Otl Aicher’s legacy is unquestionable. The German designer (1922-1991) was a co-founder of the Ulm School of Design, along with Inge Aicher-Scholl and Max Bill, creating an educational institution that carried the legacy of the Bauhaus into the modern era, as well as establishing principles of design education that carry through to the modern day.
Aicher is also revered among designers for his high-profile graphic identities, spearheaded by that for the 1972 Munich Olympics, one of the most quoted and oft-cited pieces of 20th-century graphic art. The designer’s oeuvre was wide-ranging but always enduring, from avant-garde poster art, typefaces, pictograms and colour systems through to a graphic identity for a smalltown tourist board.
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