The Hakuin Publishing Company was founded in the year 2009.
It's the result of the collaboration between artists from
Hamburg (GER) and Zurich (SUI). The company was founded in
order to publish independently the collective's and it's friends
self-determined own ideas.



ARTISTS 
Alexander Schauwecker (JP/GER/SUI)
Daniel Tischler (SUI)
Jens Kaesemann (GER)
Jonas Oswald (SUI)
Mario Niederberger (SUI)
Rainer Brenner (SUI)
Thomas Stöckli (SUI)
Veronika Suter (SUI)
Yves Suter (SUI)


CONTACT
Hakuin Verlag, Zurich
Switzerland
mail@hakuin-verlag.com
SHOPS

EUROPE
-  Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich
-  Domus-Haus, Basel
-  Hochparterre, Zurich
-  Klio, Zurich
-  Kunstgriff, Zurich
-  Lüthy & Stocker, Lucerne
-  Motto Store, Berlin
-  OMMU, Athens
-  Orell Füssli Krauthammer, Zurich
-  Sec52, Zurich
-  Self Publish Be Happy, London
-  Ti Pi Tin, London

USA
-  Printed Matter INC., NewYork

JAPAN
-  Bueno Books, Tokyo

* Note: Stores may not have every publication in stock!









Alex Schauwecker, Between Cat and Wolf
46 pages, 14 x 20 cm, Color Photocopy print
Edition of 50
Printed in Switzerland 2009
ISBN: 978-3-9523730-1-9

Alex’s work includes sketches and drawings as well as illustration. As a passionate skateboarder and snowboarder he is closely connected to the board sports lifestyle. He has a lifelong love for the mountains and an equal fascination with the topography of urban life. Both these sources inspire his work.
He does not think and work in terms of contrasts, of 'either- or'. Instead he is inclined to the kind of art that discovers the common ground between different worlds and challenges the conventional perception of reality.
The Zine 'Between Cat and Wolf' is a summary of his most recent works and exhibitions.
Price: € 6.60

Sold Out!
 



Alex Schauwecker, Ghosts before Breakfast
68 pages, 14 x 20 cm, Color Photocopy print
Edition of 50
Printed in Switzerland 2012
No ISBN.

Alex’s work includes sketches and drawings as well as illustration & photography. The Zine 'Ghosts before breafast' is a mix between serious and dreamy moments which fluctuate between surreal, poetry and abstraction.

Price: € 6.60   (very few copies left)


 



Alex Schauwecker, Over the rainbow
98 pages, 18.5 x 26 cm, Offset print
Edition of 500
Printed in Lithuania 2013
ISBN 978-3-9523730-7-1.

Alex’s Schauweckers latest book, focusing on photography. A mix between dreamy girls and dark nights tagging in Zurich.

Price: € 17


 



Daniel Tischler & Rainer Brenner,
Paradise Tea
2x 56pages, 20.5 x 29.5 cm, Offset print
Edition of 500
Designed by Raffinerie, Zurich
Printed in Lithuania 2012
ISBN 978-3-9523730-6-4

Over the time of four years of work photographer Daniel Tischler and writer Rainer Brenner made the 'Querschläger' Series which was published in Lifestyle Magazine Kinki. The series is a rather special collection of private house visits from folk singers, to pornstars, to Swiss celebrities, and so on. A very unconventional art book including a short interview in German from these outstanding personalities. The book 'Paradise Tea' is the limited collection of the best portraits they created during these four years.
Winner Swiss Press Photo Award 2013!

Price: € 32


 



Jens Kaesemann, Durch die Nacht
36 pages, 14 x 20 cm, Color Photocopy print
Edition of 50
Printed in Germany 2009
No ISBN.

His work basically shows subcultures, be it of people like in the Zine 'Durch die Nacht' where he shows urban city youth going through the nights with drugs and chaos, but documenting also the lonely and quite moments of the lost souls.

Working on film he also captures people in their pure natural way and goes on with reportage and landscape, always keeping it tight to his own style.

Price: € 6.60

Sold Out!
 



Jonas Oswald, Unknown Japan
34pages, 14 x 20 cm, Color Photocopy print
Edition of 30
Printed in Switzerland 2010
No ISBN.

Jonas Oswald is a photographer from Zurich (SUI). His character and his experiences of life show through in the perspective and shooting style of his pictures, reflecting the relaxed and varied mix of the situations in which he finds himself. He mostly works in people photography but also sometimes does fashion photography. He is working mainly on film.
This is Jonas first Zine and called Unknown Japan, a mystical, varied Series about Japan, captured in a very own style and different view on Japan.

