Swip Stolk

Dutch graphic designer

Swip Stolk (3 January 1944 – 2 November 2019) was a Dutch graphic designer.[1]

Swip Stolk
Stolk with Juliana of the Netherlands in 1981
Born(1944-01-03)3 January 1944
Zaandam, Netherlands
Died2 November 2019(2019-11-02) (aged 75)
NationalityDutch
Occupationgraphic designer

Stolk designed the corporate identity for VARA in the 1970s, including the rooster. He was also the graphic designer of among others the Rembrandt House Museum, Groninger Museum and Dutch stamps.[2][3] There have been multiple exhibitions of his works.[3][4] In 1990 he was awarded the H.N. Werkman Award, a typography prize from the city of Amsterdam.[5]

Stolk died on 2 November 2019, aged 75.[2][3]

References

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  1. "Swip Stolk". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 17 August 1968. Retrieved 9 November 2022 – via Delpher.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Swip Stolk (1944-2019): een Rebelse selfmade ontwerper". Het Parool (in Dutch). 12 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Zaanse ontwerper Swip Stolk overleden". De Orkaan (in Dutch). 12 March 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  4. "Jarig Groninger Museum laat affiches zien in tentoonstelling". RTV Noord (in Dutch). 16 May 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  5. Winnaars van de H.N. Werkmanprijs, hnwerkman.nl