Four hundred eleven books were submitted this year to 'The Most Beautiful Swiss Books' competition held annually by the Federal Office of Culture. The five member jury, presided over by Cornel Windlin and including Linda van Deursen, Lars Müller, Paul Neale & Christoph Schifferli selected 30 titles as the most beautiful Swiss books 2009.
Four of them went on to win medals at Leipzig.
Besides the individual descriptions of the 30 winners, the catalogue also contains interviews with the jury members and further explores the theme of what does the future of the (beautiful) book look like. It is the third and last volume of a series which started in 2008 'The Past Issue' and in 2009 'The Present Issue'.