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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SVO.CO is the design practice of Stevijn van Olst, an inter-disciplinary designer and Creative Director based in Amsterdam.

Working independently and as Cartelle DigitalCreative Studio (Co-founder)

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Environmental experiment inspired by field-signs used in ancient warfare and exploring cloth simulation.

Working independently and as Cartelle Digital
Creative Studio (Co-founder)