shortlist Best Book Design from all over the World

2024

AUSTRIA
Denn wenn Chloe Olivia mag …
Marilin Brun, Mara Züst
Publisher: Mark Pezinger Books, Vienna
Design: Astrid Seme
ISBN: 9783903353091

CHINA
Sunny Days
Jianyu Sun
Publisher: Lingnan Art Publishing House, Guangdong
Design: Yanrong Pan
ISBN: 9787515364667

CZECH REPUBLIC
Karel Novák: malíř sportu
Tomáš Pospěch
Publisher: PositiF, Praha
Design: Milan Nedvěd
ISBN: 9788087407394

DENMARK
Migrationer
Gloria Gervitz / Maria Catalina Heitmann
Publisher: Arena, Copenhagen
Design: Agnes Balustrados
ISBN: 9788792684929

FINLAND
Attached
Jessie Bullivant
Publisher: Rooftop Press, Helsinki
Design: Tuukka Kaila
ISBN: 9789527258187

FRANCE
Plaine
Publisher: Lagon revue, Paris
Design: Jean-Philippe Bretin

Frac Île-de-France–La collection
Publisher: Editions Frac Île-de-France, Paris
Design: Bizarri Rodriguez
ISBN: 9782918138181

GERMANY
Shell Reader
Nina Canell, Giulia Rispoli, Sally O‘Reilly / Berlinische Galerie
Publisher: BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE, Berlin
Design: Robin Watkins / Canell Watkins Studio
ISBN: 9783964360571

Art Worker: Doing Time in the New York Artworld
Alan W. Moore / Marc Herbst
Publisher: The Journal of Aesthetics & Protest Press, Leipzig / Los Angeles
Design: Lamm & Kirch / Florian Lamm, Caspar Reuss
ISBN: 9780578369808

Alula
Reto Crameri
Publisher: kunstanstifter, Mannheim
Design: Reto Crameri
ISBN: 9783948743260

IRAN
The Art of Startup Fundraising
Alejandro Cremades, Amin Karimi
Publisher: Aryana Ghalam, Tehran
Design: Majid Zare
ISBN: 9786007677827

JAPAN
Marks
Taku Satoh
Publisher: Kinokuniya Company, Tokyo
Design: Taii Ashizawa
ISBN: 9784314011914

THE NETHERLANDS
Let’s Become Fungal!
Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez
Publisher: Valiz, Amsterdam
Design: Andrea Spikker
ISBN: 9789493246287

Nasser Road
Kristof Titeca
Publisher: The Eriskay Connection, Breda
Design: Rob van Hoesel
ISBN: 9789082993257

POLAND
Lukullus. Nowe ciastkarstwo

Albert Judycki, Jacek Malarski
Publisher: Lukullus, Warsaw
Design: Siostry Piwowar Studio / Anna Piwowar

PORTUGAL
Poetry as an echological survival
Nuno da Luz
Publisher: UCEditora, Documenta / Sistema Solar, Lisbon
Design: Nuno da Luz
ISBN: 9789899006720

SOUTH KOREA
Dear Little Ones, Sweet Dreams and See You Tomorrow

Euijeong Hwang
Publisher: semicolon, Seoul
Design: Hyungjin Kim
ISBN: 9791192107738

SWEDEN
Stugland: en berättelse om Sverige
Göran Greider
Publisher: Volante förlag, Stockholm
Design: Lukas Möllersten
ISBN: 9789179652043

Brand
Catharina Gotby
Publisher: Amfora förlag, Stockholm
Design: Patric Leo
ISBN: 9789152716281

TAIWAN
Ruoshen Tea Cup
Chen Wei-Chun / Steven Chen
Verlag: YIYUN ART, Taipeh
Design: Chungyi Yeh
Photographie: ShaoJou Huang
ISBN: 9786269623822

I JUST CANT‘T SLEEP IN AN EMPTY ROOM
Pei-Fen Hsu / Tzu-Chin Chiu
Verlag: Chi Ming Publishing Company, Taipeh
Design: Yueh-Te Liu
ISBN: 9786269637201

