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Summit-Book – the New Year's Book 2026

by Chiara Ruoss

The 2026 New Year's book takes you on a tactile journey to Switzerland's highest peak.

The Dufourspitze is part of the Monte Rosa massif and lies between Valais and Italy at 4,634 metres above sea level. The summit book picks up on this height and makes it tangible.

The staircase embossing on the Flatbook open creates a relief that echoes the contour lines of the Dufourspitze. The visual sequence begins at 3,900 metres above sea level and leads level by level to the summit at 4,634 metres. Because a mountain is climbed not in big steps, but level by level...

Three different grammages make the different altitude levels tangible. The levels were laminated partly by machine and partly by hand. This creates a special feel that reflects the interplay of industrial efficiency and craftsmanship at Bubu.

The altitude information is finished with white foil embossing. The imprint was produced using digital printing with HP Indigo and implemented with white printing.
Lessebo Colours Cherry in 300 gsm, 225 gsm and 160 gsm from Fischer Papier was used. The white foil colour V911 from Kurz and the precise white printing of the HP Indigo complement the book perfectly.

Just as a mountain consists of many layers, this New Year's book was also the result of multi-layered collaboration. Because where perspectives meet, new things become possible.
 

PS: If you have conquered your New Year's book like a mountain peak, the summit book can be reordered for CHF 20 at service@bubu.ch!


NEW YEAR BOOKS PICTURE GALLERY
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Red hardcover book with multiple cut-out layers on the right side, creating a three-dimensional topographic effect with text labels on each layer.
A red folded paper structure with irregular, wavy edges resembling an abstract origami or pop-up book element, placed on a flat surface. The paper is thick and appears to be carefully creased to form multiple vertical folds.
A stack of red softcover booklets with wave-shaped die-cut lines and small white text along the curves on the front covers, arranged in a fan-like manner on a grey background.
Several bright red sheets of paper with wavy cut edges are stacked and fanned out on a light grey surface, each sheet marked with numbers in white along the edge.
Several red flatbooks stacked with curved die-cut shapes on the covers and white printed text with numbers visible near the edges.
Stack of red softcover books with embossed contour lines and small white numerical markings on the covers, displayed against a grey background.
Stack of red softcover books with a cover design featuring contour-like embossed lines and small white printed elevation labels.