WIM CROUWEL HITS LONDON

Posted by lauragas

Starting today the Design Museum celebrates the prolific career of the Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in this his first UK retrospective. Regarded as one of the leading designers of the twentieth century, Crouwel embraced a new modernity to produce typographic designs that captured the essence of the emerging computer and space age of the early 1960s.

Spanning over 60 years, this exhibition will cover Crouwel’s rigorous design approach and key moments in his career including his work for design practice ‘Total Design’, the identity for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, as well as his iconic poster, print, typography and lesser known exhibition design. The exhibition will also highlight Crouwel’s rigorous design approach exploring his innovative use of grid-based layouts and typographic systems to produce consistently striking asymmetric visuals.

Crouwel himself will be talking at events in discussion with his son, architect Mels Crouwel, about the relationship between graphic and spacial design. An interesting event for all typographic lovers.

The exhibition A Graphic Odyssey will take place until July 3rd, so plenty of time to check it out.

Posted on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 at 11:07 am by lauragas. Filed under 1ST YEAR DESIGN, 2ND YEAR DESIGN, 3RD YEAR DESIGN, TYPOGRAPHY. Follow responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.