2023

CHINA
See You Sketches
Chen Danqing
Publisher: Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing
Design: Qu Minmin, Jiang Qian
Print: Shanghai Artron Art Printing Co., Ltd.
ISBN: 9787558093210

Bad Design
Zhao Jing
Publisher: China Youth Press, Beijing
Design: Gu Hanyun
Print: Beijing Aijing Huayun Printing Technology Co., Ltd.
ISBN: 9787515364667

DENMARK
Wood Wood 2–22
David Hellqvist
Design: Wrong Studio
Print: Johnsen Graphic Solutions
ISBN: 9-788797-420102

Vandkunsten
Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss, Anne-Mette Manelius
Publisher: Arkitektens Forlag, Copenhagen
Design: Alexis Mark
Print: Narayana Press, Odder
Illustration: Simon Væth
ISBN: 978-87-7407-793-0

ESTONIA
FLO’S RETROSPECTIVE
Flo Kasearu
Publisher: Lugemik & Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
Design: Indrek Sirkel
Print: Tallinn Book Printers
ISBN: 9783939753902

GERMANY
Der Eid / The Oath
Jörg Gläscher, Sonja Zekri
Publisher: Hartmann Books, Stuttgart
Design: Florian Lamm / Lamm & Kirch
Print: DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg GmbH
Photography: Jörg Gläscher
ISBN 978-3-96070-076-0

Bewegung tut gut
Rote Fabrik

Philipp Anz u.a. Sara Arzu Hardegger, Gregor Huber, Markus Kenner, Pete Mijnssen, Susan Peter
Publisher: Limmat Verlag, Zurich
Design: Sara Arzu Hardegger, Huber/Sterzinger
Print: Eberl & Koesel, Altusried-Krugzell 
ISBN 978-3-03926-008-9

Umzug in eine vergleichbare Lage
Elsa Artmann, Samuel Duvoisin, Mitglieder des Ensembles
Publisher: RpB Verlag, Cologne
Design: Ondine Pannet / Bureau Est, Leipzig/Paris
Print: Pöge Druck, Leipzig
ISBN 978-3-9817241-5-8

LITHUANIA
(1944–1991) Former NKVD – MVD – MGB – KGB Buildings
Buvę NKVD – MVD – MGB – KGB pastatai
Indrė Šerpytytė, Gintaras Česonis
Publisher: Kauno fotografijos galerija, Kaunas
Design: Inga Navickaitė-Drąsutė
Print: Balto print, Vilnius
ISBN: 978-609-8099-40-9

THE NETHERLANDS
Paradis
Oriane Thomasson
Publisher: The Eriskay Connection, Breda
Design: Rob van Hoesel
Print: Wilco Art Books, Amersfoort
ISBN 978-94-92051-84-4 (English edition)
ISBN: 978-94-92051-85-1 (French edition)

Hold That Thought
Sandra Smets, Johannes Langkamp (artist)
Publisher: Unformed Informed, Rotterdam
Design: Art Collart
Print: Edauw + Johannissen, Pijnacker
Binding: Handboekbinderij Meijer, Nijmegen
ISBN: 978-94-92051-84-4 (English edition)
ISBN: 978-94-92051-85-1 (French edition)

Point, Line, Plane
Jo Frenken
Publisher: Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
Design: Jo Frenken
Print: Jan Van Eyck Academie, Jo Frenken

Women Looking at Women Looking at Women
Reclaiming Histories of Women in the Arts and Proposing Models to Facilitate Future Friendships
Annemarie Wadlow
Publisher: Page Not Found, The Hague
Design: Marijn van der Leeuw, Esther Vane, Hannah Meri Williams, India Scrimgeour, Annemarie Wadlow
Print: die Keure, Brugge
ISBN: 9789083222417

NORWAY
bare et øieblik / only an instant
Heidi Bale Amundsen
Publisher: MUNCH, Oslo
Design: Jens Johan Tandberg, Martin Asbjørnsen
Print: Pöge Druck, Leipzig
ISBN: 978-82-93560-66-1

