Best Book Design from all over the World 2010
Christian Waldvogel. EARTH EXTREMES
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Teaching Architecture: 3 Positions Made in Switzerland
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Competition
As in the previous years, Switzerland was honoured once again in this year's international competition. On February 5th and 6th 2010, the Stiftung Buchkunst held its annual competition 'Best Book Design from all over the World' in Leipzig, Germany. Seven jury members from Australia, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Schweden and the Czech Republic examined 596 books from 32 nations in the Germany National Library. These books had already been awarded in their national competitions. As in every year, there were 14 awards to confer: One golden letter, one gold medal, two silver medals, five bronze medals and five honorary appreciations. Switzerland received the following distinctions:
Silver medal
'TITLE'
Self-published
Design: Ramaya Tegegne, Geneva
Bronze medal
'Christian Waldvogel. EARTH EXTREMES'
Publisher: Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess AG, Zürich
Design: Jonas Voegeli, Christian Waldvogel, Benjamin Roffler, Zürich
Editors: Jacqueline Burckhardt, Christian Waldvogel, Jonas Voegeli
ISBN 978-3-85881-305-3
Honourary appreciation
The three volumes from the series 'Teaching Architecture: 3 Positions Made in Switzerland', Istituto Svizzero di Roma
A
'Hong Kong Typology'
Editors: Emanuel Christ, Nele Dechmann, Vicoria Easton, Christoph Gantenbein
Design: Ludovic Balland, Ivan Weiss, Typography Cabinet, Basel
Print: Gremper AG, Basel
Publisher: gta Verlag, Zürich
ISBN 978-3-85676-287-2
B
'Important Buildings'
Editors: Andreas Anton Amodio, Romina Grillo, Raphael Zuber
Author: Raphael Zuber
Design: Ludovic Balland, Typography Cabinet, Basel
Print: Gremper AG, Basel
Publisher: Kaleidoscope Press, Milano (IT)
ISBN 978-88-97185-01-7
C
'Radical Mix in Hanoi'
Editors: Ludovic Balland, Ulrich Kirchhoff, Louise Low, Toru Wada
Authors: Ulrich Kirchhoff, Louise Low
Design: Ludovic Balland, Typography Cabinet, Basel
Print: Regal Printing Limited, Hong Kong
Publisher: Kaleidoscope Press, Milano (IT)
ISBN 978-88-97185-04-8
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