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From October 21, 2009
to January 31, 2010
Swiss federal design Awards 2009
This spring, 17 works and projects by 19 designers were singled out within the framework of the Swiss Federal Design Competition. As on previous occasions, this year was distinguished by the strong representation by prize winners active in the field of graphic art. The other prize-winning works come from industrial design, fashion, textiles, jewellery, illustration or typography.
2009 prize winners
Ahoulou Joy (1), Andersen Eric (2), Baechler Stéphanie (3), Ballmer Sophie (4), Benhadj Sami (5), Caputo Lovis (11a), Cerbaro Caro (6), Gilgen Philipp (7), Huber Gregor (8), Keshavjee David (9a), Kräutli Florian (10), Kueng Sarah (11b), Luder Natalie (12), Lusa Marie (13), Rendina Elena (14),Rihs Tatiana (15), Tavelli Julien (9b), Trofimova Maria (16), Voegeli Jonas (17)
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Adrienne Barman, ABCXYZ, 2007 © Editions La Joie de lire, Genève
Barman founeau voyageur : Adrienne Barman, Le Fourneau voyageur, 2007 © Editions La Joie de Lire, Genève
Bravo_moiettoi : Constanza Bravo et Caroline Laffon, Moi et toi, 2007 © Editions La Joie de lire, Genève
Erlbruch : Wolf Erlbruch, Le Canard, la mort et la tulipe, 2007 © Editions La Joie de lire, Genève
Marta et canard : Albertine, Le Retour de Marta, 2008 © Editions La Joie de lire, Genève
Marta titre : Albertine, Marta au pays des montgolfières, 2001 © Editions La Joie de lire, Genève
Milton fleur : Haydé Ardalan, Moi, Milton, 2007 © Editions La Joie de lire, Genève
Milton : Haydé Ardalan, Moi, Milton, 2007 © Editions La Joie de lire, Genève
Mushroom : Taro Miura, Des Jours pas comme les autres, 2006 © Editions La Joie de lire, Genève
R_S_Berner : Rotraut Susanne Berner, Inès, 2008 © Editions La Joie de lire, Genève
From October 21, 2009
to January 31, 2010
La joie de lire - publishers
Created at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the summer of 2008, the exhibition on the Genevan publisher of books for the young, La Joie de Lire, is being re-invented this autumn at the mudac.
The contemporary artist Christian Gonzenbach has dreamed up an amazing installation, La Grande Friche, inspired by albums and stories published by the publisher. In this space, the imaginary, make-believe world of the characters from the books becomes real. It is a place in which reading, relaxation and creation merge.
"In this scenography, which plays on the scale of the characters, décor and furniture elements, visitors are invited to lose themselves in a forest inhabited by wolves, bears and cats. They will be able to sit on a cardboard stump and immerse themselves in reading under the gaze of Marta the cow", Christian Gonzenbach explains.
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From October 20, 2009
to January 31, 2010
The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2008
Competition of the Federal Office of culture
Commissioned by the Federal Department of Home Affairs, in 1999 the Federal Office of Culture's Art and Design Department began organizing a yearly competition under the heading "The Most Beautiful Swiss Books".
This year, Swiss creators, publishers and printers of books submitted all of 395 publications; thirty-two of these have been honoured as the most beautiful Swiss books for the year 2008 (a list of the winning titles is appended).
Instead of being limited to a display of the award-winning books, for the first time in the history of this competition, all 395 works submitted in 2008 are to be included.
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