Zunft zu Oberstrass is a guild established in the Oberstrass quarter of Zurich in 1924. Zöiftiges Leben (Guild Life) charts its most recent 25 years as well as celebrating the climax of this period in a centenary.

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Our design is both traditional and contemporary, using the neo-classical typeface Spyre and splitting the Zunft’s emblem into 25 sections to punctuate years as bold geometric chapter dividers. It’s also both formal and informal—an administrative record of members, activities and events connected through footnotes to flurries of found photographs. As a keepsake object, the cover combines the Zunft’s signature colours, the tactility of its flag, a boldness and colloquiality in titling and directory-like detailing on its spine and rear.

Production by Bubu
Spyre typeface by Jack Niblett and British Standard Type