Graphic design
Who
I am Suzan van Lieshout, an entrepreneurial graphic designer. I earn my living with design work, but I also experience it as a way of living: an awareness that does not stop when I switch off the computer. I enjoy searching for creative solutions, visualising products and bringing services to market.
Over the years many different assignments have crossed my desk. From specialising in magazines I have moved more and more towards books. A book is a lasting product, and it is wonderful to work with authors on perfecting their work. In 2025 I set up deBoekmakers.nl together with Miek Saaltink of OERontwerp.
Besides books I design games, magazines, logos and house styles, brochures and other marketing materials. Below is a selection of my work.
Books
For various publishers I work with passion and pleasure on books and book covers on the most diverse subjects.
Games, fans and trainer tools
For Thema Publishers I have been designing games and trainer tools for years. I enjoy working out how a game can be visualised, with the author's aim in mind.
Events, house styles and logos
Since 2008 I have designed part of the graphic materials for the Vierdaagsefeesten festival in Nijmegen: from flags, bus shelter posters and event boards to badges, passes and crew shirts. I also made materials for the commemoration of Operation Market Garden, the Mariken Winterfeesten and StevenskerkLive, among others, and logos and house styles for entrepreneurs.
Together
Holding the finished product is great fun, but so is the road towards it: brainstorming with clients about which medium and product suits them best. I like having a free hand in my designs. More important, though, is that clients recognise themselves in what I make. In the end product I see the reflection of a fruitful collaboration.
Experience
Looking back on the past thirty years, I see two periods. In the first ten years I was mainly building up my design and communication agency, together with others. From a studio on the elegant Oranjesingel we worked hard and achieved a lot, producing all kinds of work for very diverse clients.
After that I mainly went deeper. If I spend so much of my life on this craft, it should be in a way I enjoy as much as possible, one in which I keep developing and challenging myself. Since then I only take on assignments I feel a connection with, for products and services I am enthusiastic about myself, and with clients who share common values. This approach has proved successful and fulfilling, for both sides.
Over the years I have worked with many other skilled designers, photographers, illustrators, copywriters, marketers and printers. This network brings flexibility and certainty: together you are stronger and achieve more.
HEMA first prize
That my craft is not only my work but also something I love doing shows, for example, in the photo album I made of my journey to India. I entered it in a competition and won a trip to New York.
What I make
Magazines · staff magazines · periodicals · books and book covers · booklets and bookmarks · games and card games · trainer tools · house styles, logos, emblems and vignettes · brochures, catalogues, guides and annual reports · flyers, posters and invitations · advertisements and advertorials · bus shelter posters, billboards, banners and flags · trade fair materials and roll-ups · exhibitions, events and sets · badges, passes, tickets and permits · labels, stickers and packaging · cards, postcards and calendars · T-shirts and card fans · apps and websites
Possibilities
Do you have a question or an idea? Would you like to work together, or are you looking for a designer for your project? Call or e-mail me, perhaps I can help. On request I will make a free quote, based on my hourly rate of € 105, excl. VAT.