In 2025, the "most beautiful book in the world" will be released! Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing House's "What" won the award
Founded in 1963, "The World's Most Beautiful Book" is an annual global book design competition sponsored by the German Book Art Foundation, representing the highest honor in book art design in the world today.
On March 20, the results of the 2025 "World's Most Beautiful Books" selection were officially announced in Leipzig, Germany. A total of 550 books from 32 countries around the world competed, and 14 books from China, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland and Slovakia won 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 5 Bronze and 5 Honorable Mentions. Among them, the only award-winning book in China is "What Things" published by Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing House, which was awarded the "Honor Award".
2025 "The World's Most Beautiful Book"
Award-winning works
Golden Character Award
Forget Me Not / Vergissmeinnicht
Netherlands
Design: Rudy Guedj
By Harriet Foyster
Gold
Zbierka zázitkovej poézie
Slovakia
Design: Aurélia Garová, Tereza Maco
Author: Erik Šimšík
Silver
Everything is a Projection
Finland
Design: Emery Norton
Author: Sheung Yiu
Oh, ein Stein!
Germany
Design: Felix Bork, Büro Bum Bum
Author: Felix Bork
Bronze
Hidden Heartache
Switzerland
Design: Samuel Bänziger, Rosario Florio, Larissa Kasper
By Simone Keller
Size Matters
Germany
Design: HIT / Lina Grumm, Annette Lux
Authors: Florian Ebner, Steffen Siegel, Vera Tollmann
Everyday Urban Design
Germany
Design: Our Polite Society / Laslo Strong
by Ruth Duma-Coman et al.
Zywy zapis / Live captured
Poland
Design: Ryszard Bienert
Author: Iwona Pasińska
Nigra crux mala crux
Poland
Design: Ryszard Bienert
Author: Janusz Trupinda
honorable mention
New Surface Research
Netherlands
Design: Yuri Sato, Roger Willems
By Henri Jacobs
What Lies with He
China
Design: Qingmen Yin / Zhao Qing, Zhu Tao
Author: He Ming
(For the award-winning comments and detailed introduction of "What", please click on the article: The "World's Most Beautiful Book" in 2025 is revealed!) What is the charm of the only Chinese book to be selected? Check)
A plus minus Z
Austria
Design: re-p.org / Nik Thoenen, Hannah Sakai
Authors: Payer Gabriel / Micha Payer, Martin Gabriel
DESET!
Netherlands
Design: Jules Janssen
By Laura Snijders
Escola Provisória para Nada / Provisional School For NothingPortugal
Design: Marco Balesteros
Authors: Sara Vaz, Marco Balesteros
