Texts

  • Wim Crouwel : A Graphic Odyssey Catalogue

    Wim Crouwel A Graphic Odyssey

    First published: Spring, 2011
    Interview by Tony Brook, first published in the catalogue Wim Crouwel : A Graphic Odyssey Catalogue.

  • 1928: beauty and lucidity, logic and ingenuity

    1928: schoonheid en transparantie, logica en vernuft' (beauty and lucidity, logic and ingenuity)

    First published: Autumn, 1993
    Prefatory text to the catalogue written by Crouwel. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1993.

  • New Alphabet

    Since the New Alphabet

    First published in Wim Crouwel in his own words: 2010
    Speech delivered at A-Typi congress, the Hague, 24-28 October, 1996.

  • The Astronaut: Catherine de Smet

    First published: 20 November, 2007
    Publication: Wim Crouwel Architectures Typographiques.

  • Dutch Type

    Wim Crouwel and Dutch Calvinism: Jan Middendorp

    First published: 2004
    Publication: Dutch Type.

  • Drip-dry Shirts: The Evolution of the Graphic Designer

    Discussion 1 Wim Crouwel

    First published: 2005
    Publication: Drip-dry Shirts: The Evolution of the Graphic Designer: Lucienne Roberts.

  • Eye no. 79 vol. 20

    Modern Method

    First published: Spring, 2011
    Interview by Kerry William Purcell, first published in Eye no. 79 vol. 20.

  • ‘Wim Crouwel in Milan, An artist at the height of his powers’ by Julian Mitchell

    Wim Crouwel and Jan van Toorn: The Debate

    First published: Spring, 2015
    Publication: The Debate The legendary contest of two giants of graphic design.

  • Wim Crouwel catalogue 80 20 100

    Functionalist with Fascinations: Ben Bos

    First published on the occasion of an exposition 80 20 100 held at the VIVID Galery in Rotterdam from 11 October to 25 November, 2008
    Essay by Ben Bos for the catalogue 80 20 100.

  • Wim Crouwel Modernist

    A Vision on Design

    First published in Wim Crouwel Modernist, 2011
    Talk for the Wynkyn de Worde Society London, 22 July, 1974.

  • Wim Crouwel Architectures Typograpgiques

    The Computerless Electronic Designer: Emmanuel Bérard

    First published: 20 November, 2007
    Publication: Wim Crouwel Architectures Typographiques.

  • Wim Crouwel IDEA magazine 2007

    Experimental Typography and the Need for the Experiment

    First published in Idea magazine No. 323, July, 2007
    Idea magazine, special issue 'Typography Today' 1980.

  • Wim Crouwel Alphabets 2003

    From Letter to Alphabet: Kees Broos

    First published: 2003
    Publication: Wim Crouwel Alphabets.