Hi there, my name is Sarah Schrauwen. I am a book designer and editor based in Antwerp, Belgium. I work collaboratively – and often remotely – with publishers, design studios, writers and various other clients.
I believe it’s crucial for designers to be interested in content. Language is a big part of what we do: structuring words and images on a page in order for them to work together. As a trained designer and editor I combine the two and more: for me, structuring the content and curating images is as important (and fun) as creating layouts and setting type. Graphic designer Astrid Stavro worded this very poignantly: ‘The content makes the design – we don’t impose a design on the content, the content tells us what it wants to look like.’ I find the whole process of making a book – from concepts and research to design, production and marketing – really fascinating and I love to be involved with all of those aspects. I’m a stickler for details, both stylistically and linguistically.
I always aim to approach projects holistically by providing overarching guidance from the conceptual and research phase, over curation and editing, to design and production. I have a clean and pragmatic sense of aesthetics, and try to adhere to a few principles, such as ‘less is more’ and ‘form follows function’.
I believe it’s crucial for designers to be interested in content. Language is a big part of what we do: structuring words and images on a page in order for them to work together. As a trained designer and editor I combine the two and more: for me, structuring the content and curating images is as important (and fun) as creating layouts and setting type. Graphic designer Astrid Stavro worded this very poignantly: ‘The content makes the design – we don’t impose a design on the content, the content tells us what it wants to look like.’ I find the whole process of making a book – from concepts and research to design, production and marketing – really fascinating and I love to be involved with all of those aspects. I’m a stickler for details, both stylistically and linguistically.
I always aim to approach projects holistically by providing overarching guidance from the conceptual and research phase, over curation and editing, to design and production. I have a clean and pragmatic sense of aesthetics, and try to adhere to a few principles, such as ‘less is more’ and ‘form follows function’.
WORK ADDRESS
Bel-Aire — 4th floor
Belpairestraat 20
2600 Antwerp
Belgium
Bel-Aire — 4th floor
Belpairestraat 20
2600 Antwerp
Belgium
MAILING ADDRESS
Elisabethlaan 102/1
2600 Antwerp
Belgium
Elisabethlaan 102/1
2600 Antwerp
Belgium
SELECTED CLIENTS
Alliance Graphique Internationale
David Zwirner Books
GraphicDesign&
Houtekiet
Laurence King Publishing
Luster
Ridinghouse
Alliance Graphique Internationale
David Zwirner Books
GraphicDesign&
Houtekiet
Laurence King Publishing
Luster
Ridinghouse
FEATURES & PRESS
Abstract Vaudeville
Women of Graphic Design
Show Stopper article
Grafik
Designer’s Quest(ionnaire)
Design Feast
Manuals 1 interview
designboom
Nike’s Journey to Greatness
It’s Nice That
and It’s Nice That
Alumni Profile
London College of Communication
Abstract Vaudeville
Women of Graphic Design
Show Stopper article
Grafik
Designer’s Quest(ionnaire)
Design Feast
Manuals 1 interview
designboom
Nike’s Journey to Greatness
It’s Nice That
and It’s Nice That
Alumni Profile
London College of Communication
AWARDS
British Book Design & Production Awards 2018 SHORTLIST
— Exhibition Catalogues
— Art / Architecture Monographs
for Anni Albers: Notebook 1970—1980
AIGA / Design Observer
50 Best Covers of 2017 Winner
for Anni Albers: Notebook 1970—1980
AIGA / Design Observer
50 Best Books & Covers of 2017 Winner
for Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?
AIGA / Design Observer
50 Best Books of 2016 Winner
for Looking Good
Creative Belgium
Designer of the month
January 2016
AIGA / Design Observer
50 Best Covers of 2015 Winner
for Graphic Designers Surveyed
British Book Design & Production Awards 2018 SHORTLIST
— Exhibition Catalogues
— Art / Architecture Monographs
for Anni Albers: Notebook 1970—1980
AIGA / Design Observer
50 Best Covers of 2017 Winner
for Anni Albers: Notebook 1970—1980
AIGA / Design Observer
50 Best Books & Covers of 2017 Winner
for Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?
AIGA / Design Observer
50 Best Books of 2016 Winner
for Looking Good
Creative Belgium
Designer of the month
January 2016
AIGA / Design Observer
50 Best Covers of 2015 Winner
for Graphic Designers Surveyed
EXPERIENCE
Oct 2014—current
Studio Sarah Schrauwen
Apr 2012—Apr 2014
Unit Editions
Editorial coordinator, editor and designer
Apr—Jun 2012
Unit Editions / Spin
Design and editorial intern
Jan—Mar 2012
Studio8 Design
Design intern
Oct 2014—current
Studio Sarah Schrauwen
Apr 2012—Apr 2014
Unit Editions
Editorial coordinator, editor and designer
Apr—Jun 2012
Unit Editions / Spin
Design and editorial intern
Jan—Mar 2012
Studio8 Design
Design intern
EDUCATION
2014—15
Expert Class Book Design
Plantin Institute for Typography
2011
Postgraduate Diploma Design for Visual Communication
London College of Communication
2009—10
Master in Computational Psycholinguistics
University of Antwerp
2006—9
Bachelor in Literature and Linguistics
University of Antwerp
2014—15
Expert Class Book Design
Plantin Institute for Typography
2011
Postgraduate Diploma Design for Visual Communication
London College of Communication
2009—10
Master in Computational Psycholinguistics
University of Antwerp
2006—9
Bachelor in Literature and Linguistics
University of Antwerp
EXTRACURRICULAR
2018
Drawing class
Tekenfabriek
2018
Drawing class
Tekenfabriek