Anouk de l’Ecluse

 is an independent designer who has become an expert in guiding (undeveloped) stories and developing strong concepts. I believe that every design can reveal a unique story and should reinforce it to achieve the desired goal. With my work, I aim to exceed expectations. This requires extraordinary stories and courageous clients. Together, we can harvest admiration for the power of narratives. 
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A World Shaped Differently

Caroline Kist

Booklet 

 After designing Caroline her website I had the honour of continuing our great collaboration. For her first solo exhibition at Atelier K84 I was responsible for all the design output such as the poster, a booklet and all the typography in the exhibition. You can almost say I’ve managed to create an identity which is very fitting and at this moment in time timeless. 

     To see what Caroline is up to now, have a look at her website!


Colophon 
Concept & design
    Anouk de l’Ecluse

Images
     Caroline Kist
     car

Fonts
     ABC Dinamo Diatype Light
     Freight Text



carolinekist.nl








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    De derde vrouw / Natalie C. Barney

    Velvet Publishers

    Book design 

     Velvet Publishers is the Dutch publisher of les-bi-queer literature. By publishing LBQ stories, Velvet Publishers aims to actively contribute to the positive representation of les-bi-queer individuals with editions of LBQ classics, modern translated literature and the launch of a special new series: the les-bi-queer Pulpature series.
    Their mission is a wider and happier representation of les-bi-queers' lives in Dutch-language literature.

        For their series Vintage publications Velvet publishers asked me to design the cover of ‘De derde vrouw’ by Natalie Clifford Barney. In English the book is know as ‘Women Lovers, Or the Third Woman’ and is a lesbian love triangle avant la lettre. It is an intense and poetic modernist novel about three women deeply devoted and in love with each other, and chronicles the transformation of their relationship. The idea of the “Third Woman” is not only a reference to one of the women in the novel being left out by the others, but also to the idea that being a lesbian was being part of a “third sex”.  

        Due to the fact that the book was the first within the series, I had to not only design a captivating cover but also create a concept for the coming books within the Vintage series. The traingle became the core element in which I constructed the concept. It is a prominent shape within Velvet’s identity and ties it together to the V of vintage. 1 + 1 becomes more. 
         For this title we chose to have the design reminiscent of a kaleidoscope. But the concept is so that it is very versatile in usage. Cool fact – the image on the cover is Natalie Clifford Barney herself!


    Colophon 
    Concept & design
        Anouk de l’Ecluse

    Image
        Natalie Clifford Barney, c. 1898, photograph by Emery, Bar Harbor (Maine)





      Brochure 2024

      Velvet Publishers

      Print design 

       Velvet Publishers is the Dutch publisher of les-bi-queer literature. By publishing LBQ stories, Velvet Publishers aims to actively contribute to the positive representation of les-bi-queer individuals with editions of LBQ classics, modern translated literature and the launch of a special new series: the les-bi-queer Pulpature series.
      Their mission is a wider and happier representation of les-bi-queers' lives in Dutch-language literature.

          For the 2024 launch of their books I designed the brochure based on the identity made by studio megan. A great collaboration within a limited time frame and budget. Who says you can’t design nice items with limitations?


      Colophon 
      Concept & design
          Anouk de l’Ecluse

      Text
           Velvet Publishers

      Font
           Ginka

      Print
           Pantheon Drukkers









        3:1

        Elisabeth van Sandick

        Book design

        A book which comes in three parts plus an index. As Sandick puts it: ‘Nothing is ever the same, for what I see today may seem entirely different tomorrow. The formal object I observe is a shape that bears an identity, a character that I can relate to and that manifests itself in fresh ways each time I see it. That turns them into landmarks* in the world I set out into. And to which I return. Always in a different manner. Going back does not mean standing still, even if it feels that way at times. Until I spot something I hadn’t known before, and find that I can return and move forward at the same time. 
            *Landmarks: objects that I know and do not know.’

            This publication plays with the conceptual idea that images can return and have a different meaning. A zooming in and out, a rotation in time and place, a returning but with different meaning. The monumental structures you think you have seen before but by keeping the design and edit structured and minimal, everything has its place where it is. However subtle it may initially appear. You could even think there is not an order as such; all to keep returning to it as if it were a first encounter.


        ColophonPhotography & text
            Elisabeth van Sandick

        Concept & design
             Anouk de l’Ecluse 
           
        Edit
            Elisabeth van Sandick
            Karianne Bueno
            Anouk de l’Ecluse

        Lithography
            Marc Gijzen

        Print
            Pantheon Drukkers

        Binding
            Binderij Voetelink Haarlem

        Paper
            Rebello 100g

        Font
            Fieldwork



        elisabethvansandick.com


        A Horse Dressed Up Like A Zebra

        Eva van Ooijen

        Book design

         A designed podcast or an investigation in the form of a book? A Horse Dressed Up Like A Zebra contains research for 4 episodes of the podcast ‘Dear Dr. A.’ in which investigative journalist Andreas Nimmerdor tells the story of a fraudulent scientist, Dr. A., who claims to have made an archaeological finding in the Amazon region. Nimmerdor’s proposal leans heavily on an archive that was donated to him by the artist Eva van Ooijen. In return, she asks him to answer her question: ‘How to become a fraud?’.

            This publication leads you through a jungle of stories through different perspectives. We delved into the world of Eva van Ooijen, and her Dr A. and shaped her ‘artistic research’ project.


        ‘By far the most beautifully designed podcast proposal ever published...’
        — Anton de Goede editor-in-chief VPRO podcasts

        Colophon Text & story
            Eva van Ooijen

        Concept
           Anouk de l’Ecluse
           Daphne de Vries

        Design
                    Anouk de l’Ecluse  

        Edit
           Eva van Ooijen
           Anouk de l’Ecluse  

        Print
            Pantheon Drukkers

        Paper
            Munken Print White 115 gr
            Arena Smooth Ivory 90 gr

        Font
            Calluna
            Neue Haas Unica
            Helvetica Neue
            Courier Prime



        evavanooijen.nl



          Bureau Merkwaardig

          Co-founder with Daphne de Vries

          Design studio 

           Between 2008 – 2023 Daphne de Vries and Anouk de l’Ecluse worked together as creative partners at Bureau Merkwaardig. Their clients are primarily in the cultural, educational and scientific fields. They take care of the entire process, from strategy and concept to implementation - in both print as digital use. They specialise in finding the right solution to a variety of communication and design questions. Here is a collection of some of the work they created together.

              As of 2023 Anouk left the partnership to break new ground. Daphne continues the design practice.