Price: € 6.60

 



Japan Guide, Child of mother nature
WhaleForce Collective Exhibiton Tour Japan 2012
Printed in Japan 2010
No ISBN.

This information guide was published on the occasion of the WhaleForce Collective Exhibition Tour 'Child of mother nature' in Japan 2010. Organized by the WhaleForce Collective in collaboration with Hakuin Verlag, Hakuin Airlines and Embassy of Switzerland Japan.
The whale force collective, is an artist collective founded in 2009. The works of the artists are represented through photography, painting, design, illustration and installation. The members of the collective are connected to each other through their works, which symbolize aspects of youth culture like skate, pop, fashion and snowboarding.

Not for sale!
 



Thomas Stöckli, Wind of change
20 non-bound pages, 32 x 47 cm, Offset print
Limited Edition of 500
Designed by Hammer, Zurich
Printed in Germany 2013
ISBN: 978-3-9523730-9-5

Thomas Stöckli is a Zurich based photographer who is favoring quiet, meditative spots with a special emphasis on mountains, japan and snow.  “wind of change“ is his 1st publication and it shows a special selection of his most recent work. A rather special designed & layouted non-bound poster magazine which is only available online.

Price: € 16


(Note: folded for shipping to 23.5 x 32 cm!)
   



Veronika Suter, The Playground
44 pages, 26 x 20 cm, Offset print
Edition of 1000
Printed in Switzerland 2012
ISBN: 978-3-9523730-4-0

Veronika Suter is a glass artist who works mainly in casting and in fused glass. She is combining in a unique distictive technical style, glass with steel and copper to sculptures.
The Playground is a selection from a decades of work!

Price: € 20



 



Yves Suter, From Russia with love
68 pages, 26.6 x 18.5 cm, Offset print
Limited & Numbered Edition of 200
Printed in Lithuania 2013
ISBN: 978-3-9524139-0-6

This book showcases a selection of pictures that mainly focus on the vibrant life of young Russians in the major cities. With his simple and quiet style he just used a little point and shot camera to document the moments he experienced during his frequent visits. A rather mysterious view merged in a all black and white book. A book that shows the Russia of now, with all it's dreams and hopes, like everywhere else. A book full of love!

Price: € 25


(Note: Each book comes with a free poster)
   



Yves Suter, Hamburg is not a meal
82 pages, 14 x 20 cm, B/W Photocopy print
Edition of 100, Signed & Numbered
Printed in Germany 2009
No ISBN.

Dedicated to chaotic structures and influenced by the simple and clean lines of german photography he tries to combine these inputs info different series themes. Through his black/white photography he aims to show a combination of people, emotional moments and urban city life in a clean and simple way.
The Zine 'Hamburg is not a meal' shows pictures he took in the hanseatic city, where he lived for about 3 and a half years.

Price: € 6.60

Sold out!

   



Yves Suter, Immer nie am Meer
64 Pages, 22 x 29.7 cm, Color Photocopy print
Edition of 100, Numbered
Printed in Switzerland 2010
ISBN: 978-3-9523730-2-0

Since being a teenager Yves has worked as snowboard photographer and traveled the world extensively. Experiencing new cultures and documenting the lifestyle of people was his motivation throughout these times.
His travels as a winter sports nomad show the reductionist style of his photography with scenes of lone landscapes and portraits of the people he has met around the world. He is dedicated to photography, to capturing life on film through analog cameras.
The book 'Immer nie am Meer' is a documentary about the winter 2009 - 2010, including an essay of thoughts about winter from Simon Betschart.

Price: € 18   (very few copies left!)


 



Yves Suter, Paper of Walls
136 pages, 10 x 16 cm, Offset print
Edition of 500
Printed in Switzerland 2012
ISBN: 978-3-9523730-5-7

Growing up in a small mountain village in the alps, the Swiss artist Yves Suter is fascinated by cities, their construction and their complexity. To him, with an outsider‘s point of view, cities are not only the refuge of the creativity and chaos of modern times, but also a place where the tension and energy of humankind expresses itself to the fullest! An art exhibition in public space if you want.
By showing a selection of pictures from two of his favorite cities, New York and Tokyo, he gives a personal view and documents the present urban structures, art and architecture of both cities.

Price: € 25

 



Yves Suter, Strawberry Snow
160 pages, 16.5 x 23.5 cm, Offset print
Limited Edition of 300
Printed in Switzerland 2011
ISBN: 978-3-9523730-3-3

This photographic documentary accompanies the two swiss, photographer Yves Suter and snowboarder Dominik Betschart, on a one month snowboard journey through Japan. During a travel from central Japan to the north island of Hokkaido and back.
The book is a journal consisting of stories they have experienced and pictures documenting their journey.

Price: € 59