Otl Aicher

Designer. Typographer. Thinker.

Work, career and impact of the preeminent German designer of the 20th century: Otl Aicher was one of the most important and influential designers of the postwar period. The work and the person Otl Aicher have numerous facets. Aicher became world-famous through the appearance he developed for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. The pictograms designed for the event created a visual language that is used in public spaces all over the world today. The visual identity of many companies, including Lufthansa, ERCO and Bulthaup, originates from his hand. As co-founder, teacher and rector of the legendary Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm, he left his mark on several generations of designers. Throughout his life, he fought passionately for an open, free, democratic society. The comprehensive and generously illustrated publication illuminates in texts by renowned experts and former companions Otl Aicher, the thinker, time critic, teacher, photographer, architect, typographer and designer.