The Most Beautiful Swiss Books of the year 2005

Every year, a jury appoin­ted by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture selects the Most Beau­ti­ful Swiss Books. This year, once again, the books distin­guished in this way will be presen­ted within the frame­work of an exhib­i­tion at the mudac in Lausanne. Of the 404 titles entered for the compet­i­tion – a new record – 32 books were picked out by the jury, under the chair­man­ship of graphic designer François Rappo, Lausanne. They testify to the high qual­ity of book art in Switzer­land.

The Most Beau­ti­ful Swiss Books form the object of an exhib­i­tion that is held in the spring at the Museum für Gestal­tung in Zurich and in the autumn at the mudac in Lausanne, two insti­tu­tions with a very special interest in book art. The exhib­i­tion and the cata­logue, designed by Fulguro, Lausanne, and the graphic designer Laurent Benner (Reala), London, offer an over­view of contem­por­ary creation in the book field in Switzer­land and raise ques­tions about topic­al­ity.