The Most Beautiful Swiss Books of the year 2007

29.10 → 23.11.2008
Autarchy, des récipients fabriqués avec de la farine et des pigments de Studio Formafantasma
Competition of the Swiss Federal Office of Culture

As author­ised by the Federal Depart­ment of the Interior, the Art and Design section of the OFC has organ­ised the compet­i­tion The Most Beau­ti­ful Swiss Books every year since 1999. The interest aroused by this compet­i­tion has never faltered: this year again, no fewer than 408 books were entered. In Febru­ary, a total of 27 books were singled out as being the most beau­ti­ful Swiss books.

The jury is made up of five members who are experts in vari­ous branches of book making. The jury eval­u­ates the concept, graphic design and typo­graphy of the books, favour­ing innov­a­tion and origin­al­ity. In addi­tion, the experts exam­ine the qual­ity of the print­ing and bind­ing, as well as the mater­i­als used. At the begin­ning of the year the compos­i­tion of the jury changed almost completely; it is now chaired by Cornel Wind­lin.