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| Niggli Verlag | |
|---|---|
| Name | Niggli Verlag |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founder | Josef Niggli |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Headquarters | Grüningen |
| Publications | Books |
| Topics | Art, Design, Architecture, Culinary Arts, Culture |
Niggli Verlag
Niggli Verlag is a Swiss publishing house founded in 1949, based near Zürich in Grüningen, known for illustrated books on art and design with an emphasis on craftsmanship, architecture, and culinary subjects. The publisher has produced monographs, catalogs, and reference works that intersect with exhibitions at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, Victoria and Albert Museum, and regional museums like the Kunsthaus Zürich and the Museum Rietberg. Its editorial program has engaged with artists and designers whose careers relate to movements represented in collections of the Guggenheim Museum, Centre Pompidou, and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
Founded in 1949 by Josef Niggli in postwar Switzerland, the firm emerged during a period of renewed interest in European modernism, contemporaneous with exhibitions at the Salon de l'Automobile and retrospectives tied to figures such as Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto. Early decades included collaborations with Swiss institutions including the Kunstmuseum Basel and publishing projects connected to craftsmen associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement revival and the postwar design discourse that intersected with proponents like Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and curators from the Bauhaus legacy. The house expanded its remit in the 1970s and 1980s to encompass culinary authors linked to movements celebrated at events like the Slow Food gatherings and to photographers promoted by galleries such as Hauser & Wirth. Through the 1990s and 2000s it cultivated ties with academic presses and exhibition organizers including the Fondation Beyeler and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, while editorial direction engaged with contemporary practitioners comparable to Santiago Calatrava and Herzog & de Meuron in architecture publishing.
The catalog spans monographs, exhibition catalogs, manuals, and art books focused on sculpture and textile art as well as cookbooks tied to chefs featured in venues like Noma and The French Laundry. Titles often accompany exhibitions at institutions such as the Serpentine Galleries, Hamburger Bahnhof, and the Royal Academy of Arts. The house has produced works on designers linked to firms like Vitra and Herman Miller and photographers represented by agencies such as Magnum Photos and galleries including Gagosian. Publications document makers whose works are held by museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rijksmuseum, and Louvre, and engage writers and critics associated with journals such as Artforum, Frieze, and The Burlington Magazine.
Authors and collaborators have included curators from institutions like the Museum of Modern Art, critics affiliated with The New York Times, and practitioners whose careers intersect with figures such as Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Beuys, and Louise Bourgeois. The list of contributors ranges from museum directors at the Tate to chefs connected to El Bulli and historians who have lectured at universities such as University of Zürich and ETH Zurich. Collaborations have extended to design studios comparable to Pentagram and Studio Oï, to photographers in the orbit of Annie Leibovitz and Helmut Newton, and to curators working with biennials like the Venice Biennale and the Documenta festival.
Production values emphasize typographic and visual quality influenced by Swiss graphic traditions exemplified by practitioners such as Max Bill and Armin Hofmann, and are aligned with conservation departments at institutions like the British Museum and Smithsonian Institution. The imprint frequently commissions illustrators and photographers whose work has been shown at galleries such as Pace Gallery and White Cube and employs paper and binding standards comparable to those used by Taschen and Thames & Hudson. Projects have utilized collaborations with printers and workshops in regions known for artisanal book production, echoing networks that include the Stempel Foundry and binders servicing collections like the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Titles from the publisher have been shortlisted for and won distinctions granted by juries associated with awards such as the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, the AIGA 50 Books competition, and regional design prizes from bodies like the Swiss Federal Office of Culture. Individual books have been featured in curated lists by institutions and media including the New York Times Book Review, Le Monde, and design festivals such as Salone del Mobile and DesignMiami/. Recognition has also come from museum acquisition committees at the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
Operated as an independent house, the firm coordinates editorial, design, and distribution through partnerships with wholesalers and retailers across Europe and North America, collaborating with distributors servicing markets covered by chains like Barnes & Noble and independent sellers such as Shakespeare and Company. International distribution networks connect to book fairs including the Frankfurt Book Fair and the London Book Fair, and sales strategies engage with museum shops at institutions like the Centre Pompidou and the Nationalmuseum Stockholm. The publisher has historically maintained relationships with printers and logistics firms across Germany, Italy, and France while aligning rights and translations with agencies that manage territories including Japan, United States, and United Kingdom.
Category:Publishing companies of Switzerland