The Most Beautiful Swiss Books

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23  24  25  26 1  272  28 3  294  October 2023            Open daily from 9am–8pm            RSVP

The Most Beautiful Swiss Books of 2022
(Awarded in 2023)
×            Pratt Institute

Steuben Hall, Floor 2

Pratt Studios 200:

Design Center Gallery

Brooklyn, NY 11205


1   2   3   4 The exhibition is free and will be open to the public from Thursday to Sunday, 26–29 October 2023. It’s open to the Pratt Community Monday to Sunday, 23–29 October 2023. To ensure entrance on preferred day, please [ RSVP  ].

•                  A lecture from Winfried Heininger (recipient of the Jan Tschichold Award 2023 and founder of Kodoji Press) will take place on Friday, 27 October 2023 at 6pm. You can [ RSVP  ] for this event at the same time as your RSVP for attending the exhibition. Space is limited, so please only sign up if 100% sure you can attend.


About

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.

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The 20 Awarded Books

•             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. XIIIe 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)

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A–A’, B–B’

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Andrea Muheim. Malerei als Selbstgespräch

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Armorial du Jura. Canton du Jura. Jura bernois, Bienne, Birseck, Laufonnais. XIIIe siècle–1815

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Carlo Mollino. Architect and Storyteller

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David Hammons

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Ecce Homo

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From Concrete to Liquid to Spoken Worlds to the Word

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GAIJIN OMOIDE POROPORO HIKARI

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Vitruvius Without Text. The Biography of a Book gta Edition
Der Ingenieur. Grammatik eines Hoffnungsträgers Mono Edition

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Igshaan Adams. Desire Lines

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#Ingrid

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Matter

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Miriam Cahn. MEINEJUDEN

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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

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Pilvi Takala. Close Watch

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The Polyhedrists. Art and Geometry in the Long 16th Century

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Portraits. Architectural Parables

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Starkes Ding

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Susi + Ueli Berger. Kunst am Bau und im öffentlichen Raum 1968–2008

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William Leavitt. Installations, Plays, Video, 1970–2018

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Imprint

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

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