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Artificial intelligence (AI) has triggered a significant change in various areas of society in recent years. This technology, which gives machines the ability to learn and perform tasks autonomously, has not only changed the way we work, but also the way we live - and we are only at the beginning of this development!

When I joined Bookfactory last year, I had no idea what exciting adventures and unforgettable moments awaited me. Today, on my first birthday, I'm sitting comfortably in my favourite armchair and looking through the colourful pages of my personal yearbook. I am reviewing the past year in my mind...

If you want it to be quick and uncomplicated, you can create an individual photo product directly in the browser with the Online Editor. We have worked intensively to further improve the speed and stability as well as the usability and thus the user-friendliness of the Online Editor.

This year, we were again present as the main sponsor at Photo Münsingen as an exhibitor. In this context, we organised a photo book competition for the first time - we were looking for the most beautiful Bookfactory photo books in Switzerland. We would like to present the top 3 to you in this blog post.

Join Bookfactory mascot Bu on his trial day at Bubu AG. Who will he meet and which departments will he visit? And of course the most important question: Will he become part of the Family of Books at the end? 

In our sixth blog post on quality in book design and production, Christian Burkhardt draws parallels with the sport of swinging for the last time.

Good news for everyone who wants to create beautiful photo books: Ralf Turtschi gives professional tips on all aspects of design in his new "Photo Book". With numerous tricks from the pros, he shows how it's done.

Whether the reference to the longevity of our books in the photo of Noe van Messel at the rope pulling is obvious or rather less, remains to be seen. With a little imagination and magnanimity, however, some parallels can be seen: Noe keeps himself fit and strengthens his endurance with rope-pulling training.

You take the cool photos and the matching design, we take care of the sturdy binding and bookbinding quality. Deal!

Many readers may not give much thought to the opening of a book. The opening behavior, also known as layflat behavior, is of course of great concern to us as bookbinders – after all, we want content to be presented well at all times. But what actually influences this opening behavior? 

As a traditional bookbindery that has its origins in the production of books in the handicraft as well as industrial area, the term «print» stands for many things for us.

The fact that our managing director Christian Burkhardt is a fan of the Swiss national sport of wrestling can be seen in practically every sentence of the following lines. He is not the only one. More and more Swiss people are becoming enthusiastic about the proud sport of sawdust. Which values remind him of Bubu and why, you can find out in the blog. 

The photographer, graphic designer, corporate designer, typographer and photo book professional Ralf Turtschi publishes his latest book «Fotografie für dich». To mark the publication of the book produced by Bubu, we met the author for an interview.

This year, Bubu celebrates its 80th birthday. In April 1941, in the middle of the Second World War, Albert Burkhardt took over a small bookbindery on Forchstrasse in Zurich. This is the beginning of a long success story.

The former top athlete, comedian and today successful sculptor Stephan Schmidlin recently published his latest book with realizations from the years 2000 to 2020. An important chapter is the publicly accessible sculpture park "The 4 Elements" in the "Riverside" - an impressive insight into his artistic work. On the occasion of the publication, the flatbook produced by Bubu, we asked the artist 7 questions.

We introduce you to our two figureheads of Bubu AG Handbuchbinderei, Rahel Scheufele and Caroline Seidel, with a few questions. Both are united by their love of books, their success at international competitions and their aversion to a very special manufacturing step.

In this article we explain how you can use our design software to capture special highlights and events in our wall and real photo calendars.

«Bubu-Red». It's a way of life, the first ray of sunshine on a spring morning and the last sip of good red wine. «Bubu-Red» is everything we wish for and much more. Something different for everyone and yet always just the right thing. «Bubu-Red» is like each of us - sometimes like this, sometimes like that. Nobody behaves the same every day, so why expect the impossible from a color?

Where do you like to read best? Sitting at a table. Surely not lying, not on the beach and not in bed. Learn more about Hans Burkhardt in our interview.

We are partners at the Nikon Days in Egg and at the Photo Münsingen.