Thinking Wim Crouwel. 11 21 1928

Thinking Graphic Designer, Thinking Typographer

Post by aswin sadha on 21 November 2014

Omnimark | 1963

Auping | 1964

Stadsherstel Amasterdam | 1970

Fasson Adhesives | 1963

Stad Groningen | 1969

Nieuwe Aanwinsten / 99 x 69 cm | Braque, Zadkine, Chagall,Ernst, Lipchitz, Kokoschka, Miro, Mondriaan, Corneille, Appel, Bazaine, Delauny, Kandinsky / 88 x 61 cm

Kinderspel / 95 x 63.5 cm | Kuunstenaars uit Brabant / 88 x 61 cm

Hiroshima / 88 x 60 cm

Edgar Fernhout | Legger / 88 x 59.5 cm

Nederlandse Architectuur 1910-1930 | Nederlandse Architectuur 1856-1934 / 80 x 54 cm

Couzijn en Lataster | Hussem en Bauthoorn / 88 x 61 cm

ALfred Jensen / 64 x 48 cm

Brusselmans | Takeningen van Paul Citroen / 89 x 61 cm

Pronk de gilden / 64 x 48

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" We sometimes discover something very elementary through the most individual expression, while very fundamental visual research could lead to an unexpected grade of expression."

Wim Crouwel was born on November 21, 1928 in Groningen, Netherlands. Crouwel was trained at the Academy of Arts and Crafts Grningen and the Institute for Arts and Crafts Amsterdam. Crouwel began his design career in 1951 as a freelancer. In 1956, he went into partnership with Kho Liang Je. A year later he collaborated with him in the Atom Exhibition, Amsterdam. Crouwel was awarded the Belgian Ordre Leopold II with Tom de Heus for designing the Benelux pavilion at the Brussels World Fair.In 1963, Crouwel founded Total Design with Benno Wissing, Friso Kramer and the Paul Schwarz and Dick Schwarz. Since 1928, Crouwel designed extensive of work for the Stedelijk Museum from 1964 to 1985. After leaving Total design in 1980, He became a full time professor at Delft University.

Awards: De H.N. Werkmanprijs (1958 & 1966), The Frans Duwaerprijs (1965), The Piet Zwart Prize (1991), The Anton-Stankowski-Preis (Germany) (1991), The BKVB Funds Oeuvre Award (National Foundation for Art, Design, and Architecture) (2004), The Gerrit Noordzij Prize (2009)

Selected Publications:
Wim Crouwel: New Alphabet
Wim Crouwel - a Graphic Odyssey
Wim Crouwel - Alphabet
Wim Crouwel - Mode en Module
Wim Crouwel
Wim Crouwel - Gerrit Noordzij Prize 2009
The Debate: The Legendary Contest of Two Giants of Graphic Design
80 20 100: Wim Crouwel, Nijhoff and Lee
Kunst + Design: Wim Crouwel, Preistrager der Stankowski-Stiftung 1991