POLAND
Theatrum Jerzego Nowosielskiego
Andrzej Szczepaniak, Jerzy Nowosielski
Publisher: Państwowa Galeria Sztuki w Sopoci, Sopot
Design: Ryszard Bienert
Print: Drukmania, Krakow
ISBN: 978-83-8040-085-6

PORTUGAL
Notes from the Underdog: Agriculture for subsistence in Porto
Publisher: Spector Books, Leipzig
Design: Nonverbal Club
Print: Gutenberg Beuys, Feindruckerei Langenhagen
Photography: Alexandre Delmar
ISBN: 978-395-9054218

(1961-1992) Japan
AA. VV.
Self-published
Design: João Araújo e Rita Huet / And Atelier
Print: Gráfica Maiadouro, Maia
Illustrator/Photographer: AA. VV.
ISBN: N/A

In Conflict, Vol I
depA architects
Publisher: Circo de Ideias, Porto
Design: Inês Nepomuceno, Mariana Marques
Print: Gráfica Maiadouro, Maia
ISBN: 978-989-54636-9-5

Alexander Kluge: Política dos Sentimentos
Alexander Kluge et al.
Publisher: Fundação de Serralves, Porto
Design: Macedo Cannatà
Print: Gráfica Maiadouro, Maia
ISBN: 978-972-73938-7-9

SWEDEN
The MDT Poster
Jonas Willliamsson
Publisher: Null & Void Books
Design: Jonas Williamsson
Print: Printon Trükikoda, Tallinn
ISBN: 9789189312005

SWITZERLAND
Andrea Muheim – Malerei als Selbstgespräch
Andrea Muheim (art), Sibylle Omlin (texts)
Mirjam Fischer, Aude Lehmann
Publisher: VfmK Verlag für moderne Kunst, Vienna
Design: Aude Lehmann
Print: Musumeci SpA, Villair-Amerique 
ISBN: 978-3-903439-32-0

2022

AUSTRIA
ANDY WARHOL EXHIBITS
Marianne Dobner, Museum moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig Wien
Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung
Walther König, Cologne
Design: studio VIE / Anouk Rehorek, Christian Schlager, Simon Merz, David Gallo, Elsa Kubik, Sarah Zink
ISBN: 978-3-96098-538-9

YOUTH/GIRLS, LUO YANG Selected Works
Oberösterreichische Landes- Kultur GmbH, Alfred Weidinger, Gabriele Spindler
Publisher: Verlag für moderne Kunst, Vienna
Design: Studio Es
Photographer: Luo Yang
ISBN: 978-3-903796-41-6

CHINA
A Showy Life
Shen Fu
Publisher: Sichuan People’s Publishing House
Design: Yin Linlin
ISBN: 9787220124419

CROATIA
FIUME FANTASTIKA
Vedran Mimica, Maroje Mrduljaš, Idis Turato
Publisher: University of Rijeka (UNIRI), Oaza Books, Zagreb
Design: Maša Poljanec, Leo Kirinčić
Illustrator / Photographer: Leo Kirinčić, Ida Križaj Leko / Maja Bosnić, Ivan Dorotić, Hrvoje Franjić, Sandro Lendler, Robert Leš, Jure Živković
ISBN: 978-953-7720-54-4

ESTONIA
CITY UNFINISHED. URBAN VISIONS OF TALLINN
Compiled by: Andres Alver et al.
Publisher: Estonian Academy of Arts, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning
Design: Stuudio Stuudio
ISBN: 9789916619223

FRANCE
Brigade Cynophile
Félicité Landrivon
Publisher: Animal Press
Design: Felicite Landrivon
ISBN: 978-2-931037-00-3

Deux mille quinze
Mark Geffriaud
Publisher: Frac Île-de-France — Le plateau, Paris
Design: Coline Sunier, Charles Maze
ISBN: 978-2-918138-17-4

