606-2
(19) (8)
Title
logorrhea
Author
Jean-Michel  Wicker, Riedisheim (FR)
Julien Laugier,  Paris (FR)
Designer(s)
Marietta Eugster, Zürich (CH)/Paris (FR)
Printing
Printon AS, Tallinn (EE)
Publisher(s)
 a  bouncing people planet, Paris (FR)
ISBN
978-2-9594177-0-2
(20) (17)
Title
Flametti, or the Dandyism of the  Poor.
Translated and Read by Catherine Schelbert
Editor(s)
Robert Hamelijnck, Nienke Terpsma, Rotterdam (NL)
Author(s)
Hugo Ball (1886–1927); translated from the German
by Catherine Schelbert,  Weggis (CH)
Designer(s)
Nienke Terpsma, Rotterdam (NL)
Printing
Various
Publisher(s)
edition fink, Verlag für zeitgenössische Kunst, Zürich (CH)
FGA, Fucking Good Art, Rotterdam (NL)
ISBN
978-3-03746-272-0 (edition fink)
The Most Beautiful    Swiss Books Competition
Publisher:
Federal  Office of Culture ( FOC), Bern

Project  Lead:
Nicole  Udry, Bern

Art Direction, photography:
ChaumontZaerpour, Paris/Lausanne

Graphic Design:
Maxime  Woeffray,  London/Lausanne

 Coding:
 Meide Engineering, London/Auckland

Pauline  Perret, Lausanne

Federal Office  of Culture Team:
Sema Miroballi, Bern
Francesca Rovati, Bern
Valérie Sprenger, Bern

Jury  Members:
Sereina Rothenberger (President), Zürich
Mathias  Clottu, London/Lausanne
Julie Peeters , Gent
Tasheka   Sutton, Austin, Texas
Marco Walser, Zürich
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Helmhaus   private view  13.6.2025
Exhibition 1422.6. 2025

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