The Best German Book Design Showcasing the 62 books within the competition proved a challenge - how to visually render the outstanding details of the originals within the limits of the medium book, being the binding, the paper, special die cuts, folds, special colours, all this within a very modest budget. To get around this we focussed on typography and the grid of the book by showing one page of each book in original size, followed by a selection of double page spreads, using original print PDFs. A reduction to two colours helped staying with the budget as well as drawing all very diverse styles of designs together. The catalogue jacket folds out to an A0 poster that depicts all book covers in colour, giving you an overview of all 62 entries in relation to each other - an exhibition in itself which could not be achieved hidden among the pages of the book. The result is an exciting survey of who is who in book design in Germany 2008. Extent: 288 pages Binding: Paperback Price: €?12 ISBN: 978-3-7657-2900-3 Format: 17.0??x??24.0 cm Font: Akkurat Mono, Univers Basic-Regular, Univers BasicMedium Publisher: Stiftung Buch- kunst Printing: Sheet Offset Printer: Karl Gramm- lich GmbH, Pliezhausen Bookbinding: Leipziger Verlags- und Industriebuchbinderei GmbH, Baalsdorf Paper: 130 g/m² Arctic Volume White; 80 g/m² PlanoColor grau Cover material: 245 g/m² CMPC Maule RC Date: 2009