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120 pages, ca. 150 illustrations, hardcover with dust jacket
This book is published on the occasion of the restaurant’s 100th anniversary. Casa Ferlin, also known as Restaurant Chiantiquelle, is the only long-established Italian restaurant in Zurich where the founding family still is in charge of hosting its guests – in kitchen, service, and management. The fourth generation also commits to traditional recipes and ingredients.
This publication thematizes Casa Ferlin’s history and presence, introducing some of its regular guests and longtime employees, and providing insight into Casa Ferlin’s recipes, cooking pots, and its formula for success.
Concept, editing, and production
Mathias Braschler/Monika Fischer
88 pages, 30 large-format photographs, hardcover with dust jacket
Foreword by Sir Bobby Charlton
English edition distributed by Art Books International. ISBN: 1874044619
German edition © 2006 by Nicolai, Berlin. ISBN: 978-3-89479-324-4
Italian edition © 2006 by Damiani editore. ISBN: 88-89431-51-2
This volume presents a unique portrait series: thirty international football stars photographed with a large format camera the moment they leave the playing field. The resulting pictures display a great authenticity, visualizing football’s fascination in an incomparable way, telling stories of victory and defeat, of missed chances and moments of pure luck.
Portraits of David Beckham, Gianluigi Buffon, Luis Figo, Pavel Nedved, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Andreiy Shevchenko, and Zinedine Zidane a.o.
Concept, editing, production, and placement with publishers
Benedikt Eppenberger/Daniel Stapfer
200 pages, 144 color illustrations, hardcover with dust jacket
© 2006 Verlag Scharfe Stiefel, www.scharfestiefel.ch
The fantastic story of an down-home Swiss who became a global player in the cinema business of the wild Seventies. Erwin C. Dietrich was a producer of blockbusters, the founder of the biggest independent Swiss distribution, and a multiplex pioneer in Zurich.
Concept, editing, and production
Stephan Schacher
184 pages, 146 large-format color photographs
German edition © 2005 by Edition Braus, Heidelberg. ISBN: 3-89904-151-8
English edition © 2005 by Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN: 1-56898-505-3
Taking along only the bare essentials, Stephan Schacher left New York and headed north in an old VW bus on a multi-week culinary adventure. Stopping only at diners along the way, he never stilled his hunger without first photographing the steaming hot meals.
Concept, editing, production, and placement with publishers
Manuel Bauer
294 pages, 200 color and black-and-white photographs
German edition © 2005 by DVA, München. ISBN: 3-421-05873-3
French edition © 2005 by Éditions de La Martinière, Paris. ISBN: 2-7324-3274-1
English edition © 2005 by Scalo, Zürich. ISBN: 3-03939-006-6
This publication marks the occasion of the Dalai Lama’s 70th birthday on July 6, 2005, and offers a first-time glimpse into the rare moments of privacy enjoyed by this world-famous individual.
Licence negotiations for the German, French and English edition
Total print-run: 35 000 copies
Peter Kühnst
176 pages, 158 illustrations
English edition © 2004 by Thames and Hudson, London. ISBN: 0-500-28475-X
German edition © 2004 by Edition Braus, Heidelberg. ISBN: 3-89904-096-1
French edition © 2004 by Editions du Regard, Paris. ISBN: 2-84105-168-4
This sumptuous and beautifully printed survey traces the history of the nude athlete in photography from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
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