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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 21 November 1928, 1928
- Died
- 19 September 2019, 2019
- Place of birth
- Groningen
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Crouwel
- Child
- Mels Crouwel, Remco Crouwel
- Field of work
- typography, product design, exhibit design, graphic design, postage stamp design, museum management
- Occupation
- type designer, graphic designer, postage stamp designer, university teacher, designer, typographer, draftsperson, costume designer, painter, sculptor, industrial designer, artist
- Position held
- museum director
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Native language
- Dutch
- Awards
- Oeuvre Awards BKVB, Gerrit Noordzij Prize, BNO Piet Zwart Prijs, Honorary Royal Designer for Industry, Royal Designer for Industry, H.N. Werkman Award, Fonds BKVB Oeuvreprijs Vormgeving
- described by source
- Dutch Graphic Roots, TheaterEncyclopedie, Longlist Digital Canon of the Netherlands, Designers in Nederland. Een eeuw productvormgeving, Grafische vormgeving in Nederland: een eeuw
- doctoral student
- Frederik Willem Jansen
- educated at
- Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Academie Minerva
- employer
- Van Abbemuseum, Total Design, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Delft University of Technology, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- end of work period
- 2010
- floruit
- 1977
- has works in the collection
- Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, National Museum Paleis het Loo, Nationaal Archief, Nieuwe Instituut
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Dutch
- member of
- Alliance Graphique Internationale
- nickname
- Mr. Gridnik
- notable work
- New Alphabet
- participant in
- Documenta III
- partner in business or sport
- Kho Liang Ie, Benno Wissing, Friso Kramer, Dick Schwarz, Paul Schwarz
- start of work period
- 1946
- student of
- Dick Elffers
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