Fernand Baudin Prize 2008 
Price of Brussels most beautiful book
Initiated by a few graphic-Teacher Award, best book was finally held in Belgium and specifically Brussels for the first edition 2008, with support from Brussels-Export.
Fernand Baudin Prize is a competition that aims to encourage the creation of contemporary book each year honoring the best books of the Brussels-Capital Region. It is aimed at graphic designers, publishers, printers and bookbinders and tends to make available their achievements to a wide audience through an exhibition and a catalog circulating abroad.
Will winning books of 2008 that reflect a high quality both in terms of design (graphic and editorial), as their production (printing and binding). A qualified international jury will judge according to predefined criteria aesthetic issues, innovations and techniques embodiment of the books in order to award the prizes.
Fernand Baudin was a leading "typography" Belgium, a major player in the world of books but also a teacher and author of several books that have earned her international fame. In homage to this iconic figure whose vision and work were determinants, we borrowed the name to associate with the price of the most beautiful book in Brussels.
This year, for its first edition, the Prix Fernand Baudin will be hosted by Galerie Anatome in Paris for a joint exhibition with the contest of the most beautiful French books which will in turn be hosted in Brussels.
Panel Members:
CATHERINE DE SMET (U.S.) President
Historian graphics
Armand Mevis (NL)
designer Philippe Millot (EN) Graphic
KUNG MORITZ (CH)
Curator
MICHÈLE DIDIER (B)
Publisher
Marc Goethals (B)
Artist and collector of art books
MURIEL VERHAEGEN (B) Bookseller
MARC VANDEPITTE (B)
Printer
