Chronology

  • Wim Crouwel and his mother, Anganeta Hilkea Wallerstein
    Wim Crouwel and his mother, Anganeta Hilkea Wallerstein.

    1928 Born Groningen, 21 November, as Wilm Hendrik Crouwel.

  • 1941–1946 Rijks HBS (grammar school), Groningen

  • 1946–1949 Art school Academie Minerva, Groningen

  • 1949–1951 Military service

  • Wim Crouwel and Dick Elffers
    Wim Crouwel and Dick Elffers.

    1951 Moves to Amsterdam, works as assistant to Dick Elffers

     

  • 1952 Marries Emy Wijt

  • 1951–1952 Evening course, IvKNO art school, Amsterdam

  • 1952–1954 Works for Enderberg, exhibition and trade fair stands etc. Member of Creatie, Groep '54 and Liga Nieuw Beelden

  • 1954–1956 Independent design practice, teacher at Academie voor Kunst en Vormgeving (art and design school), Den Bosch. Member of GKf (1954)

  • Wim Crouwel and Kho Liang Ie, 1957
    Wim Crouwel and Kho Liang Ie, 1957.

    1956–1960 Design studio with Kho Liang Ie; teaches at IvKNO art school, 1955-63

  • 1957 Knight in the Order of Leopold II, Belgium; Member, Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI)

  • 1958 Werkman Prize for his work for the Van Abbe Museum

  • 1960–1963 His own design office, Amsterdam

  • Wim Crouwel at Total Design, circa 1965
    Wim Crouwel at Total Design, circa 1965

    1963–1980 Cofounder and partner in design agency Total Design, Amsterdam

  • 1963–1966 Secretary General, International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA) 1965-1972 Lecturer, Industrial Design section, university of technology, Delft

  • 1966 Duwaer Prize for his oeuvre 1969-1975 Member of editorial board, from 1972 also management board, Stichting Octopus

  • 1970–1971 Vice president, later president, graphic designers association GVN (Grafisch Vormgevers Nederland)

  • 1972–1978 Endowed Professor of Industrial Design, Delft

  • 1974–1978 Board member, BKI Prize (Bond voor Kunst en Industrie)

  • Wim Crouwel Total Design, 1973
    Wim Crouwel Total Design, 1973

    1974–1984 Board member, Stichting Openbaar Kunstbezit (public ownership of art foundation); from 1979 to 1984 he was its president

  • 1974–1990 Editor, Lecturis documentaries

  • 1976–1983 Member and chairman, Foreign Exhibitions Commission, ministry of Culture, Recreation and Social Work (CRM)

  • 1979 Marries Judith Cahen

  • 1979–1982 President, Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI)

  • 1980–1982 Lecturer in Industrial Design, Delft

     

  • 1980–1985 Adviser, Total Design

  • Wim Crouwel in the Stedelijk Museum, 1979
    Wim Crouwel in the Stedelijk Museum, 1979

    1980–1985 Member, Advisory Committee, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam

  • 1980–1991 President, Stichting Rietveld Schroderhuis, Utrecht

  • 1980–1996 President, Stichting Van Doesburg Huis, Paris

  • 1980 Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau

  • 1981–1985 Visiting Professor, Royal College of Art, London

  • 1982–1985 Professor and dean of faculty, department of Industrial Design, Delft

  • 1984–1989 Board member, Netherlands Industrial Design Foundation (ION)

  • Wim Crouwel, Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, 1990
    Wim Crouwel, Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, 1990s

    1985–1993 Director, Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam

  • 1986–1996 Board member, Prince Bernhard Fund

  • 1986–2000 Member, Board of Advisers, Vereniging Rembrandt (Rembrandt Society)

  • 1989 Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)

  • 1991 BNO Piet Zwart Prize, Stankowski Prize (Germany)

  • 1993 Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion

  • 1987–1993 Endowed Professor, Art and Culture, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

  • 1992 Member, supervisory council, Institut Neerlandais, Paris; adviser, art committee, Schiphal Airport

  • 1993–1995 Chairman, judging panel, Rotterdam Design Prize

  • 1993–1997 President, Mondriaan Foundation

  • 1994–1996 Chairman, visitation committee, education in art and design

  • 1994–2010 Freelance designer, Amsterdam

  • 1994 Honorary doctorate, Delft; honorary member, Deutscher Werkbund

  • 1996–1998 President, Society of Dutch Designers (Beroepsvereniging Nederlandse Ontwerpers (BNO))

  • 1997 Honorary Fellow, Society of Graphic Designers, London

  • 1998 Royal Designers for Industry (Hon RDI), UK

  • 1998–1999 Interim Director, Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, The Hague

  • 2000–2003 Board member, Stichting Volten (sculptor Andre Volten, 1925-2002)

  • 2003 Member, advisory committee and management committee, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

  • 2004 Oeuvre Prize, Fonds BKVB

  • 2009 Gerrit Noordzij Prize, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague

  • Wim Crouwel during the Design Museum retrospective, 2011
    Wim Crouwel during the Design Museum retrospective, 2011

    2011 Retrospective, Design Museum, London

  • 2019 Dies 19 September 2019