Every year, the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC) organizes the “Most Beautiful Swiss Books” competition to honor outstanding achievements in the field of book design and production, with particular attention being paid to works that express contemporary trends.
                             The 20 Most Beautiful Swiss Books of the 2022 edition were named by the FOC on the recommendation of the jury, whose members are
•             Sereina Rothenberger (Chair)
•             Gina Bucher
•             Gregor Huber
•             Kajsa Ståhl
•             Silas Munro
                             The award-winning books were exhibited at the Helmhaus in Zurich from 21–24 June, 2023 before traveling to various other locations in Switzerland and abroad.

•             A–A’, B–B’^{ISBN 978-3-00072-212-7 200 × 300 mm Design: Norm (Zurich)}
•             Andrea Muheim. Malerei als Selbstgespräch^{ISBN 978-3-903439-32-0 230 × 330 mm Design: Aude Lehmann (Zurich)}
•             Armorial du Jura. Canton du Jura. Jura bernois, Bienne, Birseck, Laufonnais. XIII^e siècle–1815^{ISBN 978-2-940043-82-8 225 × 300 mm Design: Dimitri Jeannottat (Biel/Bienne)}
•             Carlo Mollino. Architect and Storyteller^{ISBN 978-3-03860-133-3 240 × 320 mm Design: Elektrosmog (Zurich)}
•             David Hammons^{ISBN 978-1-910844-19-9 225 × 300 mm Design: Studio Jonathan Hares (Lausanne)}
•             Ecce Homo^{ISBN 978-3-03764-594-9 260 × 350 mm Design: Gavillet & Cie (Geneva)}
•             From Concrete to Liquid to Spoken Worlds to the Word^{ISBN 979-12-80579-23-2 180 × 240 mm Design: Robert Huber (Zurich)}
•             GAIJIN OMOIDE POROPORO HIKARI^{ISBN 978-3-03747-110-4 210 × 235 mm Design: Martin Andereggen (Zurich) / Winfried Heininger (Baden)}
•             Vitruvius Without Text. The Biography of a Book^{gta Edition ISBN 978-3-9524954-8-3} / Der Ingenieur. Grammatik eines Hoffnungsträgers^{Mono Edition ISBN 978-3-85676-422-7 115 × 175 mm Design: Reinhard Schmidt, Nadine Wüthrich (Zurich)}
•             Igshaan Adams. Desire Lines^{ISBN 978-0-300-26385-5 220 × 300 mm Design: Julia Born (Zurich)}
•             #Ingrid^{ISBN 978-2-492175-06-0 225 × 320 mm Design: Zoé Aubry (Versoix) / Rémi Faucheux, RVB Books (Paris)}
•             Matter^{English ISBN 978-3-95905-575-8 / Spanish ISBN 978-84-121090-6-1 225 × 310 mm Design: Fabian Bremer, Hannes Drissner (Leipzig) / Pascal Storz (Berlin/Basel)}
•             Miriam Cahn. MEINEJUDEN^{ISBN 978-3-95476-507-2 210 × 295 mm Design: Julia Born (Zurich)}
•             Orphée ruminait des mots à l’étouffée, sous la pluie fine du brouillard ardent, anyway les serpents sont-ils sourds et muets, oubli enfoui au fin fond de l’insomnie^{ISBN 978-2-9583560-0-2 230 × 310 mm Design: Nicolas Polli (Biel/Bienne)}
•             Pilvi Takala. Close Watch^{ISBN 978-88-6749-529-0 230 × 300 mm Design: Vela Arbutina, Baden}
•             The Polyhedrists. Art and Geometry in the Long 16th Century^{ISBN 978-0-262-04664-0 160 × 240 mm Design: Mathias Clottu (London/Lausanne)}
•             Portraits. Architectural Parables^{ISBN 978-3-03860-309-2 180 × 300 mm Design: Atlas Studio (Zurich)}
•             Starkes Ding^{ISBN 978-3-03731-227-8 225 × 300 mm Design: Julia Marti, Claudio Barandun (Zurich)}
•             Susi + Ueli Berger. Kunst am Bau und im öffentlichen Raum 1968–2008^{ISBN 978-3-03942-108-4 220 × 280 mm Design: Dan Solbach (Berlin/Basel) / Fabian Harb (Basel) / Maria Peskina (Zurich)}
•             William Leavitt. Installations, Plays, Video, 1970–2018^{ISBN 978-3-03764-596-3 240 × 200 mm Design: Gavillet & Cie, Vincent Devaud (Geneva)}

The Most Beautiful Swiss Books × Pratt Institute was organized by Pratt’s Graduate Communications Design Department—with coordination assistance from Nicole Udry and Sema Miroballi in Switzerland, with additional support from Elena Bänninger and the Swiss Consulate General (NYC) for Winfried’s trip and participation.
                             The images shown are RGB (Black) outputs from the scans and CMYK channel separations done by Larissa Kasper. All images were kindly provided by Samuel Bänziger, Rosario Florio, and Larissa Kasper (St. Gallen, CH) © 2023.
                             No part of this website may be used or reproduced in any manner without the written permission of Pratt Institute, FOC, and/or the artists.
                             The official websites of the competition can be found [ here ] and [ here ]. This site only serves as a companion to the exhibition at Pratt Institute.
                             Website Design: Scott Vander Zee
                             Typeface: Walter Alte—Normalgrotesk, designed by Dinamo and Omnitype