GERMANY
Kosmos Emma Kunz
Beiträge von Elise Lammer, Lars Bang Larsen, Julia Voss u.a.
Yasmin Afschar, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau (Ed.)
Publisher: Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich
Design: Atlas Studio
ISBN: 978-3-85881-682-5

Man kann keine Steine essen
Shinroku Shimokawa
Publisher: Prima.Publikationen, Stuttgart
Design: Clara Neumann, Christina Schmid
ISBN: 978-3-9821198-4-7

LITHUANIA
Viduramžių ruduo
Johan Huizinga
Publisher: Aukso žuvys, Vilnius
Design: Agnė Dautartaitė-Krutulė
ISBN: 978-609-8120-47-9

evol/love
Nibor Traaw (Robin Waart)
Publisher: Stichting Mei, Amstelveen
Design: Vilmantas Žumbys
ISBN: 9789082936292

THE NETHERLANDS
Eindhovenseweg 56
Ton Grote
Publisher: The Eriskay Connection, Breda
Design: Jeremy Jansen
ISBN: 978-94-92051-73-8

Karel Martens, Uranus
Karel Martens
Publisher: Roma Publications, Amsterdam
Design: martens & martens
ISBN: 9789464460025

Mary Magdalene
Museum Catharijne Convent
Publisher: Uitgeverij Waanders & de Kunst, Zwolle
Design: Esther de Vries
ISBN: 9789462623255

Now You See Me Moria
Now You See Me Moria Collective
Publisher: Paradox, Edam Now You See Me
Moria Collective, Amsterdam
Design: Paradox, Raoul Gottschling, Christian Knopfel
ISBN: 978-90-828708-4-8

SOUTH KOREA
Data Composition
GRAYCODE, jiiiiin
Publisher: Mediabus, Seoul
Design: Sam Kim
ISBN: 979-11-90434-16-4

SPAIN
Woman Go No’Gree
Gloria Oyarzabal
Publisher: RM Verlag, Barcelona / Vevey Images, Vevey
Design: Tres Tipos Graficos
ISBN: 978-84-17975-28-9

POLAND
Leszek Knaflewski. Knaf’s not Dead
Emilia Chorzępa, Magdalena Piłakowska
Publisher: Państwowa Galeria Sztukiw Sopocie, Sopot
Design: Ryszard Bienert
ISBN: 978-87-8040-079-2

PORTUGAL
Ma vie va changer.
In the End It Was the Economy
Patricia Almeida, David-Alexandre Gueniot
Publisher: GHOST Editions, Lisbon
Design: Marco Balesteros
Illustrator / Photographer: Patrícia Almeida, David-Alexandre Guéniot
ISBN: 978-989-54422-1-8

TAIWAN
Steamy Buns
Misaki Kawai
Publisher: nosbooks publication ltd., Taipei
Design: Ho-Tzu NI (aka Son NI)
ISBN: 9789869726931

VENEZUELA
Acumular, clasificar, preservar, exhibir: Archivo Roberto Obregon
Jesús Fuenmayor
Publisher: Colección C&FE, Caracas
Design: Teresa Mulet
ISBN: 978-84-18428-64-7 (EN)
ISBN: 978-84-18428-63-0 (ES)

2021

AUSTRALIA
An unreliable guidebook to jewellery
Kate Rhodes, Nella Themelios
Publisher: RMIT Design Hub Gallery
Design: Ziga Testen, Kim Mumm Hansen
Numerals Design: Matter of Sorts (Vincent Chan)
Photography: Lisa Walker, Layla Cluer,
Mike O’Neill, Karl Fritsch
ISBN: 978-0-6484022-2-0

CANADA
Clyde Fans
Seth
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Design / Illustration: Seth
ISBN: 978770463578

GERMANY
Die Bibel – Über Frauen

Paulina Mohr
Design: Paulina Mohr
Assistance: Timo Rychert, Heike Grebin
Self-Published

THE NETHERLANDS
Invisible
Nicolas Floc’h (photography)
Publisher: Roma Publications
Design: Roger Willems
ISBN: 9789492811783

