Stephanie Specht (°82) is a graphic designer from Antwerp. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 2004 (Graphic Design), Stephanie started freelancing with a focus on brand identity, illustration and book designs. Having lived and worked pretty much everywhere in her career (Cape Town, Brussels, Princeton, New York, Antwerp), every single one of these experiences shaped her as a creative person.
Her style is best described as design that touches both the rational and organic field. The rational field is the knowledge that her education provided her. The organic field is the luggage that life gave her. When those two fields overlap each other in a design, it creates a special visual balance. For a client she feels graphic design is about communication, while the self initiated designs are about expression and impulses. The integration of intuition in her work is one which has become increasingly significant to Stephanie in recent years. The ability to reinvent herself from time to time is of high importance, when the need for change is there she wants to act upon it. Freedom is the most important element in her life.