The conservation and restoration of cultural-historical objects requires specialist knowledge. Conservators are specialists in various disciplines such as buildings, paintings, sculptures, graphics, written materials and materials. They work closely with historic preservation and traditional craftsmen. The work of these professionals is demanding and extremely responsible, because each object to be restored is unique.

The Pro Patria Stamps 2021 honor the craft of restorers of frescoes and sculptures. With their work they preserve the cultural heritage as well as cultural-historical objects. The design with the elements sphere and disc refers to the two work areas sculpture and fresco. The circular shape as a boundary of the image motif symbolically shows the detailed view of the restorers.

The subjects of the stamps show the careful work by means of filigree instruments on works from the Middle Ages: on the one hand on a Gothic wooden sculpture, presumably showing Peter, and on the other hand on a fresco from a church or chapel in the Alpine region.

The stamps will be available at all post offices and in the Swiss Post webshop from 6 May 2021.

Responsible at Swiss Post: Kurt Strässle. Responsible at Pro Patria: Katharina Teuscher. Studio responsible: Studio Daniel Peter. Photography and expert advice: Bern University of the Arts, HKB, Conservation and Restoration: Andreas Buder, Christof Richter.

From March to June 2021, the National Library will be focusing on the topic of meat: from the plate to the butcher's shop and the slaughterhouse to the cowshed. It will show what is in meat, where it comes from and where its future lies.

This is done using various exhibits from the collections of the Swiss National Library, such as Friedrich Dürrenmatt's butcher's visions, Daniel Spoerri's art of eating, sausage advertisements from Bell and many more. Studio Daniel Peter designed and implemented the key visual, the communication and the exhibition graphics.

The subject deals with the question of what happens to meat as a product. "Meat" poses the question of the right life. Be it building muscle mass in strength training, reducing body fat in fitness classes or being transformed into a sacred substance in religious rituals. In view of climate change and the animal rights debate, biting into a Cervelat or grilled cheese becomes a question of identity. The key visual, in the form of a 3D mortadella pill, is based on the historical posters of "magical realism", which has been translated into the future.

Responsible at the Swiss National Library: Hannes Mangold, Michèle Thüring. Scenography: Swiss National Library. Studio responsible: Studio Daniel Peter.