Gerrit Noordzij Prize
Gerrit Noordzij Prize is an award presented by the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten and the Meermanno Museum in The Hague under the patronage of Dr. PA Tiele Foundation for particularly outstanding achievements in the field of font design , typography and teaching . The award is given every three years. It is named after the Dutch typographer Gerrit Noordzij, who taught typeface at the KABK for 30 years and was also the first recipient of the award.
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It is tradition that the award is determined by what has been previously awarded. Three years after the award is made, an exhibition will take place at the same time as the next award, and a publication will be published in honor of the award winner.
Award winners
- 1996: Gerrit Noordzij
- 2001: Fred Smeijers
- 2003: Erik Spiekermann
- 2006: Tobias Frere-Jones
- 2009: Wim Crouwel
- 2012: Karel Martens
- 2015: Cyrus Highsmith
Publications
- Mathieu Lommen, Anno Fekkes, Jan Willem Stas (et al.): Het primaat van de pen: een workshop letterontwerpen met Gerrit Noordzij , The Hague (2001).
- Fred Smeijers (ed. By Robin Kinross): Type now: a manifesto, plus work so far , London (2003). (Published in honor of the exhibition Fred Smeijers: work so far ).
- FontShop Benelux (ed.): E - Erik Spiekermann , The Hague / De Pinte (2006).
- Dawn Barrett, David Berlow, Matthew Carter (et al.): Tobias Frere-Jones Gerrit Noordzij Prize Exhibition , Amsterdam (2009).
Individual evidence
- ↑ message in the Mac world on 9 October 2003 by Ole Leitloff
- ↑ Gerrit Noordzij prize 2012. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 10, 2012 ; accessed on May 24, 2017 .