18. June 2025
Congratulations! In this year's competition for Austria's most beautiful books, the book Ricarda
Denzer – ganz ohr / all ears, published by De Gruyter within Edition Angewandte, edited by Ricarda Denzer and Christian
Höller, designed by Hannah Sakai, was selected by the jury as one of the 15 most beautiful books in Austria in 2024!
"[
Ricarda Denzer – ganz ohr / all ears]
immediately arouses curiosity.
As soon as you pick up the book, you want to explore it, unpack it, examine it, understand it. The cover attracts attention
through the use of unusual blueback paper – the reverse side of the paper used for displaying posters – and its special folding.
And indeed, the book cover transforms into a poster as soon as you unfold it. This already illustrates the subject matter
of artist Ricarda Denzer and her intention with this publication, which is to translate the three-dimensional spatial nature
of spoken language into a two-dimensional form, or rather to transcend these boundaries through multifunctionality and a change
in dimensionality."
Excerpt from the jury's statementIn addition,
Bare Bodies – Thresholding
Life, edited by Mariella Greil, designed by Simona Koch and also published by De Gruyter within Edition Angewandte, was
shortlisted for Austria's most beautiful books of 2024.
To the book by Ricarda Denzer and Christian
Höller:
Ricarda
Denzer – ganz ohr / all earsTo the book by Mariella Greil:
Bare
Bodies – Thresholding LifeTo the 2024 award winners:
Die
schönsten Bücher Österreichs 2024
