search results for "most beautiful swiss books"
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Vallois
forthcoming
Reference monograph.
2026
Sub Rosa
forthcoming
A collaborative album born from a live performance rooted in a meticulous mutual observation of each musician’s playing style and setup: eRikm’s turntables, electronic devices, and vast sound library; and Pierre Bastien’s mechanical orchestra and range of acoustic instruments.
2026
English edition
Sternberg Press - On the Antipolitical
forthcoming
On the forms of sabotage, insubordination, and invisible activity that evade the terrain of politics.
2026
French edition
Dis Voir - Visual Arts – Encounters
forthcoming
An exploration of the utopian labyrinth that has fueled the imagination and work of internationally renowned architect Rudy Ricciotti.
2026
English edition
Dis Voir - Visual Arts – Encounters
forthcoming
An exploration of the utopian labyrinth that has fueled the imagination and work of internationally renowned architect Rudy Ricciotti, through a quasi-cinematic montage of images and quotes, constituting a stroll through the mind of the “character” Ricciotti, each space visited punctuated—as in a voice-over—by a text by Jean-Louis Poitevin.
2026
English edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Design – Misceallenous
MUDAC (Lausanne's Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts)
Witches of Design interweaves design with the rebellious and feminist figure of the witch, based on the history of the messianic, socialist, utopian, and egalitarian Shaker sect in the 18th century.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Design – Misceallenous
MUDAC (Lausanne's Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts)
Witches of Design interweaves design with the rebellious and feminist figure of the witch, based on the history of the messianic, socialist, utopian, and egalitarian Shaker sect in the 18th century.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Bizarre
forthcoming
An analysis of the processes by which certain seemingly innocuous popular forms of modernity are used to serve fascism, through the example of synchronized dancing, which was imbued with the symbolism of Nazi domination.
2026
French edition
Damiani
forthcoming
A dialogue between the creations of the two designers.
2026
English edition
Damiani
forthcoming
A dialogue between the creations of the two designers.
2026
English edition
Bierke
forthcoming
Though published during his lifetime, Walter Benjamin's dream notes and theoretical reflections on dreams are collected here for the first time in a single volume.
2026
English edition
ISOLARII
forthcoming
Edited from archival lectures, AH!MERICA captures Allen Ginsberg's profound exploration of William Blake as a guide for modern perception and social consciousness. It offers a "poetics of attention," teaching readers to find beauty in overlooked details and use poetry as a tool for resilience against political and personal despair.
2026
Sub Rosa
forthcoming
A musical journey that pays tribute to René Daumal's unfinished Moutain and his enchanting world of mysteries and magic, through sound with Bill Laswell, P.ST, featuring Nils Petter Molvaer,
Henry Kaiser, Anna Clementi, Dorian Cheah, Percy Howard, Graham Haynes, Hideo Yamaki, Peter Apfelbaum.
2026
Sub Rosa
forthcoming
A musical journey that pays tribute to René Daumal's unfinished Moutain and his enchanting world of mysteries and magic, through sound with Bill Laswell, P.ST, featuring Nils Petter Molvaer,
Henry Kaiser, Anna Clementi, Dorian Cheah, Percy Howard, Graham Haynes, Hideo Yamaki, Peter Apfelbaum.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Design/Théories
forthcoming
A vast collection of Ettore Sottsass's writings, edited by design historian Emanuele Quinz.
2026
French edition
Revue & Corrigée
forthcoming
Chuck Roth; Mark Cauvin; Keiko Higuchi; Aude Rabillon & Erell Latimier; Pauline Weidmann; Jean-Claude Éloy (1938–2025)...
2026
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Bierke
forthcoming
Artist zine reprinted in facsimile.
2026
no text
Bierke
forthcoming
Artist zine reprinted in facsimile.
2026
no text
Bierke
forthcoming
Artist zine reprinted in facsimile.
2026
French edition
various
forthcoming
This artist's book for insiders brings together a selection of Polaroids, silver gelatin photographs, and collages that are part of a series of works on eroticism that Cécilia Jauniau has been working on since 2023.
2026
English edition
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
forthcoming
2026
trilingual edition (English / French / Italian)
Caryatide / Cosa Mentale - Essays
forthcoming
A monumental anthology of critical essays devoted to the figure of Umberto Riva, introduced and edited by Maria Bottero, accompanied by a collection of sketches and drawings from the architect’s personal archives (new revised edition).