CHINA
Jia Hui
Zhang Shouzhou, Ma Ping
Publisher: Jiangsu Phoenix Science Press
Design: Zhao Qing, Jiang Jiajia
ISBN: 9787553793276

SWEDEN
Les Archives Suédoises – The Opening, Öppnandet, La Réouverture
Anna Ekman and Cecilia Järdemar (artists) ; André Yoka Lyé, Maria Lantz, Lotten Gustavsson Reinius, Darren Newbury and Stefan Helgesson (texts)
Publisher: Sailor Press
Design: Matilda Plöjel
Illustration / Photography: Anna Ekman,
Cecilia Järdemar
ISBN: 9789198357370

THE NETHERLANDS
No School Manifesto
Ilse Ouwens, Fabiola Camuti, Betje Stevens
Publisher: Valiz i.s.m. ArtEZ, Cibap, SintLucas
Design: Marius Schwarz
ISBN: 9789492095855

PORTUGAL
Post Millenium – Critical Essays On Contemporary Tensions –
We Would Prefer Not To – Resistance & Resillience [Vol.3]
Elisabete Marques, José Bragança De Miranda,
Maria João Baltasar, Fátima Pombo, Mariana Silva,
Raqs Media Collective
Publishers: Esad – Idea
Design: Esad – Idea
(Inês Nepomuceno, Susana Martins, Luís Cepa)
Illustration / Photography: Eva Papamargariti
ISBN: 978-989-54525-7-6

SWITZERLAND
Richard Tuttle – TheStars
Richard Tuttle, Charlotte McInnes (Editor)
Publisher: Modern Art, London
Design: Studio Mathias Clottu, London
ISBN: 978-0-9567988-8-6

THE NETHERLANDS
SC_1 / 1_1 / 2_1 / 4_1 / 8
Sigrid Calon
Publisher: Sigrid Calon
Design: Sigrid Calon

2020

SWEDEN
Ett år i Sverige – buskörningar, bilbränder och slaktplatser

Björn Larsson
Publisher: Journal
Design: Sebastian Wadsted
Illustration / Photography: Björn Larsson
ISBN: 9789187939389

THE NETHERLANDS
Bryophytes and Lichens of Letterewe

Oliver Moore
Publisher: Letterewe Estate
Design: IBO (Irma Boom, Eva van Bemmelen)
ISBN: 978-90-824953-1-7

SWITZERLAND
Alternative Histories

Jantje Engels and Marius Grootveld, London
Publisher: Drawing Matter, Wincanton
Design: Studio Mathias Clottu, London
Illustration / Photography: Thomas Adank
ISBN: 978-1-9161522-0-5

VENEZUELA
Reencuentro / Reencounter. Sheila Hicks

Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Chile
Publisher: Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino and Ediciones Puro Chile, Chile
Design: Álvaro Sotillo, Gabriela Fontanillas, Luis Giraldo
ISBN: 978-956-243-080-7

NORWAY
Concrete Oslo
Langsdalen, Pinochet, Szacka
Publisher: Torpedo Press, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design
Design: Joao Doria
Illustration / Photography: Misc.
ISBN: 978-82-93104-23-0

RUSSIA
About Art
Louis Althusser
Publisher: V-A-C Foundation, Artguide Editions
Design: Natalya Agapova
ISBN: 978-5-6041854-1-4

CHINA
The Great Bridge: Matter and Memory of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge

Jiangsu Art Museum
Publisher: Phoniex Fine Arts Publishing Ltd.
Design: Qu Minmin, Jiang Qian
ISBN 9787558050947

SWEDEN
Aednan

Linnea Axelsson
Publisher: Albert Bonniers Förlag
Design: Håkan Liljemärker
ISBN: 978-910-017-364-7

PORTUGAL
História Do Crime

João Louro
Publisher: João Louro (Edição De Autor)
Design: Barbara Says

PORTUGAL
Imprimere, Arte E Processo Nos 250 Anos Da Imprensa Nacional
Aavv
Publisher: Incm
Design: Degrau
Illustration / Photography: Luís Espinheira
ISBN: 978-989-8829-41-2

