Ariane Spanier

Ariane Spanier is a Berlin-based graphic designer. Born in Weimar, Germany, she studied visual communication at the Art Academy Berlin-Weißensee. After a stay in New York, she opened her studio in Berlin.

Ariane works primarily with clients from the cultural sphere and her studio’s work ranges from the design of printed matter, such as books and posters, to identities and digital design with a heavy focus on typography. Ariane is also the creative director and co-editor of Fukt, an annual magazine for contemporary drawing.

Ariane’s clients include Phaidon, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Klassikstiftung Weimar, Europan Norway, Museum for Contemporary Art Skopje and Powerstation of Art Shanghai. She has contributed to Greenpeace magazine, the New York Times Magazine, Wired and Time, and her work has also been published in numerous magazines and design publications. She has received several accolades, including awards from the TDC New York and Tokyo, D&AD, Graphis, Stack Awards, and ADC New York and Germany.

Since 2013, she has been a member of the international graphic design organisation Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).