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Stevijn van Olst is a Creative Director and Designer from Amsterdam with a passion for crafting narrative-driven experiences through design, motion and strategic thinking.

With over 20 years of experience and a skillset across web, gaming and experimental art, his approach is unified by a single goal: to create something intuitive, entertaining and timeless.

Stevijn teams up with a diversity of people to make innovative interactive concepts come to life.

For inquiries, collaborations or to say hello please contact hello@svo.co

Worked for

Adidas, Adult Swim, Asics, Bang & Olufsen, The Bartlett – UCL, The British Museum, Bud Light, Converse, EA Games, Fornasetti, G-star, Google, Guerrilla Games, Hasbro, Heineken, Marie-Stella-Maris, McDonalds, Nike, Nintendo, Omega watches, Red Bull, Red Light Radio, Scotch & Soda, Sony, Stussy, Suit Supply, Tanqueray, Twenty8Twelve, Vodafone, Volkswagen, WeTransfer


Worked with

180 Amsterdam, AKQA, Achtung!, Anomaly, Arnold Amsterdam, Blast Radius, Hello Monday, Leo Burnett, RESN, Random Studio, Razorfish, Rōnin Amsterdam, Sid Lee, TBWA, We Are Pi, Wieden & Kennedy


Interested in

3D, Animation, Botany, Brand Identity, Digital Art, Design, Illustration, Interactive Storytelling, Natural Science, Photography, Robotics, Technology, Video Games, UI, UX, VR, Web Development and WebGL






Experience

SVO.CO
Owner / Creative Direction & Design
Feb 2021 – Present

Cartelle
Co-Founder / Creative Director
Feb 2009 – Present

Hello Monday NYC
Creative Director
Feb 2020 – Feb 2021

Achtung! Amsterdam
Art Direction & Design
Sep 2006 – Jun 2007

Blast Radius
Art Direction & Design
Jan 2005 – Aug 2006

Qi
Art Direction & Design
Nov 1999 – Dec 2004
Awards


B&O See yourself in sound
Webby Winner: Best Use of Animation or Motion Graphics
May 2024

B&O See yourself in sound
Awwwards SOTD
Jul 2023

B&O See yourself in sound
FWA SOTD
Jul 2023

WeTransfer and Marina Abramovic - Traces
D&AD Shortlist - Spatial Design - Installations
May 2022

WePresent by WeTransfer x Marina Abramovic, ‘Traces’
Webby - Websites & Mobile sites - NetArt
May 2022

Traces - A Digital Time Capsule
Awwwards SOTD
Nov 2021

Traces - A Digital Time Capsule
FWA SOTD
Oct 2021

The Bartlett Summer Show 2020
D&AD Shortlist - Digital Design - Products
May 2021

The Bartlett Summer Show 2020
Awwwards SOTD
Oct 2020

The Bartlett Summer Show 2020
FWA SOTD
Sep 2020

WePresent - Editorial Patform
Lovie Award Gold - Websites - Art
Oct 2018

WePresent - Editorial Patform
Lovie Award Bronze - Websites - Best Design
Oct 2018

Adidas Speedfactory
Awwwards SOTD
Dec 2017

Adidas Speedfactory
CSS Design Awards SOTM
Dec 2017

Adidas Speedfactory
FWA SOTD
Nov 2017

Adult Swim - Meat Harvest Miami
FWA SOTD
Feb 2016

Adult Swim - Giraffaconda
FWA SOTD
Dec 2015

Cartelle 2015
Awwwards SOTD
Apr 2015

The Dilla Dimension
FWA SOTD
Mar 2015

G-Star New Denim Arrivals Mobile
FWA MOTD
Aug 2014

G-Star New Denim Arrivals
FWA SOTD
Aug 2014

G-Star New Denim Arrivals
Awwwards SOTD
Jul 2014

McDonalds MyBurger
Awwwards SOTD
Jun 2014

McDonald's MyBurger Mobile
FWA MOTD
Jun 2014

McDonald's MyBurger
FWA SOTD
May 2014

G-Star RAW Episodes
FWA SOTD
Mar 2014

G-Star RAW Mobile
FWA SOTD
Nov 2013

G-Star RAW
FWA SOTD
Oct 2013

G-Star RAW
Awwwards SOTD
Sep 2013

G-Star the Art of RAW
FWA SOTD
May 2013

Scotch & Soda Portraits
Awwwards SOTD
Apr 2013

Converse Street Ready
FWA SOTD
Jan 2013

Cartelle 2012 Mobile
FWA MOTD
Oct 2012

Cartelle 2012
FWA SOTD
Oct 2012

Twenty8Twelve
FWA SOTD
Jul 2012

Cartelle 2012
Awwwards SOTD
Oct 2012

Twenty8Twelve
Awwwards SOTD
May 2012

G-Star the Art of RAW
Awwwards SOTD
Jan 2012

Scotch & Soda 2011
FWA SOTD
Sep 2011

Scotch & Soda 2011
Awwwards SOTD
Jul 2011

Adidas TNF
FWA SOTD
Jun 2011

Imagining Mozambique
One Show - Interactive
May 2011

OMGWTFBBQ
FWA SOTD
Oct 2010

Scotch & Soda 2010
FWA SOTD
Aug 2010

Adidas Style Essentials
FWA SOTD
Mar 2010

Imagining Mozambique
FWA SOTD
Sep 2009

Cartelle 2009
FWA SOTD
Mar 2009

Suit Supply International
FWA SOTD
Jan 2008

I spy with my little eye
FWA SOTD
Jan 2007
Misc


Museum of Human Achievement in Austin, TX
Exhibit
MAY 2017

The Wrong Digital Art Biennale
Featured
Jan 2017

Digitized Digital Design Conference
Keynote speaker
Nov 2015

Austin Museum of Digital Art - The Wide Inter-Consciousness
Exhibit
Oct 2015

Interaction Design - Idea Books
Book feature
2014

The best 365 websites around the world
Book feature
2012

WebDesign Index nr.9
Book feature
2010

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