Hi there, my name is Sarah. I am a graphic designer and editor, specialised in books. After studying Literature & Linguistics at the University of Antwerp, I moved to London in 2011 to attend a one-year course in graphic design. Internships at onoffice magazine, Studio8 (now Zoë Bather, Matt Willey and Design by ST) and publisher Unit Editions followed immediately after. I stayed at Unit Editions as editorial coordinator and designer for two years until I made the leap to self-employment in 2014. Later that year I moved back to my hometown Antwerp to start my own studio for book design and editing. My hobbies include (vegetable) gardening, vegan cooking and running. 

I would describe my work as clean, functional and content-driven. Preferably I can approach projects holistically by providing overarching guidance from the conceptual and research phase, over content curation and editing, to design and production. Sustainability is very important to me, both professionally and personally.

‘The content makes the design – we don’t impose a design on the content, the content tells us what it wants to look like.’ – Astrid Stavro

In 2017, I met my partner Mathieu Vancamp. Over the course of a few years, we started working together – first through our self-initiated film poster project Double Bill Posters and later on for client projects. In July 2021, we took our relationship to the next level and launched doublebill.design: a new name, website and webshop for our joint work and limited edition art prints. 

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Statiestraat 140
B–2600 Antwerp (Berchem)

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PAST & PRESENT CLIENTS

Alliance Graphique Internationale
Annelies Van Hullebusch
Archaeology of the Final Decade
Borgerhoff & Lamberigts
David Zwirner Books
ELDER
Els Biesemans
GraphicDesign&
Horizon
Houtekiet
LannooCampus
Laurence King Publishing
Luster
nai010 Publishers
Nicety
Public Space
RE-ST Architecten
Ridinghouse
Susanna Heron
Van Halewyck
VIBE vzw
Vincent La Scala

FEATURES & PRESS

Wanderspace/Zwerfruimte
in Book Design: From the Printing Basics to the Most Impressive Designs

Double Bill Posters
in Inspo Finds Collection II
on Creative Boom
on Abduzeedo

Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?
in A Book on Books by Viction:ary
on It’s Nice That
on Designer Daily

Abstract Vaudeville
on Women of Graphic Design
on Grafik

Manuals 1  
on designboom

Designer’s Quest(ionnaire)
on Design Feast

Nike’s Journey to Greatness
on 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

WORK EXPERIENCE

July 2021—current
doublebill.design
Co-founder and creative director

May 2014—current
Studio Sarah Schrauwen
Self-employed book designer

Apr 2012—Apr 2014
Unit Editions
Editorial coordinator, editor and designer

Jan—Mar 2012
Studio8 Design
Graphic design intern

Dec 2011
onoffice magazine
Graphic design intern

Oct—Dec 2010
University of Antwerp
Research assistant

2008—10
dwars student magazine (Uni of Antwerp)
Chief designer and managing editor

EDUCATION

2014—15
Expert Class in Book Design
Plantin Institute for Typography

2011
Postgraduate Diploma in Design for Visual Communication
London College of Communication

2009—10
Master in Computational Psycholinguistics
University of Antwerp

2006—09
Bachelor in Literature and Linguistics
Dutch + Theatre, Film and Literature Studies
University of Antwerp