Simon Halimonov

Designing Translate Swiss Books, a platform for Swiss literature

Pro Helvetia is the Swiss Arts Council. I designed Translate Swiss Books, its platform for contemporary Swiss literature.

Results

Platform
WordPress
Scope
Design
Live since
2020
Client
Pro Helvetia
Industry
Culture
Duration
Project
Services
Design

Purpose of the site

Pro Helvetia funds translations of contemporary literary works from Switzerland. Translate Swiss Books introduces those titles to publishers and translators, so that Swiss authors find readers at home and abroad.

What I designed

I designed a new site inside the Pro Helvetia multisite: the book pages, the lists and the blocks editors use to assemble pages.

Translate Swiss Books on a laptop and a tablet

A filter and categories make books easy to find, and the layouts hold up on every screen size.

The introduction and the book list of Translate Swiss Books

Me sketching layouts in a notebook beside the Translate Swiss Books site

Today

The site has been live since 2020. Editors maintain it with the same tools as the other Pro Helvetia sites.

Translate Swiss Books on three phones