About us
After several years of working in the publishing business, we (Kerstin Forster and Andrea Wiegelmann) decided to start up our own publishing house and founded Triest Verlag für Architektur, Design und Typografie in May 2015. Triest stands for exclusive, beautifully designed books for specialists produced to the highest quality standards and for choice special editions crafted specifically for well-informed people who are often specialists in their field. In the various areas of our programme we cater for a range of focal topics that we accompany with a programme of events geared to the specific titles with the aim of discussing the subject matter of our books with our readers and developing on the various topics.
Since 2017 we have been a member of SWIPS – Swiss Independent Publishers.
Andrea Wiegelmann
Andrea Wiegelmann is an architect and publicist. She writes for numerous magazines and publications. Her focus is on issues of spatial planning and housing, as well as sustainable developments in urban planning and architecture. Andrea Wiegelmann was publishing director of niggli, BENTELI and the magazine archithese and was responsible for communication at the ArchitekturWerkstatt St. Gallen of the OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschulen. In the summer semester 2024 she held a teaching position at the TU Kaiserslautern, Department of Urban Planning and Architecture; since September 2024 she has been deputy director of studies for the Bachelor`s program in Architecture at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Fribourg. She is a board member of the Architektur Forum Ostschweiz.
Kerstin Forster
Kerstin Forster has many years of experience as an editor and project manager. She was programme manager for design and typography at niggli as of 2012 and has been editor for niggli, BENTELI and archithese since 2009. In 2015 she founded her text agency “Die Buchmacherin” that provides editing and production services for the creative industries.
SWIPS – Swiss Independent Publishers
Since
2017, Triest Verlag is a member of SWIPS, a organization of independent German-Swiss publishers who together organize events,
catalogues and marketing campaigns.
Publishing funding
Triest Verlag receives a grant for the years 2021 to 2025 from the Federal Office of Culture as part of the Swiss publishers’ subsidies.
