Up and Coming 2025

It’s that time again—einBuch.haus and Stiftung Buchkunst are teaming up to present the Up and Coming 2025—Sponsorship Prize for Young Book Design 2025. The exhibition brings together fresh perspectives from emerging designers, offering a look at how books can go far beyond the printed page.

The Sponsorship Prize for Young Book Design is all about bold ideas and experimental forms—whether in print or hybrid. Since 1989, this competition has focused on concept over perfection, spotlighting the next generation of editorial design. It’s supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and aims to amplify tomorrow’s voices in book design.

This year’s award-winning projects—All the Games We Could Have Played by Dayeon Auh, Anti-Environments by Luis Adrian Borchardt, and The forgotten stories of the 'Boat Driver' by Nora Börding, Anne Speltz, Maria Calzolari, and Hendrik Heinicke—each demonstrate how the book as a medium can extend beyond the printed word into space.

Expect to see a vibrant mix of media: portrait and landscape photography paired with fragments of text, colorful two-part collages, striking black-and-white letter pages, sculptural elements, and even a hybrid book that blends physical object with digital experience.

Each project takes on social themes in its own way—challenging assumptions, shifting perspectives, and encouraging visitors to think, interact, and ask questions. The exhibition is rounded out by a shortlist of additional standout works, showing the full range of what’s happening in young book design today.

When?
Thursday, July 17 – Saturday, August 16, 2025

Where?
einBuch.haus
Florastr. 61
13187 Berlin
Germany

Further information here. 

© Pictures by Hyemi Cho