2026
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Globetrotter
Gabriele Basilico's photographs dedicated to Aldo Rossi's architecture, brought together for the first time.
2026
French edition
Humboldt Books - Globetrotter
A dialogue between classical painting and contemporary art on the theme of nature, exploring the legacy and relevance of Nicolas Poussin.
2026
English edition
Kaph Books
The monumental catalogue (some 1200 pages in four volumes, housed in an 8kg box set) of the 2025 Islamic Arts Biennale, combining ancient heritage and contemporary art, featuring over 500 historical objects and 29 contemporary art commissions.
2026
English edition
Humboldt Books - Globetrotter
A dialogue between classical painting and contemporary art on the theme of nature, exploring the legacy and relevance of Nicolas Poussin.
2026
English edition
Archive Books
Publishing a selection of her radiophonic essays here for the first time, I Speak Radio reflects Anne Bromley's collaborative radio practice.
2026
trilingual edition (English / German / Chinese)
Archive Books
New monograph.
2026
trilingual edition (English / French / Dutch)
MER. Books
New monograph.
2026
English edition
MER. Books
First comprehensive monograph on American artist Ann Leda Shapiro (b. 1946), including previously censored and rarely seen works, contextualized within feminist art histories.
2026
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
A comprehensive and detailed overview of the institutions and dynamics that shape Basel's cultural landscape.
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Empire - Books
First personnal catalogue of Kwame Akoto.
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Roven - books
A book presenting for the first time the reverse sides of artist Dominique De Beir's works, revealing the exploration that went into giving shape to the drawings.
2026
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
The first monograph dedicated to the American artist, poet, and activist John Giorno (1936–2019).
2026
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Monograph dedicated to the practice of the South Korean-German artist, painted works that articulate her visions in ever more expansive formats since 2012.
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Faire
Empire - Faire – To look at things
A reflection on the practice of designer, graphic artist, and publisher Manuel Raeder.
2026
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United Dead Artists
This hardcover book documents Stéphane Blanquet's Kugelberg-Welander installation at the Halle Saint-Pierre through close-up photographs by Zoé Forget, depicting the artist and his illness.
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Mennour
A retrospective of a deeply prolific and fruitful period in Huguette Caland's career, spent in Paris between 1970 and 1987, during which the Lebanese artist, giving birth to her joyful eroticism and freeing herself from all conventions, reinvented herself and produced some of her greatest masterpieces.
2026
Swarming
Two masters of field recording, and great promoters of paying attention to reality through listening, share recordings of their sound world (starting from a domestic environment changed by the arrival of a new electric stove).
2026
English edition
Damiani - Photography
The American photographer appropriates the objects that populate the Italian painter's work.
2026
English edition
Reliable Copy
The first extensive monograph on the Thai artist.
2026
English edition
Bruno
currently out of stock
Why do we buy more books than we read?
2026
French edition (texts in English)
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ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design)
The 15th issue of the annual magazine of the ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design), featuring: interviews with Shirin Yousefi & Lucas Erin, Charlie Engman, and Rebecca Zlotowski; portfolios: "THEY," Elizaveta Porodina, Ronan Bouroullec, Assises Vidy, and Freitag; Books feature: Nicole Udry, Friederike Daumiller, Pierre Charpin, Sonya Dyakova, Thierry de Peretti, Yoo-Mi Steffen.
2026
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Nieves
Ken Kagami creates distorted portraits by combining Bart Simpson with Sesame Street characters Elmo and Cookie Monster, in a tiny artist's book.
2026
English edition
Kayfa ta
The author, artist, and curator Olivier Marboeuf takes us on a journey through myths, archives, and fables, where fire symbolizes Caribbean culture, colonial oppression, and ecological disasters, and where the echo of past revolts becomes the spark for future insurrections.
2026
no text
La Salle de bains
Artist's book.
2026
bilingual edition (English / French)
Archive Books
An artistic exploration of the political and emotional stakes of translation in the context of asylum law, through the lens of rarely heard testimonies: those of interpreters.
2026
English edition
Kaph Books
The first print edition of Daftar, the online media edited by Afikra, a platform focused on the history, debates, and cultures of the Arab world.
2026
English edition
Archive Books
A critical examination of the aesthetic, social, and political dynamics of fascism, questioning its appeal and ideological mechanisms.
2026
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Archive Books
A monographic publication featuring multilingual text-film transcripts engaging with the legacy of the German colonial project in Cameroon and Germany, as well as broader questions of border crossings, asylum, and exclusion.