The logo for the European Network of Picturebook Research was created by Danuta Wojciechowska (Québec, 1960), an illustrator and designer who has lived in Portugal since the 1980s.
According to Danuta, the logo she created represents a constructed dialogue between individual and diverse elements. The illustrated letters in the upper section are playful images from which the word “picturebook” emerges, as if dancing across open pages.
The printed letters, set in the “New Atten Round” font, underscore a more serious tone and help unify the overall composition. The colour scheme is based on the three primary hues, presented in slightly subdued tones to create a modernist look. Black is added for contrast and stability.
Danuta Wojciechowska is an illustrator and designer who has lived in Portugal since 1984. Born in Quebec, Canada, in 1960, she is of Polish and Swiss descent. She graduated in communication design from Zurich’s School of Art and Design and completed a postgraduate degree in Education through Art at Emerson College, UK. In 1992 she founded the company ‘Lupa Design’ in Lisbon. Danuta creates her own picturebooks and illustrated books, as well as illustrating those of others. She has made children´s books with some of the most prominent writers of the Portuguese language. She has received numerous prizes for her work, including the Portuguese National Illustration Award in 2003 and the Portuguese Women of Culture Award in 2014.
The Picturebook Research Network would like to thank Danuta for creating the logo pro bono.