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The Centre culturel suisse (CCS) bookshop offers a wide selection of books on contemporary art, photography, architecture, literature, youth, graphic design, as well as a selection of design objects and artist’s editions. This carefully curated selection is in line with the CCS programme and reflects the richness of contemporary Swiss creativity. Through books and design, the CCS supports and promotes these disciplines.

A true meeting place, the bookshop hosts numerous events throughout the year, such as publication launches, exhibitions and talks. To find out more about the programme, visit the Agenda tab.

Following the renovation of the CCS (2022–2026), the bookshop will become the sole entrance to the CCS.

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Museo La Congiunta – Peter Märkli2026
Jean-Nicolas Lechat, Haemi Chung
VERNACULAIRE

Museo La Congiunta – Peter Märkli takes a restrained approach to this radical building, allowing its volumes, light and functions to speak for themselves. A book that maintains a certain distance, much like the place it documents.

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ISBN9782714313850
Le Musée des lunettes2026
Adelheid Duvanel
éditions corti

The Museum of Glasses brings together a collection of very short stories centred on often marginalised figures, observed in everyday situations that shift subtly. Through a blend of concrete details and subtle shifts, the collection creates a world that is both understated and unsettling.

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ISBN978-2-88907-583-6
Une bonne chose de faite2026
Jérémie Gindre
ZOE

Une bonne chose de faite weaves together seemingly simple scenes, in which gestures and movements take a slightly unexpected turn. Through a blend of keen observation and subtle shifts, the text creates a restrained humour and a sense of diffuse strangeness.

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ISBN9782889013142
Les Inaptes (tome 1/3) Bianca et la rage des excès2026
Pitch COMMENT, Amélie DUPRÉ, Camille REBETEZ
Éditions Antipodes

Les Inaptes follows Bianca through an unstable world where excess has almost become a way of life. Amidst aimless drifting, tension and moments of sheer absurdity, the story unfolds with raw energy and a dark humour that keeps any sense of morality at bay.

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ISBN978-3-907350-22-5
Intimate Borders of liminal love2024
Habib Afsar, Ipshita Maitra, Mara Züst
Edition Haus am Gern

Intimate Borders of Liminal Love explores forms of attachment that take shape in liminal spaces — geographical, social and emotional. The book brings together texts and visual materials to capture fragile, evolving relationships that are often at odds with established norms

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ISBN978-2492696237
One millimeter of Black Dirt and a Veil of Dead Cows2025
Vincent Jendly
André Frère Editions

One millimetre of Black Dirt and a Veil of Dead Cows constructs a series of fragments in which the landscape, the body and matter seem to constantly decompose and reassemble. A dense whole, hovering between concrete observation and an unstable imagination.

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ISBN9783952545874
TÜRM – Les Chantiers de la Mystério­sité. Entretien d’architecture2023
Marc Frochaux
espazium

TÜRM takes the form of an interview that explores architectural projects in which the construction process, uncertainty and experimentation remain visible. The text focuses on processes rather than finished objects, leaving room for uncertainty.

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ISBN978-3721210491
The Quick Classification Guide for Typography: A Handbook for Designers2025
Eva Kubinyi
Niggli

The Quick Classification Guide for Typography: A Handbook for Designers offers a structured overview of the main typeface families, with clear guidelines for identifying and comparing them. A straightforward tool, designed to bridge the gap between practice and analysis.

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ISBN978-3-85616-997-8
Was wäre wenn/What if2023
S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum (Andreas Kofler, Andreas Ruby)
Christoph Merian Verlag

Was wäre wenn / What if brings together scenarios and projects that explore architecture through hypotheses rather than certainties. The book presents open-ended proposals, in which the ‘what if’ becomes a tool for reflecting on uses and forms.

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ISBN978-2-8290-0694-4
L’adieu au plomb. La Fédération suisse des typographes et le changement technique (1950-1980)2024
Frédéric Deshusses
Les éditions d'en bas

L’adieu au plomb examines the transformation of the typographer’s trade in Switzerland during the transition from lead-based typesetting to digital and photographic technologies. The book documents these technical changes and their practical impact on professional practices and organisations.

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ISBN978-3-9525690-3-0
Animals2025
Martin Parr
Rookie Books

Animals brings together photographs of animals taken in everyday settings, often captured from an offbeat, head-on perspective. The book plays on ordinary situations and human behaviour in the background, in a style typical of Martin Parr.

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ISBN978-3-907236-32-1
Orlando2022
Klodin Erb
Edition Patrick Frey

Orlando weaves a fragmented narrative centred on characters and situations that blur the line between observation and invention. The book unfolds through free associations, with a focus on gestures, forms and movements.

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ISBN978-3906213538
The Sori Yanagi Appreciation Society2025
Michael Marriott; Duncan Riches
ROLLO PRESS

The Sori Yanagi Appreciation Society brings together essays and observations on Sori Yanagi’s work, spanning design, craftsmanship and everyday use. The book explores the apparent simplicity of his objects and the manufacturing principles that underpin them.

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ISBN123456
Under construction2026
Centre culturel suisse. Paris
Centre culturel suisse. Paris

From renovation to reopening: the transformation of the Swiss Cultural Centre in Paris

Architecture

ASBR; Paris, France

Truwant + Rodet +, Basel, Switzerland

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ISBN9789464460858
Batia Suter – La Nonpareille2025
Batia Suter
Roma Publications

La Nonpareille brings together found images, juxtaposed to evoke echoes of shapes and textures. It is a book that you can leaf through at your leisure, with no beginning or end, in which it is easy to lose yourself.

The Centre culturel suisse (CCS) bookshop offers a wide selection of books on contemporary art, photography, architecture, literature, youth, graphic design, as well as a selection of design objects and artist’s editions. This carefully curated selection is in line with the CCS programme and reflects the richness of contemporary Swiss creativity. Through books and design, the CCS supports and promotes these disciplines.

A true meeting place, the bookshop hosts numerous events throughout the year, such as publication launches, exhibitions and talks. To find out more about the programme, visit the Agenda tab.

Following the renovation of the CCS (2022–2026), the bookshop will become the sole entrance to the CCS.