Jurriaan Willem Schrofer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjʏrijaːɱ ˈʋɪləm ˈsxroːfər]; 15 April 1926 – 1 July 1990) was a Dutch sculptor, graphic designer, type designer, and art school educator.
Jurriaan Willem Schrofer was born on 15 April 1926 in The Hague, Netherlands. His father Willem Schrofer was a painter of abstract art.
In 1945, he graduated from the gymnasium and afterwards he briefly studied law. In the late 1940s, he moved from Leiden to Amsterdam, to become a film director, but he was not very successful.
In 1949, Schrofer became an assistant of Dick Elffers.
From 1952 to 1955, he worked as designer for Drukkerij Meijer, a printer in Wormerveer.
From 1955 onwards, he worked as independent designer. He was awarded the H. N. Werkman Prize for a type specimen of Drukkerij Meijer in 1956. He was awarded the H. N. Werkman Prize a second time for his book design of Space for Living (1961) in 1962.
From 1974 to 1979, he was a partner at the design studio Total Design in Amsterdam.
From 1979 to 1984, he was director of the Academy for Fine Arts and Design in Arnhem.
Schrofer died on 1 July 1990 in Amsterdam. He was buried on De Brandenburg Cemetery in Bilthoven.
Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau (1975)
Bührmann-Ubbens Paper Prize (1987)
1987: Letters op maat (Letters by measure)
1988: Zienderogen (With seeing eyes)
Frederike Huygen, Jurriaan Schrofer: graphic designer, pioneer of photo books, art director, teacher, art manager, environmental artist, 1926-1990, 2013.
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