RUSSIA
PLOTS

Maksim Zuev, Maria Rudakova
Publisher: Maria Rudakova
Design: Vfria Rudakova

POLAND
Polski Teatr Tanca 1973-2018

Publisher: Polski Teatr Tanca, Poznan
Design: Ryszard Bienert
Illustration / Photography: Andrzej Grabowski
ISBN: 978-83-951669-0-7

THE NETHERLANDS
Richard Prince. Cowboy

Robert M. Rubin
Publisher: Prestel
Design: COMA (Cornelia Blatter, Marcel Hermans)
ISBN: 978-3-7913-5968-7

AUSTRIA
Loomshuttles, Warpaths.

Ines Doujak
Publisher: Spector Books, Leipzig
Design: Markus Wörgötter
Illustration / Photography: Markus Wörgötter
ISBN: 978-3-95905-218-4

JAPAN
Exploring the Wineries of Yamanashi

Satoru Mori
Publisher: Bijutsu Shuppan-sha Co.,ltd.
Design: Nobuhiro Nakagawa
Illustration / Photography: Katsuaki Shimegi
ISBN: 978-4-568-50633-4

LITHUANIA
How The Future King of England Ate Peacock in Vilnius: the Shared Cultural, Political and Culinary History of Britain and Lithuania

Rimvydas Laužikas, Antanas Astrauskas
Publisher: Lithuanian Culture Institute
Design: Dovydas Stonkus, Deimantė Brukštaitė (Godspeed Branding)
ISBN: 978-609-8015-65-2

UNITED KINGDOM
Dubuffet & the City: People, Place and Urban Space

Sophie Berrebi/ Editor: Jennifer Bernstein, Tenacious Editorial
Publisher: Hauser & Wirth
Design: Mevis & van Deursen, with Marius Schwarz
ISBN: 978-3906915111

CHINA
Shanghai Illustration 1900-1999

Jiang Qinggong, Liu Ruiying
Publisher: Shanghai People’s Fine Arts Publishing Co., Ltd.
Design: Jiang Qinggong
ISBN: 9787558609541

AUSTRIA
Raum Annähern

Robert Hahn, Werner Neuwirth
Publisher: Bohatsch und Partner
Design: Walter Bohatsch, Igor Labudovic
ISBN: 978-3-200-05529-2

GERMANY
Atlas of the Copenhagens
Deane Simpson, Kathrin Susanna Gimmel, Anders Lonka, u.a.
Publisher: Ruby Press, Berlin
Design: Joost Grootens, Dimitri Jeannottat
Illustration / Photography: Joost Grootens, Dimitri Jeannottat, Julie da Silva u.a. / SJG, Amsterdam (NL)
ISBN: 978-3-944074-24-5

ESTONIA
Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative?

Mark Fisher
Publisher: Estonian Academy of Arts Press
Design: Maria Muuk
ISBN: 978-9985-630-03-5

CHINA
The Long Goodbye

Wu Guozhang
Publisher: Nanjing Publishing House
Design: Wang Jun
ISBN: 9787553326559

PORTUGAL
751 Dias – O Tempo Não Consome A Eternidade

Helena Teixeira Da Silva
Publisher: Camara Municipal Do Porto
Design: Esad Idea / Inês Nepomuceno
Illustration / Photography: Miguel Nogueira , Bárbara Moreira
ISBN: 978-989-99871-8-0

THE NETHERLANDS
Un-conscious-City

Wiel Arets
Publisher: Actar
Design: Mainstudio (Edwin van Gelder)
ISBN: 978-1-945150-65-4

GERMANY
Oh, eine Pflanze!

Felix Bork
Publisher: Eichborn Verlag in der Bastei Lübbe AG, Köln
Design: Felix Bork, Büro Bum Bum
Illustration / Photography: Felix Bork
ISBN: 978-3-8479-0658-2