Hi there, my name is Sarah. I am a graphic designer and editor, specialised in books. After studying Literature & Linguistics at university, I moved to London in 2011 to attend a one-year course in graphic design. Design internships at Studio8 (now Zoë Bather, Matt Willey and Design by ST) and Spin/Unit Editions (with Tony Brook and Adrian Shaughnessy) followed. I stayed at Unit Editions as editorial coordinator and designer for two years until I made the leap into self-employment in 2014. Later in the year I moved back to Antwerp.
My work is clean, functional and content-driven. (As Astrid Stavro once said in a talk: ‘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 love projects that I can approach holistically by providing overarching guidance from the conceptual and research phase, over content curation and editing, to design and production.
Since October 2018, my partner Mathieu and I each create a weekly film poster with the following restrictions: we can spend only one hour on concept and execution, use only type and/or illustration and no more than three colours. Check out our Double Bill Posters on Instagram or Tumblr.
My work is clean, functional and content-driven. (As Astrid Stavro once said in a talk: ‘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 love projects that I can approach holistically by providing overarching guidance from the conceptual and research phase, over content curation and editing, to design and production.
Since October 2018, my partner Mathieu and I each create a weekly film poster with the following restrictions: we can spend only one hour on concept and execution, use only type and/or illustration and no more than three colours. Check out our Double Bill Posters on Instagram or Tumblr.
WORK ADDRESS
Bel_aire Co-Working
Belpairestraat 20
2600 Antwerp
Belgium
Bel_aire Co-Working
Belpairestraat 20
2600 Antwerp
Belgium
MAILING ADDRESS
Elisabethlaan 102/1
2600 Antwerp
Belgium
Elisabethlaan 102/1
2600 Antwerp
Belgium
PAST & PRESENT CLIENTS
Alliance Graphique Internationale
Archaeology of the Final Decade
Borgerhoff & Lamberigts
David Zwirner Books
Els Biesemans
GraphicDesign&
Horizon
Houtekiet
LannooCampus
Laurence King Publishing
Luster
Nicety
Ridinghouse
Susanna Heron
Van Halewyck
Alliance Graphique Internationale
Archaeology of the Final Decade
Borgerhoff & Lamberigts
David Zwirner Books
Els Biesemans
GraphicDesign&
Horizon
Houtekiet
LannooCampus
Laurence King Publishing
Luster
Nicety
Ridinghouse
Susanna Heron
Van Halewyck
FEATURES & PRESS
Abstract Vaudeville
Women of Graphic Design
Show Stopper
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
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 & NOMINATIONS
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
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WORK EXPERIENCE
May 2014—current
Studio Sarah Schrauwen
Apr 2012—Apr 2014
Unit Editions
Editorial coordinator, editor and designer
Jan—Mar 2012
Studio8 Design
Design intern
Oct—Dec 2011
Research assistant
University of Antwerp
2008—2010
Chief designer and managing editor
Student magazine dwars (University of Antwerp)
May 2014—current
Studio Sarah Schrauwen
Apr 2012—Apr 2014
Unit Editions
Editorial coordinator, editor and designer
Jan—Mar 2012
Studio8 Design
Design intern
Oct—Dec 2011
Research assistant
University of Antwerp
2008—2010
Chief designer and managing editor
Student magazine dwars (University of Antwerp)
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