Books & Word Fans

«Hier war's immer schön» (it was always lovely here) is written in copper on the cover. What was lovely, what was missing, what baggage would I like to drop, who do I want to see more often? Anja Vatter’s Gedankenblock asks 50 questions like...

«Mit dir ist jede Weile kurz» (time flies with you). This word fan holds 52 sentences like that, one per card, held together by a screw and ready to fan out. Anja Vatter collected the compliments because in everyday life it is easier to...

The river that runs right through Baden has a long story: Julien Gründisch draws it in pictures, from its origins at the end of the Ice Age, through its use and canalisation, to today’s restoration projects. The model is the Limmat in the cantons...

From Lake Geneva to the Graubünden Alps, from the Swiss Plateau to sunny Ticino: this seek-and-find book is a journey over hill and dale in seven pictures. Bernese illustrator Andrea Peter drew the very first Switzerland seek-and-find book, and vatter&vatter has republished it in...

Lucerne is teeming with life: at Fasnacht, by the lake in summer, outside the Swiss Museum of Transport and on the station square. Lucerne illustrator Amadeus Waltenspühl shows his city in seven large pictures, sometimes from high above, sometimes street by street in stacked...

Mermaids at the Letten river pool, Sechseläuten and Bahnhofstrasse in its Christmas lights: in this book, Zurich is bustling all year round. Beatrice Kaufmann drew it with plenty of detail and real local knowledge. Across seven double pages, Zurich insiders find the familiar and...

The Marzili, Federal Square, the Gurten and the never-ending building site at the station: even unhurried Bern is teeming with life. Beatrice Kaufmann drew the first, original Bern seek-and-find book, which has become a classic at the publisher vatter&vatter. Across seven large double pages,...