Wim Crouwel, the renowned Dutch graphic designer responsible for the identity of Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum for more than two decades and founder of Total Design, has died aged 90.
Dutch typographer and graphic designer Crouwel, nicknamed Mr Gridnik, died last week in his hometown of Amsterdam at the age of 90.
Tributes from around the world
Tributes have flooded in from around the world, with Crouwel telling Dezeen in a 2011 interview that he hoped he would be remembered as a "straightforward" designer.
"So sorry to hear that Wim Crouwel has died. His work reflected him so well: brave and witty, and perfectly composed," wrote New York type design studio Frere-Jones Type on Twitter.
Describing him as the "king of grid", online platform Typeroom said in a tribute that he was "one of the most prominent and important figures in the visual arts of our times" and "a lover of clarity, functionality and machine-like simplicity". Dutch designer Richard Hutten described him on Instagram as "such an icon".
Crouwel's work in the London Design Museum's 2011 exhibition A Graphic Odyssey
Founder of Thonik design studio and former chair and creative director of Design Academy Eindhoven, Thomas Widdershoven, paid tribute on Facebook: "A phone book changed my life. Wim Crouwel typeset the 1972 edition in lower case only. It was the first time I became aware of something called graphic design."
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