Benjamin Sommerhalder
Benjamin Sommerhalder (* 1977 in Aarau ) is a Swiss graphic artist , publisher's founder and illustrator .
Life
Benjamin Sommerhalder, born in 1977 in Aarau, studied graphic design at the School of Art and Design in Zurich . In 2001 he founded the publishing house Nieves , which publishes artist books and zines and sells them worldwide. As a publisher and designer, he has already been awarded the Jan Tschichold Prize and the Peter Kneubühler Foundation Prize. Benjamin Sommerhalder lives in Zurich.
Fonts
- Ghost Knigi . Verlag Nieves, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-905999-05-1 .
- Knigi . Diogenes-Verlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-257-01170-8 .
Awards
- Jan Tschichold Prize 2009
- Prize from the Peter Kneubühler Foundation
- The first English version of Knigi received the award for one of the most beautiful Swiss books of 2011.
- Prize for mediation of visual art for the series "Zines" from Nieves-Verlag, visarte.schweiz and Schweizer Kunstverein, 2013
Web links
- Literature by and about Benjamin Sommerhalder in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography on the homepage of Diogenes-Verlag
- Author page on the website of the Literaturhaus Graz
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography on the Diogenes Verlag website: http://www.diogenes.ch/leser/katalog/nach_autoren/az/s/9783257011708/autor
- ↑ http://www.news.admin.ch/message/index.html?lang=de&msg-id=25555
- ^ The Most Beautiful Swiss Books of 2011 (judged in January 2012); Press release
- ↑ http://visarte.ch/sites/default/files/news_pdfs/Jurybericht_2013_d.pdf
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sommerhalder, Benjamin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss graphic designer, publisher's founder and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aarau |