A collection of prints in collaboration between the Our Sister brand and Antwerp-based graphic design house Specht Studio. The graphic T-shirt is inspired by the shapes and graphics of sacred geometry...

Here are a few words from Specht Studio about this project:

‘If you only knew the magnificence of the 3,6 and 9, then you would have a key to the universe’ said Nikola Tesla.
According to him, these numbers represent the paths through which energy and information manifest themselves to form the material world, attributing them to a superior consciousness in comparison to the others.
My design for Our Sister has a main focus on 3,6,9 and might become a lucky garment. A frequency untold, a gateway to unfold… Everyone needs a spiritual accountant!

Specht Studio used Exposure by Federico Parra-Barrios (205TF), Monument Grotesk by Larissa Kasper and Rosario Florio (Dinamo), and Sloop Script by Richard Lipton (Lipton Letter Design).

Trix Online is a concert venue in Antwerp. As part of HANDLANGERS, they're looking for young artists and designers with a striking, multidisciplinary idea about music.

Poster designed by Stephanie Specht, set in Crack (from Out of the Dark) and Tartuffo (from Lift Type). Small info items are composed in Neue Haas Unica (from Linotype).

Stéphanie Specht on this typographic choice:

This is probably the weirdest font pairing I have used but we liked it so we went for it ?.

In 2023, the Royal Academy of Antwerp will commemorate its 360th anniversary. To mark the occasion, and following an invitation from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, it is staging the exhibition Art Bridges: From Antwerp to Beijing and back again. The exhibition will feature 360 contributions from students of all years and disciplines.

Poster designed by Stephanie Specht, set in Buzz (from Ecal Typefaces) and Tartuffo (from Lift Type). Small info items are composed in Neue Haas Unica.

Specht Studio (Stephanie Specht) created the visual identity for the Royal Academy of Antwerp’s Master 2021 graduation exhibition. A project mainly based on expressive typefaces: Aerobik (from lift-type) and Whyte Inktrap (from Dinamo), paired with Stanley (from Optimo).

These are some of the results of the workshop called “Read Me” that Stephanie Specht gave in November 2021 during the Google Visual Design Summit by Google Design:

A short hour where participants received a folder with a selection of typefaces, color swatches and guidelines so they could create a simple typographic poster in InDesign using all kind of treatments. They also had to collaborate in pairs on their design. Minimum input, maximum output! From the 23 typefaces they picked Terminal Grotesque, Selva Script, Editorial New, Mineral Solid and Millionaire.

For the cover I used all designs on top of each other. Wondering what could have been done in one day with this workshop though … many more layers and collaborations could lead to something super vibrant!

Throughout the publication, ABC Monument Grotesk and ABC Monument Grotesk Mono are used for information.

Poster designed by Stephanie Specht using Aldiviva Autunno by Victor Gérard. According to the artist, the poster is –

about finding a balance between trust and thruth in these times. I am trying to only read the news once a week to avoid ‘mind attacks’. From tomorrow on, shops open again in Belgium and while it is a positive thing for the economy, I find it hard to start participating in that world again. Going to crowded places or shops freaks me out. I try to buy online as much as possible from local shops.

In some situations in the supermarkets it feels like the virus does not exists, people already act ‘normal’ again and forget to keep distance and in other situations you feel the unseen anxiety. When I am out in nature, where there’s no people around, it feels like we live in a bubble in the city. And then I wonder about how much anxiety we are getting ‘fed’ by news. And how much we need to trust our government, how much we rely on them telling us the truth. There’s a part of the North of Antwerp that they did not speak about (about how many patients there were) and that only popped up now. It drives me crazy. Eckhard Tolle wrote: ‘Accept – then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.’ helps me live in the now and not worry about the future. If you are still reading this, thank you

“Thoughts and Destiny”. Everpress invited me to create a design for their Holiday Collection, which is temporarily available.

Every action and feeling is preceded by a thought. This insight has been poetically formulated by Mahatma Gandhi: “Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.” The power of thought is stronger than we may realize. Our thoughts are the starting point for change in any form. Through self-reflection, analysis, visualization, priority making, goal-setting, communication, dedicated work, collaboration etc. we can together create the world that we wish for ourselves and others. Regardless of the goal, positive progress always begins with a willingness to change our habitual way of thinking.

For the words, the design pairs lettering with Ostia Antica Italic by Bureau Brut.

Zoo in use for the identity of Sip/Snack, a convenience shop for organic and sustainable food located in Los Angeles.

Poster for “An Antwerp Block Party” — a block party bringing silent disco listening sessions and strictly vinyl DJ sets to the streets of Antwerp. Organized by David Tricot / Foot juice art vzw.

Identity and campaign for the new Brussels Museums Nocturnes 2018.

A4 poster, signed editioned print, designed by Stephanie Specht / Specht Studio for Picture Room.