Will van Sambeek
Will van Sambeek | |
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| Born | Petrus Wilhelmus Maria van Sambeek 21 August 1935 Rosmalen, Netherlands |
| Died | 3 November 2022 (aged 87) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | graphic designer |
Petrus Wilhelmus Maria "Will" van Sambeek (21 August 1935 – 3 November 2022) was a Dutch graphic designer.[1]
Van Sambeek started his own design agency with Shigeru Watano and worked on many different assignments, including designing: advertising campaigns, corporate identity, books, magazines and newspapers. In 1968, 1972 and 1982 he designed series of stamps for the PTT Post. He later created a new disign of among others the Holland America Line, Tropenmuseum (1970s), Bijenkorf and the christmas edition of Grafisch Nederland. He also made a new design for newspapers, including Friesch Dagblad the Saturday supplement of NRC Handelsblad and De Volkskrant. In 2005 he quit his design agency.[2][3]
Works of Van Sambeek is in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the International Center for Typography in New York City. Sambeek received in 1955 the St. Joost Prize from the city of Breda. In 1967 he was awarded the H.N. Werkman Award, a typography prize from the city of Amsterdam.[4][2][5]
Sambeek was teacher at the Royal Academy of Arts and Design in Den Bosch and the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.[5] Van Sambeek died in Amsterdam on 3 November 2022, aged 87.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Will van Sambeek". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 17 August 1968. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Will van Sambeek". dutch graphic roots (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Grafisch ontwerper Will van Sambeek, die ooit het 'Friesch Dagblad' een nieuw uiterlijk gaf, is op 87-jarige leeftijd overleden: 'Hij was een pietje precies bij wie een afwijking van een millimeter al opviel'". Friesch Dagblad (in Dutch). 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ↑ Winnaars van de H.N. Werkmanprijs, hnwerkman.nl
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Sambeek, Will van". ensie.nl Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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