Rokus van Blokland
Corry van Blokland Mobach

Scrabble
Scrabble was a game from the US, released by Hasbro and in the UK by J.W. Spear & Sons. The box was a solid dark green or red with a circle containing the name Scrabble.

In the mid-1950s, the sales office Sio Amsterdam obtained the rights to sell Scrabble in the Netherlands. Corry and Rokus were tasked with designing the box for the Dutch version. Over the years, the design has been updated a few times. The game has been produced in large quantities.



1957 Design Dutch version of Scrabble
1957 Wheels for Scrabble board

Cross with wheels, designed by Rokus for the Scrabble board. It has been produced in very large numbers from the 50s, shown here with the packaging around 1968.

The Scrabble design.

Over the years, there have been several modifications to the design.

Scrabble for juniors

The sales office Sio Amsterdam obtained the rights to Youth Scrabble a few years after Scrabble.
The concept of Youth Scrabble was prescribed. The entire design, game board, and box were created by Rokus and Corry, giving the game its own unique look. Corry's illustrations were a defining feature of the game.



Youth Scrabble game board