Jurriaan Schrofer

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.

• H. N. Werkman Prize (1956)
• H. N. Werkman Prize (1962)
• Rizzoli Prize (1965)
• Advertizing Prize (1967)
• Rizzoli Prize (1970)
• Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau (1975)
• Bührmann-Ubbens Paper Prize (1987)