Leipziger Verlag Spector Books clears out the most beautiful books!

Leipziger Verlag Spector Books clears out the most beautiful books!

On Monday, the “most beautiful German books” in Berlin were awarded 2025, an event that makes the hearts of book lovers beat faster. According to MDR , an independent jury from around 600 entries has chosen a total of 25 publications. Among these outstanding works are five titles from Central Germany, with the Leipziger publisher Spector Books being able to obtain four awards. Another award -winning work comes from Weimarer Verlag M Books.

Spector Books has established itself as the most successful publisher of the competition, known for publications that are located at the interface of art, theory and design. A highlight of the award -winning books is the five -part dining series by Alexander Kluge, who deals with artificial intelligence in film art. In addition, Oxana Gourinovitch's work "Raising the Curtain" analyzes two Soviet opera houses, which impressively shows the thematic bandwidth of the excellent works.

variety of categories

The price not only focuses on the content, but also emphasizes the design qualities of the works. The selection is made in five categories:

• General literature: works such as "The grief of the tangente" and "fragments of a real icon" were awarded.
• specialist books: The award -winning titles include "Constructive Disobedience" and "Raising the Curtain".
• Guide/non-fiction books: These include "Prototype 1928-33" and "Culture Technology Cooking".
• art and photo books: "Visible upon breakdown" and "Buchenwald" are underneath.
• children's and youth books: title like "Muskelsalat" and "I and the Magic Cube" were honored.

The variety that shows the competition of German book production has been particularly noteworthy since 1929. The Buchkunst Foundation emphasizes that the selection is not only a shop window of artistic book design, but also reflects the width and depth of contemporary literature. The quality and creative handling of the medium book are crucial criteria.

book design in focus

The importance of aesthetics and authenticity was also highlighted by jury members such as Timo Reger and Ulrike Wollenberg. "Beauty alone is not enough," emphasizes Reger, "you also have to observe the authenticity and the relationship of the design to the content". The jury work, Wollenberg describes, is an enriching experience that offers space for exchange and new perspectives. The "Prize of the Book Art Foundation", which will be awarded at the award ceremony on September 6, 2024 in the Museum Applied Art in Frankfurt, is endowed with 10,000 euros, which should further increase interest in good books.

In a world in which digital media often dominate, this competition sets a strong sign of the appreciation of book art and production and promotes awareness of the design elements that make books a special experience. The many great submissions that jury member Harri Kuhn enthusiastically reverses also show how important this aspect is.