zurich switzerland key people lionel bovier products books website jrp ringier.com jrp ringier formerly jrp editions is a swiss publisher of high quality books on contemporary art . founded by lionel bovier in zurich switzerland the company has more than 400 titles in active distribution worldwide including artists books monographs exhibition s catalogues anthologies and books dedicated to writings by art critics and curators . it also publishes series from external associate editors e.g. christoph keller editions . at the core of jrp ringier s program lie the books by contemporary artists themselves the artists books . jrp ringier has already published influential artists such as fischli & weiss john armleder isa genzken richard prince john baldessari mike kelley wolfgang tillmans elaine sturtevant or rodney graham . however the publisher continues to support younger or still overlooked swiss and international artists including urs fischer valentin carron sterling ruby troy brauntuch tony oursler kelley walker mai thu perret or cyprien gaillard . jrp ringier s publications have won numerous design awards including the most beautiful swiss book and best book design from all over the world . while the geneva based studio gavillet & rust is responsible for the art direction other renowned graphic designers such as norm 1 m m paris 2 cornel windlin 3 marie lusa 4 or peter saville 5 have also contributed titles from jrp ringier s catalogue . contents 1 company history 2 publishing philosophy 3 awarded books since 2004 4 references 5 external links company history edit jrp editions just ready to be published was founded in 1997 in geneva switzerland by art curators lionel bovier and christophe cherix from their admiration for the small press scene of the 1970s . between 1997 and 2003 around 30 artists books and prints emerged from this non profit activity based on the founders network of friends in the art and academic world design and printing industry . in 2004 lionel bovier created jrp ringier a new company in partnership with michael ringier the owner of the zurich based swiss media group ringier ag . christophe cherix carried on his activities at the cabinet des estampes in geneva and later at the museum of modern art in new york of which he became chief curator of prints and illustrated books . since its creation jrp ringier has produced books at an ever increasing pace and currently releases about one book a week . publishing philosophy edit editing a book can be very similar to curating a show . as an independent curator lionel bovier jrp ringier s founder always considered the exhibition as a medium which can take very different forms even that of a book . the artists books of the 1960s with their autonomous and democratic qualities seemed to him the ideal vehicles for art projects . but the production modes typically used by fluxus artists in the 1970s the book s materialization through collaborative processes cheap reproduction techniques and circulation were as much influential to his understanding of book making . another aspect of lionel bovier s publishing activities was born of a general dissatisfaction with group exhibition s catalogues the pseudo documentation of a project produced before the show with the two pages by artist rule and the inadequate biographies . he replaced them in his own curatorial activity by another form the anthology . it allowed him to devise and organize the return of textual material that was used to prepare the show as well as to open the exhibition to its research . it was important for him to state the unfinished status of an exhibition and the anthology seemed to offer an interesting way out presenting the show as a mere step in a longer journey . awarded books since 2004 edit the most beautiful swiss books 2004 mark leckey 7 windmill street w1 jrp ringier 2004 . isbn 978 2 940271 34 4 the most beautiful swiss books 2005 cory arcangel beige jrp ringier 2005 . isbn 978 3 905701 15 9 shahrzad history jrp ringier 2005 . isbn 978 3 905701 50 0 the 2005 jan tschichold award was attributed to gavillet & rust jrp ringier s art direction . the most beautiful swiss books 2006 peter fischli david weiss fragen & blumen jrp ringier 2006 . isbn 978 3 905770 08 7 late shift jrp ringier 2006 . isbn 978 3 905701 78 4 tom burr extrospective jrp ringier 2006 . isbn 978 3 905701 82 1 ecal typography we make fonts jrp ringier 2006 . isbn 978 2 940271 76 4 hgkz announcements jrp ringier 2006 . isbn 978 3 905701 84 5 the most beautiful swiss books 2007 dieter roth drawings jrp ringier 2007 . isbn 978 3 905770 66 7 hanspeter hofmann bonheur automatique jrp ringier 2007 . isbn 978 3 905770 67 4 jim shaw distorted faces & portraits 1978 2007 jrp ringier 2007 . isbn 978 3 905701 13 5 johannes wohnseifer werkverzeichnis 1992 2007 jrp ringier 2007 . isbn 978 3 905770 62 9 lyon biennal 00s the history of a decade that has not yet been named jrp ringier 2007 . isbn 978 3 905829 02 0 marc camille chaimowicz the world of interiors jrp ringier 2007 . isbn 978 3 905701 67 8 rirkrit tiravanija a retrospective jrp ringier 2007 . isbn 978 3 905770 32 2 it s time for action jrp ringier 2007 . isbn 978 3 905770 53 7 wouldn t it be nice jrp ringier 2007 . isbn 978 3 905829 24 2 carsten nicolai static fades jrp ringier 2007 . isbn 978 3 905770 63 6 carsten nicolai s static fades also received the ehren diplom 2007 honorary degree from the leipzig book design competition best book design from all over the world . the most beautiful swiss books 2008 minotaure chants exploratoires jrp ringier 2008 . isbn 978 3 905829 94 5 fran ois g d on reverdin gravures n oclassiques jrp ringier 2008 . isbn 978 3 905829 35 8 henrik olesen some faggy gesture jrp ringier 2008 . isbn 978 3 905829 46 4 shifting identities swiss art now jrp ringier 2008 . isbn 978 3 905829 70 9 bob nickas theft is vision jrp ringier 2008 . isbn 978 3 905770 36 0 the most beautiful swiss books 2009 francis baudevin miscellaneous abstract jrp ringier 2009 . isbn 978 3 03764 067 8 valentin carron learning from martigny jrp ringier 2009 . isbn 978 3 03764 095 1 forde 1994 2009 jrp ringier 2009 . isbn 978 3 03764 082 1 yann s randour inside the white cube jrp ringier 2009 . isbn 978 3 03764 042 5 kiosk modes of multiplication jrp ringier 2009 . isbn 978 3 03764 075 3 ari marcopoulos within arm s reach jrp ringier 2009 . isbn 978 3 03764 074 6 boris groys andro wekua wait to wait jrp ringier 2009 . isbn 978 3 03764 021 0 voids a retrospective jrp ringier 2009 . isbn 978 3 03764 017 3 void a retrospective also received the bronze medal 2009 from the leipzig book design competition best book design from all over the world . the most beautiful swiss books 2010 atlas of transformation jrp ringier 2010 . isbn 978 3 03764 147 7 voici un dessin suisse 1990 2010 jrp ringier 2010 . isbn 978 3 03764 100 2 the most beautiful swiss books 2011 john kelsey wade guyton . black paintings jrp ringier 2011 . isbn 978 3 03764 166 8 references edit e.g. mark leckey 7 windmill street designed by norm e.g. philippe parreno monograph designed by m m pairs e.g. erik steinbrecher arabesque gogo designed by cornel windlin e.g. the situationist international designed by marie lusa e.g. peter saville estate art direction by peter saville external links edit official page gavillet & cie optimo gavillet & rust s foundry marie lusa retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jrp ringier & oldid 709382740 categories artists bookscontemporary art magazinesgraphic design studiosbook publishing companies of switzerland2004 establishments in switzerlandpublishing companies established in 2004companies based in z richmedia in z richvisual arts publishing companieshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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